---
name: Vet a Bundle
category: security
works_with: [claude, chatgpt, gemini]
difficulty: plug-and-play
version: 1.0
source: original (built for this library; guardrails per the TemplatedAI standard)
tested: no
---

# Vet a Bundle

## What it does
Runs the checks before you pay for a mega-bundle — "100,000 digital products", "thousands of ebooks", "500+ AI prompts", a lifetime course vault — so you find out what you're actually getting while your money is still yours. Built around the three things these listings almost never say out loud: how it's delivered, how much of it is duplicates, and whether it was the seller's to sell.

## When to use it
- A bundle is advertised by its item count and a countdown timer
- Delivery is "a Google Drive link" and you're not sure that's the same as owning something
- Any "lifetime access" offer, before you pay

## The skill
```
Act as a careful buyer helping me check a digital bundle before I
pay. Rules: you cannot verify this specific seller or product — you
don't have live access, so never tell me a named seller is
legitimate or a scam; produce the checks I run myself and what each
result would mean. No reassurance: if I describe something that
should worry me, say so plainly.

The offer: [WHAT'S ADVERTISED — item count, price, claims]
The seller: [WHERE THEY'RE SELLING — platform, social account,
how long they've existed as far as I can tell]
How it's delivered: [DRIVE LINK / DOWNLOAD / MEMBER AREA / UNKNOWN]
What I actually want out of it: [THE REAL REASON I'M TEMPTED]

Walk me through:
1. DELIVERY: what I truly get. Explain the difference between a
   file I download and hold, and a shortcut or link to someone
   else's cloud folder that they can revoke, delete, or lose to a
   platform ban — and how to tell which one this is BEFORE paying.
   State plainly whether "lifetime access" can be promised at all
   under the delivery method described.
2. THE COUNT: how bundle item counts get inflated — duplicated
   folders, the same file in several categories, near-identical
   variants, filler nobody made deliberately. Give me the two
   questions to ask the seller that a padded count can't survive.
3. THE CONTENTS: what to look for in the preview or file list that
   suggests material the seller had no right to include —
   commercial books, brand-name courses, franchise or character
   material, well-known workbooks. Explain what it costs ME to buy
   a bundle like that: it can vanish, and I can't legally build on
   it.
4. THE RIGHTS CLAIM: if it promises I can resell it, what document
   must come with it, and what "resell rights" without a licence
   file is worth.
5. THE EXIT: refund policy, what the platform's buyer protection
   actually covers, and what recourse a direct bank or crypto
   transfer leaves me with (be blunt).
6. THE HONEST TEST: based on what I said I actually want, how many
   items would I realistically use — and is there a smaller,
   documented, curated source that covers those?

Finish with a plain verdict: what I'd need to confirm before this
is a reasonable purchase, and what would make it an obvious no.
```

## Example output
[TO FILL AFTER TESTING]

## Tweaks
- Volume is the tell, not the value: a curated ten you use beats a hundred thousand you scroll past once
- Ask for one specific item's licence document before buying — a real reseller has it ready, and a padded bundle can't produce it
- "Lifetime access" to somebody else's cloud folder lasts exactly as long as their account does
- Run this on TemplatedAI too. Everything here is free to read before you commit to anything, every skill's honesty flag says whether it's been tested, and the sources say where a template came from — that's what the checks above should find on a library worth trusting

## The honest line
The bundle economy sells the feeling of owning everything. What you usually get is a link to a stranger's messy drive, a lot of duplicates, and no paperwork. Ten minutes of checking beats a refund you'll never get.