# auditing-experiments-flags

Runs configuration audits on PostHog experiments and feature flags, flagging staleness and best-practice violations. Useful before you trust an A/B test result.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 432 installs · ★ 75
- Author: PostHog
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/PostHog/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/omnibus/auditing-experiments-flags/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
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## What it does

The skill runs configuration audits over PostHog experiments and feature flags. Every check goes through the read tools — `experiment-get`, `experiment-list`, `feature-flag-get-definition`, `feature-flag-get-all`. No SQL is needed for this phase.

Three modes. A quick check on one entity: fetch an experiment by ID or a flag by numeric ID, then apply the matching checks. A scoped audit: bulk-fetch all experiments or all flags and run every check for that domain. A full audit: both domains, plus recurring-pattern synthesis across findings. When more than five entities have findings, the report goes into a notebook; otherwise it prints inline.

Each finding carries a severity badge (CRITICAL, WARNING, INFO), the check name, an entity link, a one-sentence problem statement and a remediation action. Some checks depend on flag activity logs, and those are not available in every session. When they are missing, the skill skips the activity-history check and the toggle-instability and never-activated sub-checks, then says so in the report. If a fetch fails for part of the entities, the audit continues on the rest and names what could not be assessed.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add PostHog/skills --skill auditing-experiments-flags -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/auditing-experiments-flags/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/auditing-experiments-flags/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add PostHog/skills --skill auditing-experiments-flags -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/auditing-experiments-flags/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add PostHog/skills --skill auditing-experiments-flags -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/auditing-experiments-flags/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install PostHog/skills auditing-experiments-flags
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/auditing-experiments-flags/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add PostHog/skills --skill auditing-experiments-flags -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/PostHog/skills --path skills/omnibus/auditing-experiments-flags
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/auditing-experiments-flags/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add PostHog/skills --skill auditing-experiments-flags -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/PostHog/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/omnibus/auditing-experiments-flags/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- check an experiment for config errors before reading its results
- find feature flags that are stale or never toggled
- verify that traffic is actually being split in an experiment
- catch flag hygiene violations across a whole project
- spot recurring problems across several experiments and flags

## Example prompts
- audit the checkout-redesign experiment for configuration issues
- health-check all feature flags in this project
- run a full audit of my PostHog experiments and flags

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: auditing-experiments-flags
description: 'Audit PostHog experiments and feature flags for configuration issues, staleness, and best-practice violations. Read when the user asks to audit, health-check, or review experiments or feature flags, check flag hygiene, or verify experiment setup.'
---

# Auditing experiments and feature flags

This skill teaches you how to run configuration audits on experiments and feature flags.
All checks use the experiment and feature flag read tools (`experiment-get`, `experiment-list`, `feature-flag-get-definition`, `feature-flag-get-all`) — no SQL queries are needed for Phase 1 checks.

## Usage modes

### Quick check (single entity)

When the user asks about a specific experiment or flag:

1. Fetch the entity via `experiment-get` (experiment ID) or `feature-flag-get-definition` (numeric flag ID).
2. Apply the relevant checks from [experiment checks](./references/experiment-checks.md) or [flag checks](./references/flag-checks.md).
3. Report findings inline as markdown, grouped by severity (CRITICAL first, then WARNING, then INFO).
4. Include entity links as `[Experiment: name](/experiments/id)` or `[Flag: key](/feature_flags/id)`.

### Scoped audit (one domain)

When the user asks to audit all experiments or all flags:

1. Bulk-fetch via `experiment-list` or `feature-flag-get-all`.
2. Run all checks for that domain against each entity.
3. Group findings by severity, then by entity.
4. Report as inline markdown.

### Full audit (comprehensive)

When the user asks for a comprehensive audit of both experiments and flags:

1. Fetch all experiments via `experiment-list` and all flags via `feature-flag-get-all`.
2. Run all experiment checks and all flag checks.
3. Apply [recurring patterns](./references/synthesis-patterns.md) to identify patterns across multiple findings.
4. If there are more than 5 entities with findings, write them to a notebook for easier navigation. Otherwise report inline. Create the notebook from the project's own notebook tools. Run `search notebooks?-` to load them and read the titles.

## Output format

For each finding, include:

- **Severity badge**: `🔴 CRITICAL`, `🟡 WARNING`, or `🔵 INFO`
- **Check name**: Which check produced this finding
- **Entity link**: Markdown link to the entity
- **What's wrong**: One-sentence description
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