# mixpanelyst

This skill queries and examines Mixpanel data with Python. Use it for funnels, retention, cohorts, segmentation, and user behavior analysis.

- skill · `type=skill` · Codex, ChatGPT · ★ 7604
- Author: Mixpanel · official OpenAI repository
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/openai/plugins/tree/HEAD/plugins/mixpanel-headless/skills/mixpanelyst/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-08
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/mixpanelyst

## What it does

mixpanelyst uses `mixpanel_headless` together with `pandas` to run Python-based Mixpanel analysis. It covers event and trend queries, conversion funnels, retention, user profiles, and user flows. Flow results also expose a graph and a tree representation of the paths.

The workflow starts by discovering the event schema and then checking method signatures through `help.py`. That requirement matters: guessed event names can return empty results, while guessed parameters can raise `TypeError`. Quick checks use `python3 -c` one-liners; longer investigations are written to `.py` files. Set `SKILL_DIR` to the absolute skill directory before running its helper scripts.

## Install

### Codex (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openai/plugins --skill mixpanelyst -a codex
```

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

### Claude Code

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openai/plugins --skill mixpanelyst -a claude-code
```

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

### Cursor

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install openai/plugins mixpanelyst
```

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

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/openai/plugins --path plugins/mixpanel-headless/skills/mixpanelyst
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### 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/openai/plugins/tree/HEAD/plugins/mixpanel-headless/skills/mixpanelyst/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- discover Mixpanel events and their properties
- measure event trends and product metrics
- build a conversion funnel
- inspect retention and cohorts
- map paths taken by users

## Example prompts
- Inspect the Mixpanel event schema and list properties for the most active events.
- Build a signup-to-purchase funnel using the actual event names in this workspace.
- Analyze the paths users take after the `Login` event and return a table.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: mixpanelyst
description: This skill should be used when the user asks about Mixpanel product analytics, event data, funnel analysis, retention curves, cohort analysis, segmentation queries, user behavior, conversion rates, churn, DAU/MAU, ARPU, revenue metrics, feature adoption, A/B test results, user paths, flow analysis, or any request to query, explore, visualize, or analyze Mixpanel data using Python. Also use when the user asks to read, write, or manage Mixpanel "business context" — the markdown documentation that grounds AI assistants in an organization's structure and goals.
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# mixpanel_headless API Reference

Analyze Mixpanel data by writing and executing Python code using the `mixpanel_headless` library and `pandas`.
Before running bundled helper scripts, set `SKILL_DIR` to the absolute path of this
`skills/mixpanelyst` directory.

```python
import mixpanel_headless as mp
ws = mp.Workspace()
result = ws.query("Login", last=30)
print(result.df.head())
```

## Query Engines

| Question | Method | Returns |
|----------|--------|---------|
| How much? How many? Trends? | `ws.query()` | `QueryResult` |
| Do users convert through a sequence? | `ws.query_funnel()` | `FunnelQueryResult` |
| Do users come back? | `ws.query_retention()` | `RetentionQueryResult` |
| What paths do users take? | `ws.query_flow()` | `FlowQueryResult` |
| Who are they? What do they look like? | `ws.query_user()` | `UserQueryResult` |

All result types have a `.df` property returning a pandas DataFrame and a `.params` dict containing the bookmark JSON.
`FlowQueryResult` also has `.graph` (NetworkX DiGraph) and `.anytree` (list of tree roots).

**Quick lookups** use `python3 -c "..."` one-liners. **Multi-step analysis** writes `.py` files.

## Discovery — ALWAYS Do Both Steps Before Querying

Guessing event names causes silent empty results. Guessing API parameters causes TypeErrors and invalid queries. **Discover both the data schema AND the API surface before writing any query.**

### Step 1: Discover the data schema

```python
import mixpanel_headless as mp
from mixpanel_headless import Filter, GroupBy, Metric
ws = mp.Workspace()

# 1. Find real event names
events = ws.events()
top = ws.top_events(limit=10)
print("Events:", events[:20])
print("Top:", [(e.event, e.count) for e in top])

# 2. Find real property names for the event you'll query
props = ws.properties("Login")  # use an actual event name from step 1
print("Properties:", props)

# 3. (Optional) Check property values to validate filter inputs
vals = ws.property_values("platform", event="Login")
print("Platforms:", vals)
```

### Step 2: Discover the API surface with `help.py`

**`help.py` is the source of truth for method signatures, parameter names, type constructors, and enum values.** The method signatures later in this document are summaries — always verify with `help.py` before using a method or type you haven't looked up.

**Never guess parameter names.** If you're unsure whether a parameter is called `property` or `math_property`, or what arguments `GroupBy()` accepts, run `help.py` first. Wrong parameter names cause TypeErrors that waste tool calls.

```bash
# Look up a query method BEFORE writing the query
python3 $SKILL_DIR/scripts/help.py Workspace.query
python3 $SKILL_DIR/scripts/help.py Workspace.query_funnel

# Look up types BEFORE constructing them
python3 $SKILL_DIR/scripts/help.py Filter          # → classmethods: .equals(), .less_than(), etc.
````
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