# posthog-analytics

A skill for wiring PostHog product analytics into your project: event tracking, user identification, feature flags and dashboards. Useful when you need to add tracking.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 809 installs · ★ 711
- Author: alinaqi
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/alinaqi/maggy/tree/HEAD/skills/posthog-analytics/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-13
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/posthog-analytics

## What it does

The skill covers PostHog setup for Next.js (App Router), React on Vite or CRA, Python (FastAPI/Flask) and Node.js (Express/Hono). Each stack gets working init code: `posthog-js` on the frontend, `posthog` for Python, `posthog-node` on the server. A separate section handles environment variables — the public `NEXT_PUBLIC_POSTHOG_KEY` for the client and the private `POSTHOG_API_KEY` for the backend.

Inside you'll find an event naming convention in `[object]_[action]` format with snake_case and past tense, plus examples for identifying users on signup, login and resetting on logout. User properties are described too: plan, creation date, onboarding status. The guiding idea is to track what informs decisions, not everything.

The skill is not user-invocable, so you can't call it as a slash command — it activates on its own when the agent works with analytics. You'll need a PostHog key and the right package installed for your stack.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add alinaqi/maggy --skill posthog-analytics -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add alinaqi/maggy --skill posthog-analytics -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add alinaqi/maggy --skill posthog-analytics -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install alinaqi/maggy posthog-analytics
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add alinaqi/maggy --skill posthog-analytics -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/alinaqi/maggy --path skills/posthog-analytics
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add alinaqi/maggy --skill posthog-analytics -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/alinaqi/maggy/tree/HEAD/skills/posthog-analytics/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- wire PostHog into a Next.js App Router app with manual pageview tracking
- identify users on signup and login
- pick event names that follow one convention
- split public and private PostHog keys between client and server
- add feature flags and dashboards to a project

## Example prompts
- add PostHog to my Next.js project using the posthog-analytics skill
- set up tracking for the user_signed_up event with user identification
- wire up posthog-node on the backend and flush on SIGTERM

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: posthog-analytics
description: PostHog analytics, event tracking, feature flags, dashboards
when-to-use: When adding analytics, feature flags, or event tracking with PostHog
user-invocable: false
effort: medium
---

# PostHog Analytics Skill


For implementing product analytics with PostHog - event tracking, user identification, feature flags, and project-specific dashboards.

**Sources:** [PostHog Docs](https://posthog.com/docs) | [Product Analytics](https://posthog.com/docs/product-analytics) | [Feature Flags](https://posthog.com/docs/feature-flags)

---

## Philosophy

**Measure what matters, not everything.**

Analytics should answer specific questions:
- Are users getting value? (activation, retention)
- Where do users struggle? (funnels, drop-offs)
- What features drive engagement? (feature usage)
- Is the product growing? (acquisition, referrals)

Don't track everything. Track what informs decisions.

---

## Installation

### Next.js (App Router)

```bash
npm install posthog-js
```

```typescript
// lib/posthog.ts
import posthog from 'posthog-js';

export function initPostHog() {
  if (typeof window !== 'undefined' && !posthog.__loaded) {
    posthog.init(process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_POSTHOG_KEY!, {
      api_host: process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_POSTHOG_HOST || 'https://us.i.posthog.com',
      person_profiles: 'identified_only', // Only create profiles for identified users
      capture_pageview: false, // We'll handle this manually for SPA
      capture_pageleave: true,
      loaded: (posthog) => {
        if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {
          posthog.debug();
        }
      },
    });
  }
  return posthog;
}

export { posthog };
```

```typescript
// app/providers.tsx
'use client';

import { useEffect } from 'react';
import { usePathname, useSearchParams } from 'next/navigation';
import { initPostHog, posthog } from '@/lib/posthog';

export function PostHogProvider({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
  const pathname = usePathname();
  const searchParams = useSearchParams();

  useEffect(() => {
    initPostHog();
  }, []);

  // Track pageviews
  useEffect(() => {
    if (pathname) {
      let url = window.origin + pathname;
      if (searchParams.toString()) {
        url += `?${searchParams.toString()}`;
      }
      posthog.capture('$pageview', { $current_url: url });
    }
  }, [pathname, searchParams]);

  return <>{children}</>;
}
```

```typescript
// app/layout.tsx
import { PostHogProvider } from './providers';

export default function RootLayout({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
  return (
    <html lang="en">
      <body>
        <PostHogProvider>
          {children}
        </PostHogProvider>
      </body>
    </html>
  );
}
```

### React (Vite/CRA)

```typescript
// src/posthog.ts
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