# suggesting-data-imports

Spots which data PostHog doesn't collect and points you to the right warehouse source. Handy when a query fails on a missing table.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 372 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/suggesting-data-imports/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/suggesting-data-imports

## What it does

The skill kicks in when you ask about revenue, payments, subscriptions, CRM deals, support tickets, ad spend, or production database tables. PostHog gathers product events, persons, sessions and groups through its SDKs, so external business data has to be imported. This skill names that gap and matches it to a source type.

It walks a fixed path. First it checks what's already connected with `posthog:external-data-sources-list`, then pulls schemas via `posthog:external-data-schemas-list` and lists queryable tables from `system.information_schema.tables` with `posthog:execute-sql`. If nothing fits, it calls `posthog:external-data-sources-wizard` and maps your need to a source: Stripe or Chargebee for payments, Hubspot and Salesforce for deals, Zendesk for tickets, Postgres, MySQL, BigQuery, Snowflake and Redshift for your own tables, Google Ads and Meta Ads for campaigns.

For the simple case there's `data-warehouse-source-setup`, and credentials are meant to be collected through `data-warehouse-source-connect-link` — a browser link, so keys stay out of the chat. Anything past the happy path (picking tables by hand, non-default sync types, webhooks, CDC) gets handed to the `setting-up-a-data-warehouse-source` skill. Table names are never guessed: imported tables often carry a prefix like `stripe_charges`, so check first, conclude second.

## Requirements
- Works with: PostgreSQL, Snowflake, HubSpot

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add PostHog/skills --skill suggesting-data-imports -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add PostHog/skills --skill suggesting-data-imports -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add PostHog/skills --skill suggesting-data-imports -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install PostHog/skills suggesting-data-imports
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add PostHog/skills --skill suggesting-data-imports -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/PostHog/skills --path skills/omnibus/suggesting-data-imports
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add PostHog/skills --skill suggesting-data-imports -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/suggesting-data-imports/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- figure out why a HogQL query fails on a table that doesn't exist
- connect Stripe data and measure revenue against user behaviour
- correlate CRM deals with product events
- find session recordings for users who filed support tickets
- track down the prefix on an already imported table

## Example prompts
- Why does my query fail saying the charges table doesn't exist?
- I want revenue by user and my Stripe data isn't in PostHog — what should I connect?
- List the external sources already connected and which tables they expose

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: suggesting-data-imports
description: 'Use when the user asks about revenue, payments, subscriptions, billing, CRM deals, support tickets, ad spend, production database tables, or other data PostHog does not collect natively — or wants to join or correlate PostHog product events with that external business data. Also use when a query fails because a table does not exist or returns no results for expected external data. The data warehouse can import from SaaS tools (Stripe, Hubspot, Zendesk, etc.), ad platforms, production databases (Postgres, MySQL, BigQuery, Snowflake), and other arbitrary data sources. Covers checking existing sources, identifying the right source type, and guiding the setup.'
---

# Suggesting data imports

This skill helps identify when data the user needs lives outside PostHog and guides them toward importing it via the data warehouse. The key insight is recognizing the gap — then connecting it to the right source type.

## What PostHog collects natively

PostHog collects product analytics events, persons, sessions, and groups via its SDKs. Additional products are available but must be enabled: session replay, feature flags, experiments, surveys, web analytics, error tracking, AI observability, conversations, logs, revenue analytics, workflows, CDP destinations, and batch exports. PostHog does **not** collect external business data like payments, subscriptions, CRM records, support tickets from other systems, or production database tables — that data must be imported via the data warehouse.

## When to use this skill

- A HogQL query fails because a table doesn't exist
- The user asks about data from an external system (Stripe, Hubspot, Salesforce, etc.)
- The user wants to correlate PostHog analytics with business data (revenue, support tickets, CRM records, etc)
- The user asks "how do I get my X data into PostHog?"
- Analysis requires joining PostHog events with external data
- The user asks about exporting PostHog data for comparison elsewhere (in a google sheet, external warehouse, etc)

## Workflow

### 1. Understand what data is missing

Listen for signals that the user needs external data:
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