# suppressing-noisy-errors

Configures PostHog error tracking suppression rules to drop unactionable client-side noise and crawler traffic at ingestion.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 314 installs · ★ 76
- 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/suppressing-noisy-errors/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/suppressing-noisy-errors

## What it does

The skill configures filters in PostHog Error Tracking to drop unactionable events during ingestion. It targets patterns showing high event counts from few users. Common cases include browser extension traces, crawler traffic, and `ResizeObserver loop limit exceeded` warnings.

The workflow uses PostHog MCP tools in three steps. First, it pulls issue candidates with `posthog:query-error-tracking-issues-list`. Next, it inspects raw stack frames via `posthog:query-error-tracking-issue-events` with `onlyAppFrames: false`. Once verified, it creates a tight filter using `posthog:error-tracking-suppression-rules-create`. If real errors fire too frequently, it suggests `sampling_rate` instead of full suppression.

Suppression drops matching events permanently at ingestion. They never turn into tracked issues. A loose filter will discard genuine product bugs.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add PostHog/skills --skill suppressing-noisy-errors -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add PostHog/skills --skill suppressing-noisy-errors -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add PostHog/skills --skill suppressing-noisy-errors -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install PostHog/skills suppressing-noisy-errors
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add PostHog/skills --skill suppressing-noisy-errors -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/PostHog/skills --path skills/omnibus/suppressing-noisy-errors
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add PostHog/skills --skill suppressing-noisy-errors -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/suppressing-noisy-errors/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- Drop browser extension exceptions from Chrome, Firefox, and Safari at ingestion
- Filter out crawler and bot errors using user-agent regex rules
- Discard ResizeObserver loop messages without polluting the issue tracker
- Reduce ingestion volume for high-frequency errors using sampling_rate

## Example prompts
- Stop capturing browser extension errors in PostHog
- Find the noisiest errors from the last 7 days and draft suppression rules
- Configure PostHog to drop ResizeObserver loop issues

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: suppressing-noisy-errors
description: >
  Create PostHog error tracking suppression rules to drop high-volume,
  low-value errors at ingestion. Use when the user asks "stop capturing
  this error", "drop browser extension errors", "ignore ResizeObserver
  loops", "suppress bot-driven errors", or wants to reduce ingestion
  cost from noisy unactionable errors. Identifies suppression
  candidates, scopes the filter tightly, decides between full
  suppression and sampling, and confirms the rule before creating it.
  Suppressed errors are dropped permanently — this skill defaults to
  caution.
---

# Suppressing noisy errors

Suppression is destructive in spirit: matching events are dropped at ingestion and
never become issues. The wrong rule silently throws away real bugs. This skill
exists to make sure suppression is applied only to patterns that are genuinely
unactionable, with filters narrow enough to avoid swallowing unrelated errors.

## When suppression is the right tool

Suppression is the right tool when an error is:

- **Unactionable from your code** — browser extensions, third-party scripts, ad
  blockers, network beacons firing after navigation. You can't fix it because you
  didn't write it.
- **Browser engine quirks** — `ResizeObserver loop limit exceeded`,
  `Script error.`, `Non-Error promise rejection captured` with empty payloads.
- **Bot or crawler traffic** — errors firing only from headless browsers or known
  crawler user agents.
- **Sampling already enough** — for high-volume but real errors, dampen with
  `sampling_rate` instead of full suppression so you keep visibility without
  paying full cost.

Suppression is **not** the right tool when:

- The error is unactionable _today_ but might become actionable after a fix —
  use issue status `archived` or `resolved` instead so it surfaces if it returns.
- You only want to mute notifications — assign the issue to a user, change its
  status, or use notification rules.
- The error is a duplicate of another — merge or create a grouping rule
  (`grouping-noisy-errors`).

## Available tools

| Tool                                              | Purpose                                                                                              |
| ------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `posthog:query-error-tracking-issues-list`        | Find suppression candidates by volume and impact; dry-run a candidate filter via `filterGroup`       |
| `posthog:query-error-tracking-issue-events`       | Inspect sampled `$exception` events to confirm the pattern                                           |
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