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# PostHog
Open-source product analytics with session replay and feature flags.
## Capabilities
| Integration | Available | Notes |
|-------------|-----------|-------|
| API | ✓ | Capture API, Query API, Feature Flags API |
| MCP | - | Not available |
| CLI | ✓ | `posthog` CLI for local development |
| SDK | ✓ | JavaScript, Python, Ruby, Go, etc. |
## Authentication
- **Type**: API Key (Personal or Project)
- **Header**: `Authorization: Bearer {api_key}`
- **For capture**: Project API Key in payload
## Common Agent Operations
### Capture event
```bash
POST https://app.posthog.com/capture/
{
"api_key": "{project_api_key}",
"event": "signup_completed",
"distinct_id": "user_123",
"properties": {
"plan": "pro",
"$current_url": "https://example.com/signup"
}
}
```
### Batch events
```bash
POST https://app.posthog.com/batch/
{
"api_key": "{project_api_key}",
"batch": [
{"event": "pageview", "distinct_id": "user_1"},
{"event": "signup", "distinct_id": "user_2"}
]
}
```
### Get person by distinct_id
```bash
GET https://app.posthog.com/api/projects/{project_id}/persons/?distinct_id=user_123
Authorization: Bearer {api_key}
```
### Query events (HogQL)
```bash
POST https://app.posthog.com/api/projects/{project_id}/query/
{
"query": {
"kind": "HogQLQuery",
"query": "SELECT event, count() FROM events WHERE timestamp > now() - interval 7 day GROUP BY event ORDER BY count() DESC LIMIT 10"
}
}
```
### Get feature flag value
```bash
POST https://app.posthog.com/decide?v=3
{
"api_key": "{project_api_key}",
"distinct_id": "user_123"
}
```
### Get insights
```bash
GET https://app.posthog.com/api/projects/{project_id}/insights/
Authorization: Bearer {api_key}
```
### Get session recordings
```bash
GET https://app.posthog.com/api/projects/{project_id}/session_recordings/
Authorization: Bearer {api_key}
```
## JavaScript SDK
```javascript
// Initialize
posthog.init('PROJECT_API_KEY', {
api_host: 'https://app.posthog.com'
});
// Identify user
posthog.identify('user_123', {
email: 'user@example.com',
plan: 'pro'
});
// Track event
posthog.capture('signup_completed', {
method: 'email'
});
// Check feature flag
if (posthog.isFeatureEnabled('new-pricing')) {
// Show new pricing
}
```
## Key Features
- **Event tracking** - Product analytics
- **Session replay** - Watch user sessions
- **Feature flags** - Control feature rollout
- **A/B testing** - Built-in experiments
- **HogQL** - SQL-like query language
- **Self-hostable** - Run on your infrastructure
## When to Use
- Product analytics with privacy focus
- Session replay for UX insights
- Feature flag management
- Self-hosted analytics needs
- Open-source requirements
## Rate Limits
- Cloud: 10,000 events/second
- Self-hosted: Unlimited
## Relevant Skills
- analytics-tracking
- ab-test-setup
- onboarding-cro