Exploring Apm Traces

Skill Verified Active

Investigates distributed application performance using PostHog APM (OpenTelemetry span) data via MCP. Use when the user asks about service traces, slow HTTP/database spans, error spans, trace IDs, or span attributes — not LLM analytics traces or product logs. Uses posthog:query-apm-spans, posthog:apm-trace-get, posthog:apm-services-list, posthog:apm-attributes-list, and posthog:apm-attribute-values-list.

Purpose

To empower users to diagnose and understand application performance bottlenecks by leveraging PostHog's APM capabilities through structured MCP interactions.

Features

Investigates distributed application performance
Utilizes PostHog APM (OpenTelemetry span) data
Searches and filters spans with `query-apm-spans`
Fetches full trace details with `apm-trace-get`
Explores service names and span attributes

Use Cases

Use when the user asks about service traces
Use when the user asks about slow HTTP/database spans
Use when the user asks about error spans, trace IDs, or span attributes
Use to understand application performance issues

Non-Goals

Do not use for LLM analytics traces
Do not use for general product logs

Trust

info:Issues AttentionOpen issues: 544, Closed issues (last 90d): 163. The closure rate is low, suggesting slow response to new issues.

Installation

npx skills add PostHog/posthog

Runs the Vercel skills CLI (skills.sh) via npx — needs Node.js locally and at least one installed skills-compatible agent (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, …). Assumes the repo follows the agentskills.io format.

Quality Score

Verified

97 /100

Analyzed about 17 hours ago

Trust Signals

Last commitabout 18 hours ago

GitHub owner PostHog

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LicenseNOASSERTION

Websiteposthog.com

Status

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