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PostHog integration for Laravel applications
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This skill provides a systematic approach to integrating PostHog into Laravel applications. It emphasizes a clean architecture by utilizing a dedicated PostHogService class to wrap the PHP SDK, ensuring that analytics logic remains decoupled from business controllers. The guide covers user identification, custom event tracking, feature flag implementation, and error tracking, while strictly adhering to Laravel best practices such as using environment variables for configuration and avoiding the use of event observers for analytics.

What it does

  • Provides a step-by-step workflow for PostHog integration
  • Defines patterns for user identification and custom event capture
  • Demonstrates how to implement feature flags and payload support
  • Outlines methods for capturing exceptions and errors
  • Establishes a centralized service-based architecture for analytics
  • Includes reference examples for Laravel-specific implementation

When to use it

  • When you need to add analytics to a new or existing Laravel application
  • When you want to implement feature flags within a Laravel project
  • When you need to track user behavior and conversion funnels server-side
  • When you want to standardize error tracking across your Laravel codebase

Advantages

  • Promotes clean code by centralizing analytics in a service class
  • Ensures secure configuration management using environment variables
  • Provides clear patterns for identifying users during authentication
  • Reduces code duplication by following established implementation examples

Usage examples

“How do I set up PostHog in my new Laravel project?”
The agent will guide you through the four-step integration workflow, starting with project analysis and event planning, followed by configuration and implementation.
“Where should I place my PostHog capture calls in Laravel?”
The agent will instruct you to create a PostHogService class in app/Services/ and call capture methods explicitly within your application logic.

Install

  1. Download the skill as a ZIP:

    https://mp-staging.autogineer.com/agent-skills/posthog/integration-laravel/download

  2. Unzip it into the cross-client skills folder of your project:

    mkdir -p .agents/skills && unzip integration-laravel.zip -d .agents/skills

Documentation by PostHog

PostHog integration for Laravel

This skill helps you add PostHog analytics to Laravel applications.

Workflow

Follow these steps in order to complete the integration:

  1. basic-integration-1.0-begin.md - PostHog Setup - Begin ← Start here

  2. basic-integration-1.1-edit.md - PostHog Setup - Edit

  3. basic-integration-1.2-revise.md - PostHog Setup - Revise

  4. basic-integration-1.3-conclude.md - PostHog Setup - Conclusion

Reference files

  • references/EXAMPLE.md - Laravel example project code

  • references/laravel.md - Laravel - docs

  • references/identify-users.md - Identify users - docs

  • references/basic-integration-1.0-begin.md - PostHog setup - begin

  • references/basic-integration-1.1-edit.md - PostHog setup - edit

  • references/basic-integration-1.2-revise.md - PostHog setup - revise

  • references/basic-integration-1.3-conclude.md - PostHog setup - conclusion

The example project shows the target implementation pattern. Consult the documentation for API details.

Key principles

  • Environment variables: Always use environment variables for PostHog keys. Never hardcode them.

  • Minimal changes: Add PostHog code alongside existing integrations. Don't replace or restructure existing code.

  • Match the example: Your implementation should follow the example project's patterns as closely as possible.

Framework guidelines

  • Create a dedicated PostHogService class in app/Services/ - do NOT scatter PostHog::capture calls throughout controllers

  • Register PostHog configuration in config/posthog.php using env() for all settings (api_key, host, disabled)

  • Do NOT use Laravel's event system or observers for analytics - call capture explicitly where actions occur

  • Remember that source code is available in the vendor directory after composer install

  • posthog/posthog-php is the PHP SDK package name

  • Check composer.json for existing dependencies and autoload configuration before adding new files

  • The PHP SDK uses static methods (PostHog::capture, PostHog::identify) - initialize once with PostHog::init()

  • PHP SDK methods take associative arrays with 'distinctId', 'event', 'properties' keys - not positional arguments

Identifying users

Identify users during login and signup events. Refer to the example code and documentation for the correct identify pattern for this framework. If both frontend and backend code exist, pass the client-side session and distinct ID using X-POSTHOG-DISTINCT-ID and X-POSTHOG-SESSION-ID headers to maintain correlation.

Error tracking

Add PostHog error tracking to relevant files, particularly around critical user flows and API boundaries.

Files

references/basic-integration-1.0-begin.md

title: PostHog Setup - Begin description: Start the event tracking setup process by analyzing the project and creating an event tracking plan

We're making an event tracking plan for this project.

Before proceeding, find any existing posthog.capture() code. Make note of event name formatting.

From the project's file list, select between 10 and 15 files that might have interesting business value for event tracking, especially conversion and churn events. Also look for additional files related to login that could be used for identifying users, along with error handling. Read the files. If a file is already well-covered by PostHog events, replace it with another option. Do not spawn subagents.

Look for opportunities to track client-side events.

IMPORTANT: Server-side events are REQUIRED if the project includes any instrumentable server-side code. If the project has API routes (e.g., app/api/**/route.ts) or Server Actions, you MUST include server-side events for critical business operations like:

  • Payment/checkout completion

  • Webhook handlers

  • Authentication endpoints

Do not skip server-side events - they capture actions that cannot be tracked client-side.

Create a new file with a JSON array at the root of the project: .posthog-events.json. It should include one object for each event we want to add: event name, event description, and the file path we want to place the event in. If events already exist, don't duplicate them; supplement them.

Track actions only, not pageviews. These can be captured automatically. Exceptions can be made for "viewed"-type events that correspond to the top of a conversion funnel.

As you review files, make an internal note of opportunities to identify users and catch errors. We'll need them for the next step.

Status

Before beginning a phase of the setup, you will send a status message with the exact prefix '[STATUS]', as in:

[STATUS] Checking project structure.

Status to report in this phase:

  • Checking project structure

  • Verifying PostHog dependencies

  • Generating events based on project

Upon completion, continue with: basic-integration-1.1-edit.md

Requirements and compatibility

Works with: Claude Code, Claude apps, OpenAI Codex, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Kiro, OpenCode, Goose, Amp, Roo Code, JetBrains Junie, Factory Droid, Devin (ex-Windsurf), Mistral Vibe, OpenHands, Letta

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Attribution and licence

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PostHog/skills · skills/posthog/integration/skills/laravel · commit a5d30e7
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MIT License (redistribution allowed)
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  • ATTRIBUTION.md (written by AutoGineer)
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