Connect PostHog to enable agents to:
- Update analytics dashboards automatically after PRs merge
- Keep tracking and feature usage aligned with shipped code
- Analyze user behavior and product adoption trends
- Reduce manual analytics maintenance for engineering teams
Official Workflow Templates
The following official workflow template is maintained by the Continue team and is available directly in the Mission Control Hub. This workflow is designed to work out of the box and represents the recommended way to automate PostHog updates.Update PostHog Dashboards
When a pull request is merged, this workflow updates PostHog dashboards and tracking to reflect newly shipped features or changes.
Advanced Use Cases
Advanced: Custom PostHog Workflow Ideas
Advanced: Custom PostHog Workflow Ideas
These examples are not officially maintained by the Continue team, but illustrate what’s possible with custom workflows.
- Generate product insights from usage data and open follow-up issues
- Detect tracking gaps when new features ship
- Summarize weekly product metrics for stakeholders
- Correlate feature flags with user adoption and retention
- Trigger investigations when key metrics regress
Access & Permissions
When connecting PostHog, you’ll provide an API key that allows Continue to query analytics data and update dashboards.-
API key access
You’ll need a PostHog API key with permission to read analytics data and modify dashboards. -
Project access
Agents can only access the PostHog project associated with the API key you provide.
PostHog supports both cloud-hosted and self-hosted instances.
You’ll need your project’s API key and PostHog host URL available when connecting.
You’ll need your project’s API key and PostHog host URL available when connecting.