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Write, edit, and adapt PostHog Signals scouts: scheduled agents that scan a project and report findings.
Install Authoring Scouts
$ npx skills add PostHog/posthog --skill authoring-scouts -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install PostHog/posthog authoring-scouts --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/PostHog/posthog.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/products/signals/skills/authoring-scouts .claude/skills/authoring-scouts && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "authoring-scouts" agent skill from https://github.com/PostHog/posthog/tree/master/products/signals/skills/authoring-scouts into .claude/skills/authoring-scouts/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "authoring-scouts", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/PostHog/posthog/tree/master/products/signals/skills/authoring-scoutsType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add PostHog/posthog --skill authoring-scouts -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install PostHog/posthog authoring-scouts --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/PostHog/posthog.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/products/signals/skills/authoring-scouts .agents/skills/authoring-scouts && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "authoring-scouts" agent skill from https://github.com/PostHog/posthog/tree/master/products/signals/skills/authoring-scouts into .agents/skills/authoring-scouts/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "authoring-scouts", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add PostHog/posthog --skill authoring-scouts -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install PostHog/posthog authoring-scouts --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/PostHog/posthog.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/products/signals/skills/authoring-scouts .cursor/skills/authoring-scouts && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "authoring-scouts" agent skill from https://github.com/PostHog/posthog/tree/master/products/signals/skills/authoring-scouts into .cursor/skills/authoring-scouts/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "authoring-scouts", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/PostHog/posthog.git --path products/signals/skills/authoring-scouts--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add PostHog/posthog --skill authoring-scouts -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install PostHog/posthog authoring-scouts --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/PostHog/posthog.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/products/signals/skills/authoring-scouts .gemini/skills/authoring-scouts && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "authoring-scouts" agent skill from https://github.com/PostHog/posthog/tree/master/products/signals/skills/authoring-scouts into .gemini/skills/authoring-scouts/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "authoring-scouts", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install PostHog/posthog authoring-scoutsInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add PostHog/posthog --skill authoring-scouts -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/PostHog/posthog.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/products/signals/skills/authoring-scouts .github/skills/authoring-scouts && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "authoring-scouts" agent skill from https://github.com/PostHog/posthog/tree/master/products/signals/skills/authoring-scouts into .github/skills/authoring-scouts/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "authoring-scouts", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add PostHog/posthog --skill authoring-scouts -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install PostHog/posthog authoring-scouts --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/PostHog/posthog.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/products/signals/skills/authoring-scouts .opencode/skills/authoring-scouts && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "authoring-scouts" agent skill from https://github.com/PostHog/posthog/tree/master/products/signals/skills/authoring-scouts into .opencode/skills/authoring-scouts/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "authoring-scouts", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
authoring-scouts- GitHub stars
- 40k
- Token cost
- ~11k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 6,205 words
- Files
- 7 (incl. references)
- Skills in repo
- 252
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
Write, edit, and adapt PostHog Signals scouts: scheduled agents that scan a project and report findings.
- Works in 4 steps: Read the project.… → See what already runs.… → Read the closest canonical scout. It's… → …
- Change a canonical scouts scope
- SKILL.md covers The job before the writing, Choose the path, Write the scout and Run posture (config), plus 3 more sections
- Calls git and gh
What it does
Authoring Scouts is an agent skill from PostHog/posthog, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Write, edit, and adapt PostHog Signals scouts: scheduled agents that scan a project and report findings. Use to change a canonical scout's scope, thresholds, schedule, or dry-run settings; add a scout for an uncovered surface; record structured output from scheduled LLM scoring; or give feedback through notes. Covers SKILL.md structure, report requirements, follow-up report checks, structured output, duplicate detection, scratchpad memory, scout notes, per-team skills-store and canonical repository edits, and…
Its SKILL.md is about 11k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 7 other files, including reference files (for example `references/dedupe-and-memory.md`, `references/lifecycle-and-testing.md` and `references/report-checks.md`).
It sits in AI & LLM Engineering, covering Structured output and tool calling. It works with PostHog and Slack. The repository describes itself as: :hedgehog: PostHog is the leading platform for building self-driving products. Our developer tools – AI observability, analytics, session replay, flags, experiments, error…
When your agent uses it
- Change a canonical scouts scope
- Dry-run settings
- Add a scout for an uncovered surface
- Record structured output from scheduled LLM scoring
Example prompts
- “write/edit/customize a signals scout”
- “new scout for X”
- “tune my scout schedule”
- “/authoring-scouts”
Workflow steps
4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Read the project. posthog:scout-project-profile-get returns the deterministic snapshot the scout itself cold-starts from: products in use…
- See what already runs. posthog:scout-config-list lists every existing scout on the project with its schedule, enabled, and emit posture…
- Read the closest canonical scout. It's your template and your reference shape.
- Skim the inbox. posthog:inbox-reports-list shows what reports are actually landing — calibrate so your scout adds signal, not noise.
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 812e5c6. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
gitgh
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use git and gh, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Authoring Scouts loads about 11k tokens when it runs, and up to ~77k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 204 tokens; SKILL.md has 6,205 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
SKILL.md
Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 6,205 words (~10,812 tokens).
“A scout is a scheduled agent that wakes on its own interval, looks at one PostHog project, decides what's genuinely worth surfacing, and writes it into the Signals inbox as a report — or closes out empty, which is a…”
- name
- authoring-scouts
- metadata.owner_team
- signals
Files
SKILL.md and 6 other files (references) in products/signals/skills/authoring-scouts of PostHog/posthog.
- SKILL.md
- references/dedupe-and-memory.md
- references/lifecycle-and-testing.md
- references/report-checks.md
- references/report-contract.md
- references/scout-anatomy.md
- references/scout-patterns.md
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 812e5c6
Used in 1 other repository
We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders. This page covers the copy in PostHog/posthog, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.
Compare with similar skills
Authoring Scouts next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Authoring Scouts this skillPostHog/posthog | 40k | — | ~11k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Build Agentsvercel/vercel-plugin | 301 | — | ~1.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Planning With Filesjarrodwatts/claude-code-config | 1.1k | 5 repos | ~967 | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Tool Use Data Synthesissunny-glow/Auto-BenchMax | 1.3k | — | ~3.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Agent Harness ConstructionKartikLabhshetwar/mind-mentor | 148 | 6 repos | ~500 | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Prompt Engineering Patternswshobson/agents | 40k | — | ~1.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Authoring Scouts
What does Authoring Scouts do?
Write, edit, and adapt PostHog Signals scouts: scheduled agents that scan a project and report findings. Authoring Scouts is an agent skill from PostHog/posthog, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Write, edit, and adapt PostHog Signals scouts: scheduled agents that scan a project and report findings.
When should I use Authoring Scouts?
Authoring Scouts fits situations like: change a canonical scouts scope; dry-run settings; add a scout for an uncovered surface; record structured output from scheduled LLM scoring.
How do I install Authoring Scouts in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add PostHog/posthog --skill authoring-scouts -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (products/signals/skills/authoring-scouts in PostHog/posthog) into .claude/skills/authoring-scouts in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Authoring Scouts in Codex?
Run `npx skills add PostHog/posthog --skill authoring-scouts -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (products/signals/skills/authoring-scouts in PostHog/posthog) into .agents/skills/authoring-scouts in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Authoring Scouts in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add PostHog/posthog --skill authoring-scouts -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/authoring-scouts, .gemini/skills/authoring-scouts, .github/skills/authoring-scouts and .opencode/skills/authoring-scouts in your project.
What does Authoring Scouts need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Authoring Scouts needs the command-line tools its instructions call (git and gh).
Does Authoring Scouts access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use git and gh, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Authoring Scouts safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Authoring Scouts use?
Authoring Scouts has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.
How many tokens does Authoring Scouts use?
About 11k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 43k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 66k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Authoring Scouts?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Authoring Scouts: Build Agents (vercel/vercel-plugin, 301 stars), Planning With Files (jarrodwatts/claude-code-config, 1.1k stars), Tool Use Data Synthesis (sunny-glow/Auto-BenchMax, 1.3k stars) and Agent Harness Construction (KartikLabhshetwar/mind-mentor, 148 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Authoring Scouts?
PostHog (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in PostHog/posthog, which has 40,200 GitHub stars. The repository holds 252 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.
Source: PostHog/posthog on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.