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Official agent skill

Building Product Empty States

by PostHog in PostHog/posthog

Guide for adding a product setup empty state — the skippable first-run screen a product scene shows until real data arrives, built on the shared ProductEmptyState component.

OfficialCustom licenceAuto-check passedFrontend & Design

Install Building Product Empty States

skills CLI
$ npx skills add PostHog/posthog --skill building-product-empty-states -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install PostHog/posthog building-product-empty-states --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/PostHog/posthog.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/building-product-empty-states .claude/skills/building-product-empty-states && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Facts

Skill name
building-product-empty-states
GitHub stars
40k
Token cost
~4.7k tokens
SKILL.md length
2,300 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
254
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Guide for adding a product setup empty state — the skippable first-run screen a product scene shows until real data arrives, built on the shared ProductEmptyState component.

  • Works in 6 steps: Write (or extend) the detection logic → Create the config → Build the signature preview → …
  • Adding an empty state
  • SKILL.md covers How it works, Adoption steps, Scene gate or inline panel? and QA checklist
  • Calls pnpm

What it does

Building Product Empty States is an agent skill from PostHog/posthog, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Guide for adding a product setup empty state — the skippable first-run screen a product scene shows until real data arrives, built on the shared ProductEmptyState component. Use when adding an empty state or first-run/setup screen to a product scene, declaring emptyState on a SceneExport, writing a product setup-status detection logic, building an animated example-data preview widget, or deciding between the scene-level ProductEmptyState gate and an inline ProductIntroduction panel. Covers the…

Its SKILL.md is about 4.7k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Frontend & Design, covering Design tokens. 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

  • Adding an empty state
  • First-run/setup screen to a product scene
  • Declaring emptyState on a SceneExport
  • Writing a product setup-status detection logic

Example prompts

  • “/building-product-empty-states”

Workflow steps

6 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Write (or extend) the detection logic
  2. Create the config
  3. Build the signature preview
  4. Declare it on the scene
  5. Test the status mapping
  6. Add storybook coverage

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit c012c8d. 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:

    • pnpm

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use pnpm, 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

Building Product Empty States loads about 4.7k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 169 tokens; SKILL.md has 2,300 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~169
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~4.7k

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 2,300 words (~4,661 tokens).

“Before a user has set a product up, its scene should show a setup empty state: the product pitch and install command on the left, an animated preview of the product filled with realistic example data on the right. The…”

— opening of SKILL.md by PostHog, Custom licence
name
building-product-empty-states

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/building-product-empty-states of PostHog/posthog.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit c012c8d

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.

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Questions about Building Product Empty States

What does Building Product Empty States do?

Guide for adding a product setup empty state — the skippable first-run screen a product scene shows until real data arrives, built on the shared ProductEmptyState component. Building Product Empty States is an agent skill from PostHog/posthog, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Guide for adding a product setup empty state — the skippable first-run screen a product scene shows until real data arrives, built on the shared ProductEmptyState component.

When should I use Building Product Empty States?

Building Product Empty States fits situations like: adding an empty state; first-run/setup screen to a product scene; declaring emptyState on a SceneExport; writing a product setup-status detection logic.

How do I install Building Product Empty States in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add PostHog/posthog --skill building-product-empty-states -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/building-product-empty-states in PostHog/posthog) into .claude/skills/building-product-empty-states in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Building Product Empty States in Codex?

Run `npx skills add PostHog/posthog --skill building-product-empty-states -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/building-product-empty-states in PostHog/posthog) into .agents/skills/building-product-empty-states in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Building Product Empty States 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 building-product-empty-states -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/building-product-empty-states, .gemini/skills/building-product-empty-states, .github/skills/building-product-empty-states and .opencode/skills/building-product-empty-states in your project.

What does Building Product Empty States need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Building Product Empty States needs the command-line tools its instructions call (pnpm).

Does Building Product Empty States access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Building Product Empty States 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 Building Product Empty States use?

Building Product Empty States 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 Building Product Empty States use?

About 4.7k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 19k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Building Product Empty States?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Building Product Empty States: Figma Design System Builder (warpdotdev/warp, 65k stars), Figma use_figma Plugin API Rules (warpdotdev/warp, 65k stars), MCP Development (coollabsio/coolify, 63k stars) and Design System (Ohh-889/skyroc, 795 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Building Product Empty States?

PostHog (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in PostHog/posthog, which has 40,209 GitHub stars. The repository holds 254 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 10, 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.