Official agent skill

Debugging Table Access Denied

by PostHog in PostHog/posthog

Debugs a TableAccessDeniedError from an error tracking issue, Slack alert, or user report.

OfficialCustom licenceAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Debugging Table Access Denied

skills CLI
$ npx skills add PostHog/posthog --skill debugging-table-access-denied -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install PostHog/posthog debugging-table-access-denied --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/debugging-table-access-denied .claude/skills/debugging-table-access-denied && 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
debugging-table-access-denied
GitHub stars
40k
Token cost
~450 tokens
SKILL.md length
193 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
252
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Debugs a TableAccessDeniedError from an error tracking issue, Slack alert, or user report.

  • Investigating why HogQL denied a system
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Warehouse table and whether the occurrence is a real bug
  • Expected behavior

What it does

Debugging Table Access Denied is an agent skill from PostHog/posthog, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Debugs a TableAccessDeniedError from an error tracking issue, Slack alert, or user report. Use when investigating why HogQL denied a system or warehouse table and whether the occurrence is a real bug or expected behavior. Trigger terms include TableAccessDeniedError, tableaccessdenied, and "You don't have access to table".

Its SKILL.md is about 450 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 Development, covering Debugging. 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

  • Investigating why HogQL denied a system
  • Warehouse table and whether the occurrence is a real bug
  • Expected behavior
  • Terms include TableAccessDeniedError

Example prompts

  • “You don”
  • “Use the debugging-table-access-denied skill to debug a TableAccessDeniedError from an error tracking issue, Slack alert, or user report”
  • “/debugging-table-access-denied”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 10f9ad7. 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

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    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

Debugging Table Access Denied loads about 450 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 89 tokens; SKILL.md has 193 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~89
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~450

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 193 words (~450 tokens).

“TableAccessDeniedError (posthog/hogql/errors.py, code table_access_denied) means the query referenced a table that access control removed from the HogQL schema. The mechanism — how and why tables get removed — is documented in posthog/hogql/ACCESS_CONTROL.md; read it first.”

— opening of SKILL.md by PostHog, Custom licence
name
debugging-table-access-denied

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/debugging-table-access-denied of PostHog/posthog.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 10f9ad7

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 8, 2026.

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Questions about Debugging Table Access Denied

What does Debugging Table Access Denied do?

Debugs a TableAccessDeniedError from an error tracking issue, Slack alert, or user report. Debugging Table Access Denied is an agent skill from PostHog/posthog, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Debugs a TableAccessDeniedError from an error tracking issue, Slack alert, or user report.

When should I use Debugging Table Access Denied?

Debugging Table Access Denied fits situations like: investigating why HogQL denied a system; warehouse table and whether the occurrence is a real bug; expected behavior; terms include TableAccessDeniedError.

How do I install Debugging Table Access Denied in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Debugging Table Access Denied in Codex?

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

Can I use Debugging Table Access Denied 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 debugging-table-access-denied -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/debugging-table-access-denied, .gemini/skills/debugging-table-access-denied, .github/skills/debugging-table-access-denied and .opencode/skills/debugging-table-access-denied in your project.

What does Debugging Table Access Denied need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Debugging Table Access Denied is instructions for the agent only.

Does Debugging Table Access Denied 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 Debugging Table Access Denied 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 Debugging Table Access Denied use?

Debugging Table Access Denied 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 Debugging Table Access Denied use?

About 450 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.8k 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 Debugging Table Access Denied?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Debugging Table Access Denied: Release Digest (Kiln-AI/Kiln, 5.2k stars), Upgrade Claude Adapter (PostHog/code, 179 stars), Product Diagnosis (amplitude/builder-skills, 159 stars) and Posthog Webhooks Events (jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace, 2.8k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Debugging Table Access Denied?

PostHog (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in PostHog/posthog, which has 40,182 GitHub stars. The repository holds 252 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 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.