Official agent skill

Diagnosing Missing Recordings

by PostHog in PostHog/posthog

Diagnoses why a session recording is missing or was not captured.

OfficialCustom licenceAuto-check passed

Install Diagnosing Missing Recordings

skills CLI
$ npx skills add PostHog/posthog --skill diagnosing-missing-recordings -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install PostHog/posthog diagnosing-missing-recordings --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/products/replay/skills/diagnosing-missing-recordings .claude/skills/diagnosing-missing-recordings && 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
diagnosing-missing-recordings
GitHub stars
40k
Token cost
~2k tokens
SKILL.md length
691 words
Files
4 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
252
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Diagnoses why a session recording is missing or was not captured.

  • Works in 5 steps: Check if the recording exists → Query diagnostic signals from events → Diagnose the verdict → …
  • A user asks why a session has no replay
  • SKILL.md covers Available tools, Diagnostic signals, Workflow and Examples, plus 2 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Diagnosing Missing Recordings is an agent skill from PostHog/posthog, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Diagnoses why a session recording is missing or was not captured. Use when a user asks why a session has no replay, why recordings aren't appearing, or wants to troubleshoot session replay capture issues for a specific session ID or across their project. Covers SDK diagnostic signals, project settings, sampling, triggers, ad blockers, and quota/billing scenarios.

Its SKILL.md is about 2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 4 other files, including reference files (for example `references/diagnosis-logic.md`, `references/diagnostic-signals.md` and `references/examples.md`).

It works with PostHog. 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

  • A user asks why a session has no replay
  • Why recordings arent appearing
  • Wants to troubleshoot session replay capture issues for a specific session ID
  • Across their project

Example prompts

  • “Use the diagnosing-missing-recordings skill to diagnose why a session recording is missing or was not captured”
  • “/diagnosing-missing-recordings”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Check if the recording exists
  2. Query diagnostic signals from events
  3. Diagnose the verdict
  4. Check project-level settings (if no session ID)
  5. Provide actionable recommendations

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 (its code samples are sql and json).

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

  • Network

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • posthog.com

    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

Diagnosing Missing Recordings loads about 2k tokens when it runs, and up to ~5.8k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 99 tokens; SKILL.md has 691 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~99
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~5.8k

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 691 words (~1,994 tokens).

“When a user asks "why wasn't this session recorded?" or "why don't I have any recordings?", follow this workflow to systematically diagnose the cause.”

— opening of SKILL.md by PostHog, Custom licence
name
diagnosing-missing-recordings

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 3 other files (references) in products/replay/skills/diagnosing-missing-recordings of PostHog/posthog.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/diagnosis-logic.md
  • references/diagnostic-signals.md
  • references/examples.md

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 7, 2026.

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Questions about Diagnosing Missing Recordings

What does Diagnosing Missing Recordings do?

Diagnoses why a session recording is missing or was not captured. Diagnosing Missing Recordings is an agent skill from PostHog/posthog, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Diagnoses why a session recording is missing or was not captured.

When should I use Diagnosing Missing Recordings?

Diagnosing Missing Recordings fits situations like: A user asks why a session has no replay; why recordings arent appearing; wants to troubleshoot session replay capture issues for a specific session ID; across their project.

How do I install Diagnosing Missing Recordings in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add PostHog/posthog --skill diagnosing-missing-recordings -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (products/replay/skills/diagnosing-missing-recordings in PostHog/posthog) into .claude/skills/diagnosing-missing-recordings in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Diagnosing Missing Recordings in Codex?

Run `npx skills add PostHog/posthog --skill diagnosing-missing-recordings -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (products/replay/skills/diagnosing-missing-recordings in PostHog/posthog) into .agents/skills/diagnosing-missing-recordings in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Diagnosing Missing Recordings 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 diagnosing-missing-recordings -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/diagnosing-missing-recordings, .gemini/skills/diagnosing-missing-recordings, .github/skills/diagnosing-missing-recordings and .opencode/skills/diagnosing-missing-recordings in your project.

What does Diagnosing Missing Recordings need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Diagnosing Missing Recordings is instructions for the agent only.

Does Diagnosing Missing Recordings access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: posthog.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Diagnosing Missing Recordings 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 Diagnosing Missing Recordings use?

Diagnosing Missing Recordings 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 Diagnosing Missing Recordings use?

About 2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 8k 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 3.8k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Diagnosing Missing Recordings?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Diagnosing Missing Recordings: Opik Analytics Instrumentation (comet-ml/opik, 22k stars), C15t (c15t/c15t, 1.9k stars), Define Feature Flag (macro-inc/macro, 4.6k stars) and Soku CLI (About-Intelligence/soku-cli, 304 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Diagnosing Missing Recordings?

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.