managing-reminders

Create and manage scheduled in-app reminder notifications in PostHog via MCP tools.

713|118|Updated Aug 11, 2020
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/PostHog/posthog-foss --skill managing-reminders
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agentβ–Ό
Please help me install this Agent Skill.
Skill: managing-reminders
Source: https://github.com/PostHog/posthog-foss/tree/main/products/reminders/skills/managing-reminders
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/PostHog/posthog-foss --skill managing-reminders

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve?

Users need a way to set private, scheduled nudges inside PostHog β€” one-off or recurring β€” without confusing them with condition-based alerts or export-delivering subscriptions.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Flexible Scheduling: Create one-off reminders with scheduled_at, preset recurring reminders (daily, weekly, monthly, yearly), or custom cron expressions, with timezone support.
  • Resource Linking: Attach reminders to PostHog resources like dashboards, insights, experiments, feature flags, surveys, notebooks, replays, or error tracking issues so notifications deep-link to them.
  • Lifecycle Management: List, inspect, update, and delete reminders, tracking statuses like active, completed, and errored.
  • Use Case: A product manager says "remind me to review the launch dashboard every Monday at 9am" β€” the skill resolves the dashboard id, builds the cron expression 0 9 * * 1, applies the user's timezone, and creates the reminder via reminder-create.

Quick Start

Ask the assistant to remind you to review a specific PostHog dashboard every Monday at 9am in your timezone.

Frequently Asked Questions about managing-reminders

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

FAQPage Schema
How do I create a recurring reminder in PostHog?β–Ό

Create a recurring reminder by setting recurrence_interval to daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly, or use a 5-field cron_expression for specific weekdays and times. Pass the user's IANA timezone so wall-clock times resolve correctly.

What is the difference between a PostHog reminder, alert, and subscription?β–Ό

A reminder is a timed in-app nudge with no condition. An alert watches an insight metric and fires only when a threshold or anomaly condition is met. A subscription delivers an insight or dashboard export via email, Slack, or webhook on a schedule.

Can I attach a PostHog dashboard or insight to a reminder?β–Ό

Yes, set resource_type and resource_id together to link a reminder to a dashboard, insight, experiment, feature flag, survey, notebook, replay, or error tracking issue. The fired notification deep-links to that resource, which must already exist in the project.

Are PostHog reminders visible to other users on my team?β–Ό

No, reminders are private to the creating user and scoped to the current project. They fire only as in-app notifications, never through email, Slack, or webhooks.

Why was my cron reminder rejected in PostHog?β–Ό

A reminder may fire at most four times per day, so cron expressions more frequent than that are rejected. Also, exactly one of scheduled_at, recurrence_interval, or cron_expression must be provided β€” zero or multiple schedule fields cause rejection.