authoring-scouts
Skill from PostHog/ai-plugin
Install
npx skills add PostHog/ai-plugin --skill authoring-scouts
Runs the open skills CLI and installs the skill for your agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor …). Alternatively copy the skill folder into .claude/skills/ or upload it in Claude.ai under Settings → Skills.
As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-official
/plugin install posthog@posthog
This skill is part of the plugin “posthog”. In Claude Code the plugin installs it together with the plugin’s other skills, commands and hooks.
What does the authoring-scouts skill do?
Description from the SKILL.md in the source repository.
Questions about authoring-scouts
What does the authoring-scouts skill do?
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 private prompt trials with saved rubrics. Trigger on "write/edit/customize a signals scout", "new scout for X", "tune my scout schedule", "make a scout that watches <event>", "score/judge/measure X with a scout", "test/compare scout prompts", "generate scout rubrics", "structured output from a scout", "scout output to Slack", "leave a note for / give feedback to a scout".
How do I install authoring-scouts?
In a terminal: npx skills add PostHog/ai-plugin --skill authoring-scouts. The skills CLI asks which agents to install it for. In Claude.ai you can upload the skill folder as a ZIP under Settings → Skills.
Which agents can use authoring-scouts?
Skills use the open SKILL.md format, which Claude Code, Claude.ai, the Claude API, OpenAI Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI and other agents support.
Is authoring-scouts safe to use?
Our automatic check found no risky patterns (piped shell scripts, hidden characters, secret access, prompt overrides). It is not a full audit – read the SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.
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