PostHog
What Paperbeam reads from PostHog, the read-only access it asks for and why, filters, and the beats it feeds.
Product analytics
Read-only API key
Event counts and saved insight values from PostHog, as daily metrics.
What we read
- Metric values
Only the reporting window of each edition is read. Paperbeam stores derived facts and short excerpts, not copies of your PostHog data, and keeps raw evidence only for your retention period.
Access we ask for, and why
| Scope | Why |
|---|---|
query:read | Run read-only HogQL counts |
insight:read | Read saved insight results |
project:read | Name the project |
All access is read-only. You can revoke it from PostHog at any time, or disconnect the source in Paperbeam.
Connect PostHog
- Go to Sources and choose PostHog.
- Create a personal api key. PostHog → Settings → User → Personal API keys → Create, with read scopes on this project. Open PostHog settings.
- Fill in Personal API key, Project ID and Region or host (optional), then click Test connection. Paperbeam makes one read-only call and shows the account it reached, or exactly what went wrong.
- Click Connect. The credential is encrypted before it is stored and never shown again. Use Sync now on the source’s page to see what it collects from the last 24 hours, and set filters there.
You need the admin or owner role in Paperbeam, and enough permission in PostHog to grant read access to the data listed above.
Filters
Set on the source’s page at Sources›PostHog. Filtered-out data is never collected.
| Filter | Effect |
|---|---|
| Events | Event names to count each day, exactly as captured. |
| Insights | Optional. Saved insight ids (short id from the URL, e.g. aBc12XyZ). |
To keep specific people, channels or topics out of the paper across all sources, use exclusion rules and the never-mention list in House style.
Beats
PostHog is a source for:
Stories land in whichever of your sections fits them best.