Markdowntown Analytics

Analytics + privacy

When to use

• Adding new analytics events or UI telemetry.
• Auditing payloads for privacy and redaction.
• Updating monitoring/funnel definitions.

Workflow

1. Find existing events

   • Check event taxonomy and funnels before adding new names.
   • Use existing event names where possible; add new ones only when needed.

2. Instrument safely

   • Client events flow through track/trackError in src/lib/analytics.ts.
   • Redaction happens in redactAnalyticsPayload before PostHog capture.

3. Privacy expectations

   • Never send raw file paths, cwd values, or repo names.
   • Use counts or booleans instead of raw content.

4. Validate + monitor

   • Update docs for event taxonomy and monitoring where needed.
   • Add/adjust tests for redaction and analytics utilities.

References

• codex/skills/markdowntown-analytics/references/analytics.md
• codex/skills/markdowntown-analytics/references/redaction.md

Guardrails

• Analytics should be optional (env controlled) and must not break UI.
• Never include secrets, file paths, cwd values, or raw content in analytics payloads.
• Always log follow-up tasks when you spot missing events or gaps.