error-tracking-nextjs
PostHog error tracking for Next.js
What this skill does
# PostHog error tracking for Next.js This skill helps you add PostHog error tracking to Next.js applications. ## Reference files - `references/nextjs.md` - Next.js error tracking installation - docs - `references/fingerprints.md` - Fingerprints - docs - `references/alerts.md` - Send error tracking alerts - docs - `references/monitoring.md` - Monitor and search issues - docs - `references/assigning-issues.md` - Assign issues to teammates - docs - `references/upload-source-maps.md` - Upload source maps - docs Consult the documentation for API details and framework-specific patterns. ## Key principles - **Environment variables**: Always use environment variables for PostHog keys and host URLs. Never hardcode them. - **Minimal changes**: Add error tracking alongside existing error handling. Don't replace or restructure existing error handling code. - **Autocapture first**: Enable exception autocapture in the SDK initialization before adding manual captures. - **Source maps**: Upload source maps so stack traces resolve to original source code, not minified bundles. - **Manual capture for boundaries**: Use `captureException()` at error boundaries and catch blocks for errors that don't propagate to the global handler. ## Framework guidelines - For Next.js 15.3+, initialize PostHog in instrumentation-client.ts for the simplest setup - For feature flags, use useFeatureFlagEnabled() or useFeatureFlagPayload() hooks - they handle loading states and external sync automatically - Add analytics capture in event handlers where user actions occur, NOT in useEffect reacting to state changes - Do NOT use useEffect for data transformation - calculate derived values during render instead - Do NOT use useEffect to respond to user events - put that logic in the event handler itself - Do NOT use useEffect to chain state updates - calculate all related updates together in the event handler - Do NOT use useEffect to notify parent components - call the parent callback alongside setState in the event handler - To reset component state when a prop changes, pass the prop as the component's key instead of using useEffect - useEffect is ONLY for synchronizing with external systems (non-React widgets, browser APIs, network subscriptions)
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