Filtering Bot Traffic

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Filtering Bot Traffic skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Filtering Bot Traffic is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the General category. Learn more at https://claudskills.com/learn/what-is-skill-md/.

Category: General · Sub-category: ai-tooling · Last updated: 2026-09-28

Identify, measure, and exclude bot / crawler / AI-agent traffic in PostHog web and product analytics using the traffic classification surface (the isLikelyBot / getTrafficType HogQL functions and the $virt_* virtual properties). Use when the user asks to "exclude bots", "filter out crawlers", "remove bot traffic from my numbers", "how much of my traffic is bots / AI crawlers", "is GPTBot / ChatGPT / Claude hitting my site", "break down traffic by human vs bot", or wants clean human-only counts in an insight or dashboard. For the real-time Live tab bot tiles, use exploring-live-traffic instead.

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From the source SKILL.md

PostHog classifies every request by user agent so you can tell humans apart from bots, crawlers, and AI agents anywhere HogQL runs — the SQL editor, insights, trends, and Web analytics breakdowns. This skill teaches you (the agent) how to use that classification to:

What this skill does

Filtering Bot Traffic is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the ai-tooling sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/filtering-bot-traffic/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when the user asks to "exclude bots", "filter out crawlers", "remove bot traffic from my numbers", "how much of my traffic is bots / AI crawlers", "is GPTBot / ChatGPT / Claude hitting my site", "break down traffic by human vs bot", or wants clean human-only counts in an insight or dashboard. For the real-time Live tab bot tiles, use exploring-live-traffic instead.

Who uses this skill

The Filtering Bot Traffic Claude Code skill is built for Claude Code users and developers across all disciplines looking for general-purpose AI assistance. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 196,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/filtering-bot-traffic
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/filtering-bot-traffic/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/filtering-bot-traffic/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/filtering-bot-traffic/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/filtering-bot-traffic/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\filtering-bot-traffic\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Filtering Bot Traffic Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/filtering-bot-traffic/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.

What does the Filtering Bot Traffic skill do?

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

When should I use the Filtering Bot Traffic skill?

Use Filtering Bot Traffic when your Claude Code task falls under the General category — specifically in the ai tooling area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Filtering Bot Traffic" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/general/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Filtering Bot Traffic skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Filtering Bot Traffic is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the General category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/PostHog/skills/blob/HEAD/skills/omnibus/filtering-bot-traffic/SKILL.md
License: MIT
Author: PostHog

Cite this skill

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APA

PostHog. (2026). Filtering Bot Traffic [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/filtering-bot-traffic/

BibTeX

@misc{filtering-bot-traffic-2026,
  author    = {PostHog},
  title     = {Filtering Bot Traffic [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/filtering-bot-traffic/}
}

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Grade A · scanned 2026-09-28 — free static scan against the OWASP Agentic Skills Top 10.

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