name: check-posthog-loading description: > Inspect how the PostHog JavaScript SDK is loaded across a list of URLs. Use to confirm consistent installation across pages, find pages missing the snippet, detect mismatched API keys or hosts between pages, and verify the load method (head snippet vs deferred vs array.js).
Check PostHog loading
For each URL, navigates a real browser to the page, waits for PostHog to initialize, and reports:
- Whether
window.posthogis defined and__loaded. - Which load method was used:
head_snippet,snippet,array_js_only, ornone. - Where in the document the snippet lives (
head/body). - The init config:
api_key,api_host,person_profiles. - Runtime state including the assigned
distinct_id.
When to use
- Sanity-check a fresh install — does the snippet actually load on every page?
- After a page-template change — did one page lose the snippet?
- When investigating split data — are some pages pointing at a different
api_hostorapi_keythan others? - Onboarding a new customer — confirm SDK is wired up before debugging events.
How to invoke
Call the check_posthog_loading MCP tool with:
urls(required) — list of URLs to inspect.posthog_host(defaulthttps://us.i.posthog.com).
Returns a structured summary with which URLs loaded successfully, which didn't, and the load-method distribution.
Interpreting the result
Look for these red flags:
- Empty
loadedlist, fullnot_loadedlist — snippet not present anywhere. Re-run install or check that the layout includes the snippet. - Mixed
loaded/not_loaded— snippet missing from some pages. Common cause: a page rendered by a different template or layout. - Multiple distinct
api_keyvalues across pages — a page is pointing at the wrong PostHog project. - Multiple distinct
api_hostvalues — a page is pointing at the wrong ingestion endpoint (e.g. EU cloud vs US cloud, or vs a self-hosted reverse proxy). This causes events to land in different projects than expected. load_method: array_js_onlywith no init config —array.jswas loaded butposthog.init()was never called. Common with manual installs that miss the second half.