Linking Cursor as a source
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The Cursor connector syncs members, daily usage, usage events, and more into the PostHog data warehouse, so you can analyze them alongside your product data.
Prerequisites
You need a Cursor team with access to the Admin API and an API key created by a team admin.
Business teams with Admin API access can sync member, usage, and spend data. This does not include access to the Analytics API, which requires a Cursor Enterprise plan. Analytics tables are off by default in PostHog. Enable them only if your team has access.
AI code tracking tables also require AI code tracking to be enabled for your Enterprise team. Check the requirements in Supported tables before enabling additional tables.
Adding a data source
- In PostHog, go to the Sources tab of the data pipeline section.
- Click + New source and click Link next to this source.
- Enter your credentials (see Configuration below) and click Next.
- Select the tables you want to sync, choose a sync method and frequency, then click Import.
Once the syncs are complete, you can start querying this data in PostHog.
Enter your Cursor Admin API key to automatically pull your team's Cursor usage and spend data.
A team admin can create an API key in the Cursor dashboard under API Keys.
You'll be asked for:
- Admin API key: for example
key_....
Sync modes
Each table can be synced in one of several modes, depending on what the source supports:
- Webhook (when available) – the source pushes changes to PostHog in real time. Fastest freshness, lowest ongoing cost, and the only mode that reliably captures updates and deletes.
- Incremental – only new or updated rows are synced on each run, using a cursor field (such as an
updated_attimestamp). Cheaper than a full refresh, but deletes aren't captured. - Append only – new rows are appended using a cursor field; existing rows are never updated. Ideal for immutable, append-only tables like event logs.
- Full refresh – the whole table is reloaded on every sync. Use it when a table has no reliable cursor or when you need deletions reflected.
See sync methods for a full explanation of how each mode works and how to choose between them.
Tables such as members and spend support full refresh only. Each sync replaces the contents of the table.
Time-series tables, such as daily_usage, usage_events, and analytics tables, also support incremental syncs using a date or timestamp field. See Supported tables for each table's sync modes and incremental field.
Configuration
| Option | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|
Admin API key | password | Yes |
Supported tables
| Table | Description | Sync method | Incremental field | Primary key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
members | Current team members with their roles. Full refresh only | Full refresh | — | — |
daily_usage | Per-user daily usage metrics (lines accepted, tabs, agent requests). Only syncs the last 365 days on initial sync | Incremental, Full refresh | date | — |
usage_events | Per-request usage events with model, token usage, and cost. Only syncs the last 365 days on initial sync | Incremental, Full refresh | timestamp | — |
spend | Per-member spend for the current billing cycle. Full refresh only | Full refresh | — | — |
agent_edits | Daily team totals for agent-suggested edits: diffs suggested, accepted, and rejected, with line counts. Needs a Cursor Enterprise plan. Only syncs the last 365 days on initial sync | Incremental, Full refresh | event_date | — |
tabs | Daily team totals for Tab autocomplete: suggestions, accepts, rejects, and line counts. Needs a Cursor Enterprise plan. Only syncs the last 365 days on initial sync | Incremental, Full refresh | event_date | — |
dau | Daily count of team members who used an AI feature, with the CLI, cloud agent, and Bugbot counts alongside. Needs a Cursor Enterprise plan. Only syncs the last 365 days on initial sync | Incremental, Full refresh | date | — |
models | Daily team model usage, with a message count and a user count for each model. Needs a Cursor Enterprise plan. Only syncs the last 365 days on initial sync | Incremental, Full refresh | date | — |
top_file_extensions | Daily team file extension breakdown of AI-assisted edits, top five extensions per day. Needs a Cursor Enterprise plan. Only syncs the last 365 days on initial sync | Incremental, Full refresh | event_date | — |
by_user_agent_edits | Per-user daily agent edit metrics, keyed by email so they join to members. Needs a Cursor Enterprise plan. Only syncs the last 365 days on initial sync | Incremental, Full refresh | event_date | — |
by_user_tabs | Per-user daily Tab autocomplete metrics, keyed by email so they join to members. Needs a Cursor Enterprise plan. Only syncs the last 365 days on initial sync | Incremental, Full refresh | event_date | — |
by_user_models | Per-user daily model usage, with a message count for each model. Needs a Cursor Enterprise plan. Only syncs the last 365 days on initial sync | Incremental, Full refresh | date | — |
by_user_top_file_extensions | Per-user daily file extension breakdown of AI-assisted edits. Needs a Cursor Enterprise plan. Only syncs the last 365 days on initial sync | Incremental, Full refresh | event_date | — |
ai_code_commits | Per-commit attribution of lines added and deleted to Tab, Composer, and non-AI authoring. Needs a Cursor Enterprise plan with AI code tracking enabled. Only syncs the last 365 days on initial sync | Incremental, Full refresh | commitTs | — |
ai_code_changes | Individual accepted AI changes with the lines added and deleted, the model, and the files each change touched. Needs a Cursor Enterprise plan with AI code tracking enabled. Only syncs the last 365 days on initial sync | Incremental, Full refresh | createdAt | — |
audit_logs | Audit log events for your team, such as logins, member changes, and settings changes. Only syncs the last 365 days on initial sync | Incremental, Full refresh | timestamp | — |
billing_groups | Billing groups with their spend for the current billing cycle, including the reserved Unassigned group. Needs a Cursor Enterprise plan. Full refresh only | Full refresh | — | — |
billing_group_members | Current and former members of each billing group, with their spend for the current billing cycle. Needs a Cursor Enterprise plan. Full refresh only | Full refresh | — | — |
bugbot_reviews | One row per completed Bugbot review, with the reviewed commit, the findings, and the billed cost. Needs a Cursor Enterprise plan and an API key with read access. Only syncs the last 365 days on initial sync | Incremental, Full refresh | timestamp | — |
conversation_insights | Daily team conversation counts by intent, complexity, category, guidance level, and work type. Needs a Cursor Enterprise plan with Conversation Insights turned on. Only syncs the last 365 days on initial sync | Incremental, Full refresh | date | — |
Troubleshooting
- If the connection fails with an authorization error, check the API key and your team's API access. Analytics tables require an Enterprise plan. If your team doesn't have access, turn those tables off and continue syncing the Admin API tables your team can access.
- If a table syncs no rows, the credential may not have access to that data. Check its permissions, then reconnect the source.
If your sync is failing or data looks wrong, see the Data warehouse troubleshooting guide. If that doesn't help, contact support – we're happy to help.