Step 1: Access the Installation Page
Visit the Autoplay installation page: https://app.autoplay.ai/install
You’ll need 3 values (grabbed in Steps 2 & 3):
- 🔑 Personal API Key
- 🌐 Host URL
- 🆔 Project ID
Step 2: Create Your Personal API Key
To connect PostHog ↔ Autoplay you need 3 values:
Required:
- 🔑 Personal API Key
- 🌐 Host URL
- 🆔 Project ID
1️⃣ Get Your Host URL
- Open your PostHog account (e.g. app.posthog.com)
- Copy everything up to & including
.com→ e.g.https://app.posthog.com
💡 Same value across all projects on this instance.
2️⃣ Find Your Project ID
- Open your project in PostHog
- Check the browser URL →
https://app.posthog.com/project/abcd1234
- Copy the part after
/project/→ e.g.123564
3️⃣ Create a Personal API Key
- PostHog → Settings → Personal API Keys
- Click “Create API Key”
- Name it e.g.
Autoplay Integration Key
- Press Project → link the correct project
- Permissions — read access to:
- Project
- Query
- Session Recordings
- Person
- Cohort
- Click Create → copy the key
⚠️ Shown once only — save it securely.
Step 3: Get your Host Url
Host URL = base of your PostHog link, up to & including posthog.com.
💡 Example: https://us.posthog.com/project/118223/settings/user-api-keys
Host URL → https://us.posthog.com
Step 4: Get your Project ID
Project ID = the number right after /project/.
💡 Example: https://us.posthog.com/project/118223/settings/user-api-keys
Project ID → 118223
✅ Final Step: Connect the Integration
- Enter:
- Host URL
- Project ID
- Personal API Key
- Click “Connect”
- You should see → ✅ Success
Autoplay is powered by PostHog — best-in-class real-time infra for your copilots. Why we started with PostHog →