ENG-1448 - Add PostHog capture events for broader Roam feature usage telemetry

[mdroidian]

Codex:
Added In This PR

1. Import discourse graph flow (Import Dialog: Import Started)
2. Suggestive mode settings tab interaction (Suggestive Mode Settings: Tab Opened)
3. Suggestions panel open/close toggle (Suggestive Mode Panel: Toggled)
4. Possible duplicates panel open/close toggle (Possible Duplicates: Toggled)
5. Left sidebar target open interaction (Left Sidebar: Target Opened)
6. Left sidebar personal settings add section (Left Sidebar Personal Settings: Section Added)
7. Left sidebar global settings add page (Left Sidebar Global Settings: Page Added)
8. Personal settings overlay toggle (Personal Settings: Overlay Toggled)
9. General settings left sidebar toggle (General Settings: Left Sidebar Toggled)
10. Default filters add column (Default Filters: Column Added)
11. Create relation dialog submit (Create Relation Dialog: Create Triggered)
12. Modify node dialog submit (Modify Node Dialog: Submit Triggered)
13. Canvas clipboard open/close toggle (Canvas Clipboard: Toggled)
14. Canvas drawer open/close toggle (Canvas Drawer: Toggled)
15. Canvas convert-to selection (Canvas Convert To Dialog: Node Type Selected)
16. Image tools menu edit action (Image Tools Menu: Edit Block Clicked)
17. Text selection popup open (Text Selection Popup: Opened)

Already Had PostHog Before This PR

1. Discourse node menu create/tag actions
2. Floating menu interactions/open event
3. Discourse context show results event
4. Query drawer usage/error/open events
5. Query block/page render events
6. Graph overview export event
7. Export dialog/send-to-destination/tab/open flow events
8. Results view layout/column/share interactions
9. Discourse node search menu selection event
10. Reified relations migration/toggle events
11. Discourse node type creation event
12. Discourse relation creation event
13. Query page format add event
14. Query settings toggles/changes
15. Settings dialog/tab/admin/feedback/open events
16. Canvas telemetry (opened/fullscreen/relation/open-node/drop/add-asset/add-node)
17. Discourse node creation utility event
18. Extension loaded event
19. Command palette usage events (query/export/settings/overlay/metadata toggles)
20. Sync completion/error events

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Chores
  • Added analytics instrumentation across the app to record user interactions in settings, export flows, canvas features, sidebars, dialogs, command palette, import/export, and suggestion panels.
  • Telemetry now captures opens, toggles, dialog actions, export milestones, and other UI events to improve product insights without changing user-facing behavior.

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ENG-1448 Add PostHog capture events for broader Roam feature usage telemetry

[mdroidian]

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[mdroidian]

@maparent — per your suggestion in the all-hands today:

Feel free to add to this where appropriate, provided we’re not modifying any existing logic or functionality. The goal is to keep this PR focused and straightforward.

[maparent]

All good , a few optional suggestions.

[maparent]

Just an idea: Do we want posthog in dev? Should we have an intermediate function that disables it in dev unless a variable is set? Clearly can be done later, just want to open the discussion about whether that would be useful.

[mdroidian]

Just an idea: Do we want posthog in dev? Should we have an intermediate function that disables it in dev unless a variable is set? Clearly can be done later, just want to open the discussion about whether that would be useful.

Probably would be useful, but posthog also has affordances to filter out dev. (Graphs, users, etc)