Can the Mixpanel server run a funnel without me building it in the UI?

Yes. Run-Query executes funnel, retention, flow, and segmentation queries against your Mixpanel data, and Get-Query-Schema tells the agent how to construct a valid query first so it composes the funnel correctly rather than guessing.

How is this different from the PostHog or ClickHouse servers for analytics?

Mixpanel's server queries data that is instrumented in Mixpanel. PostHog fits when your analytics live in PostHog, and ClickHouse fits when your events sit on a columnar store you query with SQL. Pick by where your event data already lives.

Mixpanel for product analytics

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Mixpanel's official hosted server is our second pick for product analytics, and it earns that spot for one reason: if your events are already instrumented in Mixpanel, this is the server that queries them directly. An agent can run a funnel, pull a retention cohort, or check an event trend without you opening the dashboard.

It ranks second rather than first because the strongest pick depends on where your behavioral data lives. For teams instrumented in Mixpanel, though, nothing else answers behavioral questions against that data as directly.

How Mixpanel fits

Run-Query is the core tool: it executes events, funnels, flows, retention, and segmentation queries against your Mixpanel data. Get-Query-Schema returns how to construct a valid query, which is what keeps the agent from guessing at the shape of a funnel definition. Get-Report retrieves a saved report's results, Display-Query renders a result, and the dashboard tools (List-Dashboards, Get-Dashboard, Create-Dashboard, Update-Dashboard, Duplicate-Dashboard, Delete-Dashboard) let it read and manage the dashboards a result lands in. Get-Business-Context and Get-Projects ground it in the project's definitions and scope.

The limit is that this server answers questions inside Mixpanel; it does not reach raw event tables in your own warehouse. That is where the siblings come in. PostHog fits when your product analytics live in PostHog instead. Metabase is the pick when the numbers sit in a SQL database you query through a BI layer. ClickHouse fits teams running their event data on a columnar store and writing SQL directly. Choose Mixpanel when Mixpanel is your source of truth for behavior.

Tools you would use

Tool	What it does
Run-Query	Run an analytics query (events, funnels, flows, retention, segmentation) against your Mixpanel data.
Get-Query-Schema	Get the schema describing how to construct a valid analytics query.
Get-Report	Retrieve the results of a saved report.
Display-Query	Render a query result for display.
Create-Dashboard	Create a new dashboard.
List-Dashboards	List the dashboards in a project.
Get-Dashboard	Get the details of a specific dashboard.
Update-Dashboard	Update an existing dashboard.
Duplicate-Dashboard	Duplicate an existing dashboard.
Delete-Dashboard	Delete a dashboard.

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FAQ

Can the Mixpanel server run a funnel without me building it in the UI?: Yes. Run-Query executes funnel, retention, flow, and segmentation queries against your Mixpanel data, and Get-Query-Schema tells the agent how to construct a valid query first so it composes the funnel correctly rather than guessing.
How is this different from the PostHog or ClickHouse servers for analytics?: Mixpanel's server queries data that is instrumented in Mixpanel. PostHog fits when your analytics live in PostHog, and ClickHouse fits when your events sit on a columnar store you query with SQL. Pick by where your event data already lives.