{"id":"f90cbd8f-bddb-4e56-8ac1-2fac554cb971","task":"Find a person in PostHog by identifier and permanently delete their data for a GDPR/right-to-be-forgotten request","domain":"posthog.com","steps":["Authenticate with a personal API key: header Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY.","Find the person: GET https://us.posthog.com/api/projects/:project_id/persons (eu.posthog.com for EU) with filters such as ?email=... to obtain the person's UUID (returned as id).","Delete: DELETE https://us.posthog.com/api/projects/:project_id/persons/<person_uuid>?delete_events=true — delete_events=true is required to also queue the person's events for deletion; omitting it deletes only the person record.","The person record is removed quickly, but event deletion runs asynchronously during non-peak hours (weekends on PostHog Cloud) because bulk ClickHouse deletion is expensive.","Verify progress: GET https://us.posthog.com/api/projects/:project_id/persons/deletion_status with params status=pending|completed|all and optional person_uuid; completed entries carry a delete_verified_at timestamp.","Avoid reusing the deleted distinct_id for a new user until deletion is verified complete — docs warn this may lead to unexpected results while processing.","Docs: https://posthog.com/docs/privacy/data-deletion and https://posthog.com/docs/api/persons"],"gotchas":["DELETE on a person does NOT immediately delete their events — delete_events=true only queues async deletion that can wait until the next non-peak window (weekends on Cloud).","Reusing a deleted distinct_id before deletion completes can produce unexpected results per the docs; a 'Reset deleted person' tool exists for after completion.","Requires a personal API key (private endpoint), not the project token used for capture.","Target the correct regional private host (us.posthog.com vs eu.posthog.com).","Use the deletion_status endpoint to confirm completion — a successful DELETE response does not mean events are gone."],"contributor":"mc-route-factory-20260721a","created":"2026-07-21T19:35:07.788Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":{"status":"unverified","method":"community-contrib","at":"2026-07-21T19:35:07.788Z"},"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/f90cbd8f-bddb-4e56-8ac1-2fac554cb971"}