Segment
Customer data platform for collecting, routing, and activating user data.
Capabilities
| Integration | Available | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| API | ✓ | Tracking API, Profile API, Config API |
| MCP | - | Not available |
| CLI | - | Not available |
| SDK | ✓ | analytics.js, iOS, Android, server libraries |
Authentication
- Tracking: Write Key (per source)
- API: Access Token (OAuth 2.0)
- Header:
Authorization: Bearer {access_token}
Common Agent Operations
Track event
bash
POST https://api.segment.io/v1/track
Authorization: Basic {base64(write_key:)}
{
"userId": "user_123",
"event": "signup_completed",
"properties": {
"plan": "pro",
"method": "email"
}
}Identify user
bash
POST https://api.segment.io/v1/identify
Authorization: Basic {base64(write_key:)}
{
"userId": "user_123",
"traits": {
"email": "user@example.com",
"name": "John Doe",
"plan": "pro"
}
}Track page view
bash
POST https://api.segment.io/v1/page
Authorization: Basic {base64(write_key:)}
{
"userId": "user_123",
"name": "Pricing",
"properties": {
"title": "Pricing - Example",
"url": "https://example.com/pricing"
}
}Batch events
bash
POST https://api.segment.io/v1/batch
Authorization: Basic {base64(write_key:)}
{
"batch": [
{"type": "identify", "userId": "user_1", "traits": {"plan": "free"}},
{"type": "track", "userId": "user_1", "event": "signup"}
]
}Get user profile (Profile API)
bash
GET https://profiles.segment.com/v1/spaces/{space_id}/collections/users/profiles/user_id:{user_id}/traits
Authorization: Basic {base64(access_token:)}Get user events
bash
GET https://profiles.segment.com/v1/spaces/{space_id}/collections/users/profiles/user_id:{user_id}/events
Authorization: Basic {base64(access_token:)}JavaScript SDK
javascript
// Initialize
analytics.load('WRITE_KEY');
// Identify user
analytics.identify('user_123', {
email: 'user@example.com',
plan: 'pro'
});
// Track event
analytics.track('Feature Used', {
feature_name: 'export'
});
// Page view
analytics.page('Pricing');Key Concepts
- Sources - Where data comes from (website, app, server)
- Destinations - Where data goes (analytics, CRM, ads)
- Tracking Plan - Schema for events and properties
- Protocols - Data governance and validation
- Personas - Unified user profiles
- Audiences - Computed user segments
Common Destinations
- Analytics: GA4, Mixpanel, Amplitude
- CRM: HubSpot, Salesforce
- Email: Customer.io, Mailchimp
- Ads: Google Ads, Meta
- Data Warehouse: BigQuery, Snowflake
When to Use
- Centralizing event tracking
- Routing data to multiple tools
- Maintaining consistent tracking
- Building unified user profiles
- Syncing audiences across platforms
Rate Limits
- 500 requests/second per source
- Batch up to 500KB or 32KB per event
Relevant Skills
- analytics-tracking
- email-sequence
- paid-ads