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Flagsmith Documentation

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Documentation for Flagsmith, a feature flag management platform. Includes guides on client-side and server-side SDKs, Management and Flags APIs, OpenFeature providers, and self-hosting deployment options via Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, and various cloud providers. Covers feature versioning, A/B testing experimentation, and core concepts like segments and organizations.

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What's inside Flagsmith

  1. Overview of Flagsmith Feature Health

    Feature Health allows you to monitor observability metrics within Flagsmith. When a supported observability provider sends alert notifications, Flagsmith can mark specific features (and optionally environments) as 'unhealthy'. This provides teams with immediate visibility into feature regressions or failures to assist in quick response and decision-making.

  2. Overview of self-hosting Flagsmith

    Self-hosting Flagsmith allows organizations to run the complete platform within their own infrastructure. This provides full control over data sovereignty, custom integrations, security policies, and the ability to operate in offline environments with limited or no internet access.

  3. Overview of Flagsmith SCIM 2.0 capabilities

    Flagsmith uses the SCIM 2.0 protocol to automate user and group provisioning from an identity provider (IdP). This allows for the creation of users before their first login, automatic deactivation/removal of users, and synchronization of group memberships. SCIM handles provisioning (who exists and their permissions), while SSO handles authentication (how they log in).

    Supported Features:

    • Creating, deleting, and updating users (via the active attribute).
    • Creating, updating, and deleting permission groups and their memberships.
    • Filtering and pagination on /Users and /Groups endpoints.

    Unsupported Features:

    • Profile sourcing, /Me, /Bulk, sorting, and ETag concurrency control.

  4. Overview of Flagsmith Experimentation

    Flagsmith Experimentation allows for end-to-end A/B testing by serving feature variations via multivariate flags, collecting application events into a managed data warehouse, and analyzing results using a built-in Bayesian statistics engine. Experiments are scoped to a specific environment. This feature is currently in beta for Enterprise plans.

  5. Overview of Flagsmith Release Pipelines

    Release Pipelines automate the feature flag deployment process by defining a sequence of stages that flags progress through. They allow for automated rollouts to specific environments and audiences, reducing manual effort and risk by standardizing release protocols and providing visibility into flag progress. Note: This feature is currently in closed beta; contact support@flagsmith.com for access.

  6. Overview of Flagsmith Cohort Synchronisation

    Cohort synchronisation allows you to target feature flags at groups of users defined outside of Flagsmith. These groups are imported as segments that can be used for feature overrides. This is particularly useful for targeting power users identified by analytics platforms or customer lists from a CRM.

    Key constraints:

    • Available only on paid plans.
    • Synchronised segments are scoped to a single environment. If you need the same group in multiple environments, you must set up the segment separately for each.
    • Membership is matched by identity identifier; the external source must use the same identifier value as your Flagsmith application.
    • Membership is owned by the source; you cannot edit the rules of a synchronised segment within Flagsmith.

  7. Overview of the Flagsmith Management API

    The Flagsmith Management API allows developers to programmatically manage projects, environments, features, segments, and users. Any action available in the Flagsmith dashboard can be performed via this API. It is intended for automation, integrations, and custom workflows. Access is governed by the permissions of the API key or user making the request, meaning any organization member can use the API within their assigned RBAC scope.

  8. Overview of Flagsmith Edge Proxy

    The Flagsmith Edge Proxy is a self-hosted service that runs an instance of the Flagsmith Engine close to your servers to provide low-latency feature flags. It functions as a lightweight Docker container that acts as a local cache and an API interface compatible with Flagsmith SDKs. It connects to the Flagsmith API (either the hosted edge.api.flagsmith.com or a self-hosted instance) to retrieve environment flags and segment rules, reducing the number of polling requests made directly to the Core API.

  9. Overview of the Flagsmith MCP Server

    The Flagsmith MCP Server allows AI assistants and agents (such as Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Codex) to programmatically manage feature flags, segments, multivariate options, and release workflows via the Model Context Protocol. It supports both remote (Streamable HTTP) connections and local subprocesses (stdio).