diff --git a/mem0-plugin/scripts/on_post_tool_use.sh b/mem0-plugin/scripts/on_post_tool_use.sh
index fc1d3ad17..49ff950e5 100755
--- a/mem0-plugin/scripts/on_post_tool_use.sh
+++ b/mem0-plugin/scripts/on_post_tool_use.sh
@@ -19,9 +19,17 @@ case "$TOOL_NAME" in
   mcp__mem0__add_memory)
     CATEGORY=$(echo "$INPUT" | jq -r '.tool_input.metadata.type // .tool_input.metadata.category // ""' 2>/dev/null || echo "")
     python3 "$SCRIPT_DIR/session_stats.py" add "$CATEGORY" 2>/dev/null || true
+    python3 "$SCRIPT_DIR/telemetry.py" tool_use --tool=add_memory 2>/dev/null &
     ;;
   mcp__mem0__search_memories|mcp__mem0__get_memories)
     python3 "$SCRIPT_DIR/session_stats.py" search 2>/dev/null || true
+    python3 "$SCRIPT_DIR/telemetry.py" tool_use --tool=search_memories 2>/dev/null &
+    ;;
+  mcp__mem0__delete_memory)
+    python3 "$SCRIPT_DIR/telemetry.py" tool_use --tool=delete_memory 2>/dev/null &
+    ;;
+  mcp__mem0__update_memory)
+    python3 "$SCRIPT_DIR/telemetry.py" tool_use --tool=update_memory 2>/dev/null &
     ;;
 esac
 
diff --git a/mem0-plugin/scripts/on_pre_compact.sh b/mem0-plugin/scripts/on_pre_compact.sh
index 28a1d86af..024d0ed22 100755
--- a/mem0-plugin/scripts/on_pre_compact.sh
+++ b/mem0-plugin/scripts/on_pre_compact.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ INPUT=$(cat)
 # Fire REST API transcript backup in background (safety net if agent
 # can't complete the add_memory call before compaction finishes)
 echo "$INPUT" | python3 "$SCRIPT_DIR/on_pre_compact.py" --source=pre-compaction 2>/dev/null &
+python3 "$SCRIPT_DIR/telemetry.py" pre_compact 2>/dev/null &
 
 cat <<'EOF'
 ## CRITICAL: Pre-Compaction Session Summary
diff --git a/mem0-plugin/scripts/on_session_start.sh b/mem0-plugin/scripts/on_session_start.sh
index 0aa973e61..b68c3c696 100755
--- a/mem0-plugin/scripts/on_session_start.sh
+++ b/mem0-plugin/scripts/on_session_start.sh
@@ -162,4 +162,7 @@ is being captured to mem0 in the background as `metadata.type=compact_summary`.
 EOF
 fi
 
+# Telemetry (background, fire-and-forget)
+python3 "$SCRIPT_DIR/telemetry.py" session_start --source="$SOURCE" --memory_count="${MEM0_COUNT:-0}" 2>/dev/null &
+
 exit 0
diff --git a/mem0-plugin/scripts/on_stop.sh b/mem0-plugin/scripts/on_stop.sh
index 1934a8651..87403ae63 100755
--- a/mem0-plugin/scripts/on_stop.sh
+++ b/mem0-plugin/scripts/on_stop.sh
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ if [ "$STOP_HOOK_ACTIVE" = "true" ]; then
   exit 0
 fi
 
+# Telemetry: fire before report() deletes stats file
+_TELEM_CAT=$(python3 "$SCRIPT_DIR/session_stats.py" peek 2>/dev/null | python3 -c "import json,sys; d=json.load(sys.stdin); print(len(d.get('categories',[])))" 2>/dev/null || echo "0")
+python3 "$SCRIPT_DIR/telemetry.py" stop --categories_count="$_TELEM_CAT" 2>/dev/null &
+
 # Print session-end report
 REPORT=$(python3 "$SCRIPT_DIR/session_stats.py" report 2>/dev/null || echo "")
 if [ -n "$REPORT" ]; then
diff --git a/mem0-plugin/scripts/on_stop_codex.sh b/mem0-plugin/scripts/on_stop_codex.sh
index 16c5a023f..cdad20a83 100755
--- a/mem0-plugin/scripts/on_stop_codex.sh
+++ b/mem0-plugin/scripts/on_stop_codex.sh
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ if [ "$STOP_HOOK_ACTIVE" = "true" ]; then
   exit 0
 fi
 
+# Telemetry: fire before report() deletes stats file
+_TELEM_CAT=$(python3 "$SCRIPT_DIR/session_stats.py" peek 2>/dev/null | python3 -c "import json,sys; d=json.load(sys.stdin); print(len(d.get('categories',[])))" 2>/dev/null || echo "0")
+python3 "$SCRIPT_DIR/telemetry.py" stop --categories_count="$_TELEM_CAT" 2>/dev/null &
+
 # Session-end report (best-effort, must not break JSON output)
 REPORT=$(python3 "$SCRIPT_DIR/session_stats.py" report 2>/dev/null || echo "")
 REPORT_BLOCK=""
diff --git a/mem0-plugin/scripts/on_stop_cursor.sh b/mem0-plugin/scripts/on_stop_cursor.sh
index f9412715f..ebad12edb 100755
--- a/mem0-plugin/scripts/on_stop_cursor.sh
+++ b/mem0-plugin/scripts/on_stop_cursor.sh
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ if [ "$LOOP_COUNT" -gt 1 ]; then
   exit 0
 fi
 
+# Telemetry: fire before report() deletes stats file
+_TELEM_CAT=$(python3 "$SCRIPT_DIR/session_stats.py" peek 2>/dev/null | python3 -c "import json,sys; d=json.load(sys.stdin); print(len(d.get('categories',[])))" 2>/dev/null || echo "0")
+python3 "$SCRIPT_DIR/telemetry.py" stop --categories_count="$_TELEM_CAT" 2>/dev/null &
+
 # Session-end report (best-effort)
 REPORT=$(python3 "$SCRIPT_DIR/session_stats.py" report 2>/dev/null || echo "")
 REPORT_BLOCK=""
diff --git a/mem0-plugin/scripts/on_task_completed.sh b/mem0-plugin/scripts/on_task_completed.sh
index dcb90f7b4..2d8eef903 100755
--- a/mem0-plugin/scripts/on_task_completed.sh
+++ b/mem0-plugin/scripts/on_task_completed.sh
@@ -37,4 +37,7 @@ Only store genuinely useful learnings — skip if the task was trivial.
 Include \`app_id\` = \`"$_PROJECT"\` as a top-level parameter in every \`add_memory\` call (not in metadata).
 EOF
 
+# Telemetry (background, fire-and-forget)
+python3 "$SCRIPT_DIR/telemetry.py" task_completed 2>/dev/null &
+
 exit 0
diff --git a/mem0-plugin/scripts/on_user_prompt.sh b/mem0-plugin/scripts/on_user_prompt.sh
index 0389dfbac..96b0570f5 100755
--- a/mem0-plugin/scripts/on_user_prompt.sh
+++ b/mem0-plugin/scripts/on_user_prompt.sh
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ fi
 # Detect file paths in the prompt (no API needed)
 FILE_PATHS=$(echo "$PROMPT" | grep -oE '([a-zA-Z0-9_./-]+\.(py|ts|tsx|js|jsx|rs|go|rb|java|sh|yaml|yml|json|toml|md|sql|css|html))\b' 2>/dev/null | head -5 || echo "")
 
+# Telemetry (background, fire-and-forget)
+_TELEM_ARGS=""
+[ -n "$HAS_ERROR" ] && _TELEM_ARGS="$_TELEM_ARGS --error_detected"
+[ -n "$FILE_PATHS" ] && _TELEM_ARGS="$_TELEM_ARGS --file_paths_detected"
+python3 "$SCRIPT_DIR/telemetry.py" user_prompt $_TELEM_ARGS 2>/dev/null &
+
 # No API key — emit detections only, skip search rubric
 if [ -z "${MEM0_API_KEY:-}" ]; then
   if [ -n "$HAS_ERROR" ]; then
diff --git a/mem0-plugin/scripts/telemetry.py b/mem0-plugin/scripts/telemetry.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6fa4402c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mem0-plugin/scripts/telemetry.py
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Lightweight fire-and-forget telemetry for the mem0 plugin.
+
+Sends anonymous usage events to PostHog using the same project key and
+endpoint as the mem0 Python SDK and CLI. No posthog library dependency —
+uses stdlib urllib directly (same pattern as cli/python telemetry_sender.py).
+
+CLI usage (called from hooks as a background subprocess):
+  python3 telemetry.py <event_type> [--memory_count=N] [--categories_count=N]
+                                    [--error_detected] [--file_paths_detected]
+                                    [--source=<src>] [--tool=<name>]
+
+Opt-out: set MEM0_TELEMETRY=false (or 0/no/off) to disable all telemetry.
+
+Never sends: user content, memory content, API keys, raw user/project IDs.
+Only sends: event type, platform, plugin version, anonymized hashes, counts.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import hashlib
+import json
+import os
+import platform
+import random
+import sys
+import urllib.error
+import urllib.request
+
+PLUGIN_VERSION = "0.2.1"
+
+POSTHOG_API_KEY = "phc_hgJkUVJFYtmaJqrvf6CYN67TIQ8yhXAkWzUn9AMU4yX"
+POSTHOG_HOST = "https://us.i.posthog.com/i/v0/e/"
+REQUEST_TIMEOUT = 2
+
+# All events sampled at 10% to keep PostHog costs predictable.
+SAMPLE_RATE = 0.1
+
+
+def _sha256(value: str) -> str:
+    return hashlib.sha256(value.encode("utf-8")).hexdigest()
+
+
+def _distinct_id() -> str:
+    """Stable anonymous ID: MD5 of API key if available, else SHA-256 of username."""
+    api_key = os.environ.get("MEM0_API_KEY") or os.environ.get("CLAUDE_PLUGIN_OPTION_MEM0_API_KEY") or ""
+    if api_key:
+        return hashlib.md5(api_key.encode()).hexdigest()
+    user_id = os.environ.get("MEM0_RESOLVED_USER_ID") or os.environ.get("USER") or "unknown"
+    return _sha256(user_id)
+
+
+def detect_platform() -> str:
+    if os.environ.get("CLAUDECODE") or os.environ.get("CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT"):
+        return "claude-code"
+    if os.environ.get("CURSOR_PLUGIN_ROOT"):
+        return "cursor"
+    if os.environ.get("CODEX_PLUGIN_ROOT"):
+        return "codex"
+    return "unknown"
+
+
+def is_enabled() -> bool:
+    return os.environ.get("MEM0_TELEMETRY", "true").lower() not in ("false", "0", "no", "off")
+
+
+def _should_sample() -> bool:
+    return random.random() < SAMPLE_RATE
+
+
+def build_posthog_payload(event_name: str, properties: dict | None = None) -> dict:
+    project_id = os.environ.get("MEM0_PROJECT_ID") or "unknown"
+    return {
+        "api_key": POSTHOG_API_KEY,
+        "distinct_id": _distinct_id(),
+        "event": event_name,
+        "properties": {
+            "source": "plugin",
+            "platform": detect_platform(),
+            "plugin_version": PLUGIN_VERSION,
+            "project_hash": _sha256(project_id),
+            "os": sys.platform,
+            "os_version": platform.version(),
+            "sample_rate": SAMPLE_RATE,
+            "$process_person_profile": False,
+            "$lib": "posthog-python",
+            **(properties or {}),
+        },
+    }
+
+
+def send(payload: dict) -> None:
+    data = json.dumps(payload).encode("utf-8")
+    req = urllib.request.Request(
+        POSTHOG_HOST,
+        data=data,
+        headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"},
+    )
+    try:
+        with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=REQUEST_TIMEOUT):
+            pass
+    except Exception:
+        pass
+
+
+def emit(event_type: str, properties: dict | None = None) -> None:
+    if not is_enabled():
+        return
+    event_name = f"plugin.{event_type}"
+    if not _should_sample():
+        return
+    send(build_posthog_payload(event_name, properties))
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    if not is_enabled():
+        return 0
+    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+        return 1
+
+    event_type = sys.argv[1]
+    properties: dict = {}
+
+    for arg in sys.argv[2:]:
+        if arg.startswith("--memory_count="):
+            try:
+                properties["memory_count"] = int(arg.split("=", 1)[1])
+            except ValueError:
+                pass
+        elif arg.startswith("--categories_count="):
+            try:
+                properties["categories_count"] = int(arg.split("=", 1)[1])
+            except ValueError:
+                pass
+        elif arg == "--error_detected":
+            properties["error_detected"] = True
+        elif arg == "--file_paths_detected":
+            properties["file_paths_detected"] = True
+        elif arg.startswith("--source="):
+            properties["source_detail"] = arg.split("=", 1)[1]
+        elif arg.startswith("--tool="):
+            properties["tool"] = arg.split("=", 1)[1]
+
+    emit(event_type, properties)
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())
diff --git a/mem0-plugin/tests/test_telemetry.py b/mem0-plugin/tests/test_telemetry.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..17db658f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mem0-plugin/tests/test_telemetry.py
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+"""Tests for telemetry.py — fire-and-forget PostHog plugin telemetry."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+import os
+import sys
+import urllib.error
+
+SCRIPTS_DIR = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", "scripts")
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath(SCRIPTS_DIR))
+
+
+def test_import_succeeds():
+    import telemetry
+
+    assert hasattr(telemetry, "emit")
+    assert hasattr(telemetry, "main")
+
+
+def test_opt_out_skips_send(monkeypatch):
+    import telemetry
+
+    monkeypatch.setenv("MEM0_TELEMETRY", "false")
+    sent = []
+    monkeypatch.setattr(telemetry, "send", lambda p: sent.append(p))
+    telemetry.emit("session_start")
+    assert sent == []
+
+
+def test_opt_out_variants(monkeypatch):
+    import telemetry
+
+    for val in ("0", "no", "off", "FALSE", "No"):
+        monkeypatch.setenv("MEM0_TELEMETRY", val)
+        assert not telemetry.is_enabled()
+
+
+def test_enabled_by_default(monkeypatch):
+    import telemetry
+
+    monkeypatch.delenv("MEM0_TELEMETRY", raising=False)
+    assert telemetry.is_enabled()
+
+
+def test_posthog_payload_structure(monkeypatch):
+    import telemetry
+
+    monkeypatch.setenv("MEM0_RESOLVED_USER_ID", "testuser")
+    monkeypatch.setenv("MEM0_PROJECT_ID", "test-project")
+    monkeypatch.delenv("MEM0_API_KEY", raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.delenv("CLAUDE_PLUGIN_OPTION_MEM0_API_KEY", raising=False)
+
+    payload = telemetry.build_posthog_payload("plugin.session_start", {"memory_count": 5})
+
+    assert payload["api_key"] == telemetry.POSTHOG_API_KEY
+    assert payload["event"] == "plugin.session_start"
+    assert "distinct_id" in payload
+    assert payload["properties"]["source"] == "plugin"
+    assert payload["properties"]["plugin_version"] == "0.2.1"
+    assert payload["properties"]["memory_count"] == 5
+    assert payload["properties"]["$process_person_profile"] is False
+
+    raw = json.dumps(payload)
+    assert "testuser" not in raw
+    assert "test-project" not in raw
+
+
+def test_distinct_id_from_api_key(monkeypatch):
+    import hashlib
+
+    import telemetry
+
+    monkeypatch.setenv("MEM0_API_KEY", "m0-testkey123")
+    expected = hashlib.md5(b"m0-testkey123").hexdigest()
+    assert telemetry._distinct_id() == expected
+
+
+def test_distinct_id_fallback_no_key(monkeypatch):
+    import telemetry
+
+    monkeypatch.delenv("MEM0_API_KEY", raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.delenv("CLAUDE_PLUGIN_OPTION_MEM0_API_KEY", raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.setenv("MEM0_RESOLVED_USER_ID", "kartik")
+    assert telemetry._distinct_id() == telemetry._sha256("kartik")
+
+
+def test_hash_deterministic():
+    import telemetry
+
+    h1 = telemetry._sha256("same-value")
+    h2 = telemetry._sha256("same-value")
+    assert h1 == h2
+    assert h1 != telemetry._sha256("different-value")
+
+
+def test_platform_claude_code(monkeypatch):
+    import telemetry
+
+    monkeypatch.setenv("CLAUDECODE", "1")
+    monkeypatch.delenv("CURSOR_PLUGIN_ROOT", raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.delenv("CODEX_PLUGIN_ROOT", raising=False)
+    assert telemetry.detect_platform() == "claude-code"
+
+
+def test_platform_cursor(monkeypatch):
+    import telemetry
+
+    monkeypatch.delenv("CLAUDECODE", raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.delenv("CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT", raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.setenv("CURSOR_PLUGIN_ROOT", "/path")
+    monkeypatch.delenv("CODEX_PLUGIN_ROOT", raising=False)
+    assert telemetry.detect_platform() == "cursor"
+
+
+def test_platform_codex(monkeypatch):
+    import telemetry
+
+    monkeypatch.delenv("CLAUDECODE", raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.delenv("CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT", raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.delenv("CURSOR_PLUGIN_ROOT", raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.setenv("CODEX_PLUGIN_ROOT", "/path")
+    assert telemetry.detect_platform() == "codex"
+
+
+def test_sampling_drops_at_high_random(monkeypatch):
+    import telemetry
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(telemetry.random, "random", lambda: 0.5)
+    assert telemetry._should_sample() is False
+
+
+def test_sampling_sends_at_low_random(monkeypatch):
+    import telemetry
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(telemetry.random, "random", lambda: 0.05)
+    assert telemetry._should_sample() is True
+
+
+def test_send_fails_silently(monkeypatch):
+    import telemetry
+
+    def raise_error(req, timeout):
+        raise urllib.error.URLError("connection refused")
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(telemetry.urllib.request, "urlopen", raise_error)
+    telemetry.send({"event": "test"})
+
+
+def test_cli_exits_zero_when_disabled(monkeypatch):
+    import telemetry
+
+    monkeypatch.setenv("MEM0_TELEMETRY", "false")
+    monkeypatch.setattr(sys, "argv", ["telemetry.py", "session_start"])
+    assert telemetry.main() == 0
+
+
+def test_cli_no_args_exits_nonzero(monkeypatch):
+    import telemetry
+
+    monkeypatch.delenv("MEM0_TELEMETRY", raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(sys, "argv", ["telemetry.py"])
+    assert telemetry.main() == 1