diff --git a/cmd/common.go b/cmd/common.go
index 71b0e5f8f..513cbdb78 100644
--- a/cmd/common.go
+++ b/cmd/common.go
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ const (
 	modeKonnect = iota
 	modeKong
 	modeKongEnterprise
+	modeLocal
 )
 
 var jsonOutput diff.JSONOutputObject
@@ -488,6 +489,8 @@ func sendAnalytics(cmd, kongVersion string, mode mode) error {
 		modeStr = "konnect"
 	case modeKongEnterprise:
 		modeStr = "enterprise"
+	case modeLocal:
+		modeStr = "local"
 	}
 	return utils.SendAnalytics(cmd, VERSION, kongVersion, modeStr)
 }
diff --git a/cmd/file_addplugins.go b/cmd/file_addplugins.go
index 1adc79721..ccf95a0f7 100644
--- a/cmd/file_addplugins.go
+++ b/cmd/file_addplugins.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ var (
 func executeAddPlugins(cmd *cobra.Command, cfgFiles []string) error {
 	verbosity, _ := cmd.Flags().GetInt("verbose")
 	logbasics.Initialize(log.LstdFlags, verbosity)
+	_ = sendAnalytics("file-add-plugins", "", modeLocal)
 
 	cmdAddPluginOutputFormat = strings.ToUpper(cmdAddPluginOutputFormat)
 
diff --git a/cmd/file_addtags.go b/cmd/file_addtags.go
index c15779b92..4b7f7133a 100644
--- a/cmd/file_addtags.go
+++ b/cmd/file_addtags.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ var (
 func executeAddTags(cmd *cobra.Command, tagsToAdd []string) error {
 	verbosity, _ := cmd.Flags().GetInt("verbose")
 	logbasics.Initialize(log.LstdFlags, verbosity)
+	_ = sendAnalytics("file-add-tags", "", modeLocal)
 
 	cmdAddTagsOutputFormat = strings.ToUpper(cmdAddTagsOutputFormat)
 
diff --git a/cmd/file_convert.go b/cmd/file_convert.go
index 60ec957db..3670239b3 100644
--- a/cmd/file_convert.go
+++ b/cmd/file_convert.go
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ var (
 )
 
 func executeConvert(_ *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
+	_ = sendAnalytics("file-convert", "", modeLocal)
+
 	sourceFormat, err := convert.ParseFormat(convertCmdSourceFormat)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/cmd/file_listtags.go b/cmd/file_listtags.go
index 1fd611088..cb910ff50 100644
--- a/cmd/file_listtags.go
+++ b/cmd/file_listtags.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ var (
 func executeListTags(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 	verbosity, _ := cmd.Flags().GetInt("verbose")
 	logbasics.Initialize(log.LstdFlags, verbosity)
+	_ = sendAnalytics("file-list-tags", "", modeLocal)
 
 	cmdListTagsOutputFormat = strings.ToUpper(cmdListTagsOutputFormat)
 
diff --git a/cmd/file_merge.go b/cmd/file_merge.go
index e7e9406d4..154c4c7bc 100644
--- a/cmd/file_merge.go
+++ b/cmd/file_merge.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ var (
 func executeMerge(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	verbosity, _ := cmd.Flags().GetInt("verbose")
 	logbasics.Initialize(log.LstdFlags, verbosity)
+	_ = sendAnalytics("file-merge", "", modeLocal)
 
 	// do the work: read/merge
 	merged, info, err := merge.Files(args)
diff --git a/cmd/file_openapi2kong.go b/cmd/file_openapi2kong.go
index ff405d99a..06125733f 100644
--- a/cmd/file_openapi2kong.go
+++ b/cmd/file_openapi2kong.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ var (
 func executeOpenapi2Kong(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 	verbosity, _ := cmd.Flags().GetInt("verbose")
 	logbasics.Initialize(log.LstdFlags, verbosity)
+	_ = sendAnalytics("file-openapi2kong", "", modeLocal)
 
 	if len(cmdO2KentityTags) == 0 {
 		cmdO2KentityTags = nil
diff --git a/cmd/file_patch.go b/cmd/file_patch.go
index 793e00de2..dc74a0576 100644
--- a/cmd/file_patch.go
+++ b/cmd/file_patch.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ var (
 func executePatch(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	verbosity, _ := cmd.Flags().GetInt("verbose")
 	logbasics.Initialize(log.LstdFlags, verbosity)
+	_ = sendAnalytics("file-patch", "", modeLocal)
 
 	cmdPatchOutputFormat = strings.ToUpper(cmdPatchOutputFormat)
 
diff --git a/cmd/file_removetags.go b/cmd/file_removetags.go
index 49eb0ff42..f6e578d7f 100644
--- a/cmd/file_removetags.go
+++ b/cmd/file_removetags.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ var (
 func executeRemoveTags(cmd *cobra.Command, tagsToRemove []string) error {
 	verbosity, _ := cmd.Flags().GetInt("verbose")
 	logbasics.Initialize(log.LstdFlags, verbosity)
+	_ = sendAnalytics("file-remove-tags", "", modeLocal)
 
 	cmdRemoveTagsOutputFormat = strings.ToUpper(cmdRemoveTagsOutputFormat)
 
diff --git a/cmd/file_render.go b/cmd/file_render.go
index b6985340b..bf799f5ba 100644
--- a/cmd/file_render.go
+++ b/cmd/file_render.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ var (
 )
 
 func executeFileRenderCmd(_ *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
+	_ = sendAnalytics("file-render", "", modeLocal)
 	return convert.Convert(
 		fileRenderCmdKongStateFile,
 		fileRenderCmdKongFileOutput,