Skip to content
Get packs

Apify Actor Builder

Guides an agent to create, modify, test and deploy Apify web-automation Actors safely

Source Download skill
Repository
sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills
Stars
49,023
Licence
MIT
Files
8 files

What it does

Apify Actors are small cloud programs (usually for web scraping or automation) that take JSON input and return structured JSON output. With this skill installed, the agent follows a set of Apify-specific steps: asking which language you want, scaffolding a project with the official apify CLI, defining input, output and storage schemas, writing the actor code, testing it locally and deploying it. It also adds security guidance such as treating scraped web content as untrusted, keeping tokens out of code and logs, and pinning dependencies.

Great for

  • Developers starting a new Apify Actor in JavaScript, TypeScript or Python
  • Teams debugging or updating an existing Apify Actor project and its schema files
  • Anyone who wants guardrails around tokens, dependency installs and paid cloud runs

Skip it if

  • Users who only want to run an existing Actor or read its data; this skill is for building and deploying Actors, not consuming them
  • Scraping or deploying against sites or accounts you are not authorised to use, since crawling and pushing code can cost money and break terms of service
  • Non-developers without a configured Apify account, because pushing, building and running publish code or start paid work

Try asking

  • “Create a new TypeScript Apify Actor that scrapes product prices from a list of URLs”
  • “Add an input schema and dataset schema to my existing Apify Actor project”
  • “Debug why my Python Actor fails when run locally with apify run”
  • “Walk me through deploying my Actor with apify push and what to check first”
Step-by-step guide: how to use Apify Actor BuilderInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

Install in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Download the skill

    The ZIP contains the 8 original files, the MIT licence and an attribution note.

    apify-actor-development.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip apify-actor-development.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip apify-actor-development.zip -d .claude/skills/

    Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.

  3. 3

    Ask for the task

    No special command needed — the agent reads the skill's description and loads it when your request matches. Try one of the prompts above.

Get better results

  • Review package names, lifecycle install scripts and lockfile changes before running npm install or pip install, and use npm ci for unchanged lockfiles
  • Before running apify push or any cloud run, confirm the target account, Actor name, cost limits and a rollback plan; set crawl bounds such as page counts, concurrency and retries
  • Keep APIFY_TOKEN in an environment variable or use apify login interactively, and use a scoped token; never paste it into commands or code

What's inside

  • references/actor-json.md
  • references/dataset-schema.md
  • references/input-schema.md
  • references/key-value-store-schema.md
  • references/logging.md
  • references/output-schema.md
  • references/standby-mode.md
  • SKILL.md

Redistributed unmodified from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills under the MIT licence. The assessment was drafted with AI from the skill's files on 2026-10-29. Skills can instruct your agent to run code — read SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.