From awesome-skills
Guides the agent through running Apify web scraping Actors via CLI, MCP, or client, including Actor selection, input schema, execution, and result delivery.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
Slash command
/awesome-skills:_templateThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
REPLACE: One-line summary of what this skill helps the agent accomplish.
REPLACE: One-line summary of what this skill helps the agent accomplish.
apify login (OAuth, if using the Apify CLI)APIFY_TOKEN environment variableFor a worked 4-step workflow, see apify/agent-skills ultimate-scraper.
| User need | Actor ID | Tier | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| REPLACE | apify/REPLACE-actor | apify | REPLACE |
| REPLACE | community/REPLACE-actor | community | REPLACE |
Tier = apify (Apify-maintained, prefer) or community (third-party).
Skills in this repo can call Actors via any of these interfaces. Pick the one that fits your runtime; cross-tool compatibility is your responsibility.
Works in any shell-capable agent. Three flags on every call:
apify actors call "ACTOR_ID" -i 'JSON_INPUT' \
--json \
--user-agent apify-awesome-skills/REPLACE-skill-name \
2>/dev/null
| Flag | Why |
|---|---|
--json | Stable machine-readable output |
--user-agent | Apify telemetry attribution |
2>/dev/null | Suppress progress messages that break JSON |
Other useful commands:
# Search Actors
apify actors search "KEYWORDS" --json --limit 10 2>/dev/null
# Fetch Actor schema
apify actors info "ACTOR_ID" --input --json \
--user-agent apify-awesome-skills/REPLACE-skill-name 2>/dev/null
# Fetch results
apify datasets get-items DATASET_ID --format json \
--user-agent apify-awesome-skills/REPLACE-skill-name 2>/dev/null
For the canonical command set with all flags, see apify/agent-skills ultimate-scraper.
Hosted MCP server at https://mcp.apify.com. Documented at https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.
mcpc)Standalone CLI client. See https://github.com/apify/mcpc.
npx claudepluginhub apify/awesome-skills --plugin apify-influencer-brand-collabsRuns a sample Apify Actor via apify-client to crawl sites and fetch results. For initial Apify setup, connectivity tests, or learning actor invocation and dataset retrieval.
Integrates Apify web scraping and automation into existing JS/TS or Python apps using the apify-client package. Use to call Actors, retrieve results, and integrate into data pipelines.
Creates, modifies, and debugs Apify Actor projects. Guides CLI setup, authentication, project bootstrap, and deployment.