apify /agent-skills

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Overview

Drop these skills into Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Codex, or Gemini CLI and your AI agent gets expert hands on the Apify platform - the marketplace for web data and AI tools. With one install, agents can:

• Scrape any site - built-in Actor selection across the major social, search, maps, real estate, and review platforms (Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, X, LinkedIn, Google Maps, Reddit, Yelp, Airbnb, and more), 130+ curated Actors, plus automatic fallback to the full Apify Store (opens in a new tab) of 30,000+ Actors for everything else.
• Build new Actors - generate, debug, and deploy serverless Actors in JavaScript, TypeScript, or Python with the official SDK patterns.
• Actorize existing code - wrap any script, library, or CLI tool as a runnable Actor with proper input and output handling.
• Generate output schemas - auto-derive dataset_schema.json, output_schema.json, and key_value_store_schema.json from existing Actor source.
• Integrate Apify into your app - call Actors programmatically from existing JavaScript/TypeScript or Python applications via the apify-client package or REST API.

Looking for community-built, domain-specific skills (lead generation, brand monitoring, competitor intel, and more)? See apify/awesome-skills (opens in a new tab).

Quick start

npx skills add https://github.com/apify/agent-skills --skill apify-ultimate-scraper

Then ask your agent something like:

Scrape the top 50 results for “AI coding tools” from Google Maps and save them to a CSV.

That’s it. The skill handles Actor selection, input shaping, run management, and result formatting.

Skills

Plus the apify-actor-commands (opens in a new tab) pack, which adds slash commands like /create-actor for guided Actor scaffolding.

Example use cases

Describe the outcome in plain language - your agent picks the right Actors, chains them together, and delivers structured results.

More patterns and the full launch story in Introducing Apify Agent Skills (opens in a new tab).

Installation

Claude Code

/plugin marketplace add https://github.com/apify/agent-skills
/plugin install apify-ultimate-scraper@apify-agent-skills
/plugin install apify-actor-development@apify-agent-skills
/plugin install apify-actorization@apify-agent-skills
/plugin install apify-generate-output-schema@apify-agent-skills
/plugin install apify-sdk-integration@apify-agent-skills

Cursor and Windsurf

Both editors support the Claude Code plugin format. Add this repo to your workspace settings or use the same /plugin flow if you have the Claude Code extension installed.

Codex CLI and Gemini CLI

These skills ship with agents/AGENTS.md (auto-generated index) and gemini-extension.json (Gemini auto-discovers it). Point your agent at the repo, or clone locally:

git clone https://github.com/apify/agent-skills

Any other agent that reads Markdown

Reference the skill files directly:

• agents/AGENTS.md - one-page index of every skill
• skills/<skill-name>/SKILL.md - full skill instructions

Prerequisites

1. Apify account - sign up at apify.com (opens in a new tab) (free tier available).
2. Apify CLI - install with npm install -g apify-cli (or brew install apify-cli on macOS), then run apify login to authenticate via OAuth in your browser. This is the recommended setup.
3. API token (fallback for headless / CI environments) - if you can’t open a browser, generate a token in Apify Console -> Integrations (opens in a new tab) and set APIFY_TOKEN in your environment or a .env file. The CLI picks it up automatically.
4. Node.js 20.6+ - required by the Apify CLI and the Ultimate Scraper skill.

Useful resources

• Introducing Apify Agent Skills (opens in a new tab) - the launch post: why we built these, how they work under the hood, and what’s next.
• Apify CLI (opens in a new tab) - the command-line tool that powers local Actor development, deployment, and authentication.
• apify/awesome-skills (opens in a new tab) - community-maintained collection of domain-specific skills (lead gen, brand monitoring, competitor intel, and more).
• mcp.apify.com (opens in a new tab) - hosted MCP server configurator. Pick the Actors you want exposed as MCP tools and get a one-line URL for any MCP-compatible client.
• Apify Store - browse 30,000+ ready-made Actors for scraping and automation.

Pricing

Apify Actors use pay-per-result or pay-per-event pricing, set independently by each Actor. Free tier credits are included with every account. Check individual Actor pricing on the Apify Store (opens in a new tab).

Support

• Apify documentation (opens in a new tab)
• Apify Discord (opens in a new tab)
• Issues (opens in a new tab) on this repo

License

Apache-2.0 (opens in a new tab)