Apify Agent Skills
Apify Agent Skills is a Claude Code plugin for the Build phase that bundles five skills for developing, deploying, and operating Apify actors and data-extraction workflows from your agent.
by apify · github.com/apify/agent-skills
Wire Apify actors and scraping workflows into Claude Code so agents can extract, structure, and reuse web data on demand.
Add it to Claude Code
Install the plugin in Claude Code. One command, paste-ready.
/plugin install apify-agent-skills@apify/agent-skillsBuilt to be called by your agent
Skillselion is itself an MCP server. Your agent can pull this entry and a paste-ready install config straight from the API - no copy-paste.
Retrieve this entry with skillselion.get_details("plugin:apify/agent-skills") and the paste-ready config with skillselion.get_install_config("plugin:apify/agent-skills").
What it does
Apify Agent Skills is a Claude Code plugin bundle that packages five skills for working with the Apify platform inside agent-driven development. Solo builders use it when product or research work depends on reliable web data: defining actors, schemas, async runs, datasets, and migration patterns without leaving the agent loop. The skills emphasize automation commands, scraping workflows, and cloud execution rather than hand-copying from browsers. It shines when you already plan to run Apify actors (or want to actorize an existing scraper) and need your coding agent to speak Apify’s project structure, debug tooling, and deployment steps consistently. It is weaker as a generic “scrape anything” shortcut if you refuse managed infrastructure or API keys. Position it as integration glue for data-heavy validation, feature builds, and growth research—always with Apify as the execution plane, not as a replacement for Apify’s own console for billing and quota management.
Highlights
- Collection of 5 Apify-focused agent skills in one Claude Code plugin bundle
- Coverage for actors, scraping, datasets, KV stores, and output schema patterns
- Workflows for actorization, deploy, and serverless data extraction from the agent
- Ecommerce, maps, social, and review-site use cases surfaced in plugin keywords
- JavaScript/TypeScript and Python-oriented Apify development guidance for agents
Why builders use it
Builders want agents to fetch structured web data but lack consistent prompts and commands for Apify actors, schemas, and serverless runs.
After install, your agent can follow Apify-native patterns to scrape, shape datasets, and deploy actors as part of repeatable workflows.
At a glance
- Type - Plugin in Automation.
- Adoption - 0 installs, 1.8k stars, 0 votes.
FAQ
Who is Apify Agent Skills for?
It is for solo builders and small teams using Claude Code who already use or plan to use Apify for web scraping, actors, and structured datasets.
When should I use Apify Agent Skills?
Use it when you need agent-guided actor development, deployment, schema design, or recurring extraction across ecommerce, maps, social, or review sources on Apify.
How do I add Apify Agent Skills to my agent?
Add the apify/agent-skills plugin from the catalog to Claude Code, configure your Apify account and API access per skill prerequisites, then invoke the relevant Apify skill before extraction or deploy tasks.
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