Apify Skill Pack

18 production-grade skills for web scraping, Actor development, and data extraction with the Apify platform

What it does: Gives Claude Code deep knowledge of Apify's entire ecosystem — the apify-client JS library, the apify Actor SDK, Crawlee crawlers (Cheerio, Playwright, Puppeteer), the Apify CLI, platform storage (datasets, key-value stores, request queues), webhooks, proxy management, and deployment workflows.

Who it's for: Developers building web scrapers, data pipelines, and automation on Apify's cloud platform.

Installation

/plugin install apify-pack@claude-code-plugins-plus

Skills

Standard Skills (S01-S12)

| Skill | What It Teaches | |-------|----------------| | apify-install-auth | Install apify-client, apify SDK, crawlee, CLI; configure APIFY_TOKEN auth | | apify-hello-world | Run your first Actor via client.actor().call(), retrieve dataset results | | apify-local-dev-loop | Create Actors with apify create, test with apify run, local storage emulation | | apify-sdk-patterns | Crawlee crawler selection, router pattern, proxy config, typed client wrappers | | apify-core-workflow-a | End-to-end: input schema, CheerioCrawler with router, deploy with apify push | | apify-core-workflow-b | Dataset CRUD, key-value store ops, request queues, multi-Actor pipelines | | apify-common-errors | 10 most common errors: FAILED, TIMED-OUT, 429, 401, proxy blocks, OOM | | apify-debug-bundle | Collect run logs, stats, dataset samples; compare successful vs failed runs | | apify-rate-limits | API rate limits (60 req/sec/resource), batching, p-queue, staggered starts | | apify-security-basics | Token management, rotation, per-environment isolation, webhook verification | | apify-prod-checklist | Deploy checklist, scheduling, webhook monitoring, cost guards, rollback | | apify-upgrade-migration | SDK v2 to v3 migration (Crawlee split), import changes, verification script |

Pro Skills (P13-P18)

| Skill | What It Teaches | |-------|----------------| | apify-ci-integration | GitHub Actions: test on PR, deploy on merge, integration tests, Docker build verify | | apify-deploy-integration | apify push, Next.js API routes, Express webhook receivers, scheduled pipelines | | apify-webhooks-events | Persistent and ad-hoc webhooks, event types, idempotent processing, pipeline chaining | | apify-performance-tuning | Crawler selection benchmarks, concurrency tuning, memory profiling, proxy rotation | | apify-cost-tuning | Compute unit math, memory right-sizing, proxy cost reduction, budget monitoring | | apify-reference-architecture | Standalone Actor, multi-Actor pipeline, full-stack integration patterns |

Key Concepts

• Actor — A serverless function running on Apify's cloud. Built with the apify SDK.
• apify-client — JS library for calling Actors and managing storage from external apps.
• Crawlee — Open-source crawling framework (CheerioCrawler, PlaywrightCrawler, PuppeteerCrawler).
• Dataset — Append-only storage for scraped items. Accessed via Actor.pushData() or client.dataset().
• Key-Value Store — Flexible storage for config, screenshots, summaries. Accessed via Actor.setValue().
• Compute Unit (CU) — Billing unit. 1 CU = 1 GB memory running for 1 hour.

Usage

Skills trigger automatically when you discuss Apify topics:

• "Help me scrape a website with Apify" triggers apify-core-workflow-a
• "My Actor run failed" triggers apify-common-errors
• "Optimize my Apify costs" triggers apify-cost-tuning
• "Set up webhooks for Actor runs" triggers apify-webhooks-events

License

MIT