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-plusSkills
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
apifySDK. - 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()orclient.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