# Apify Actor Development Kit

> Builds Apify Actors for scalable cloud scraping with automatic proxy management and storage. Uses the Apify SDK (Actor, Dataset, KeyValueStore, RequestQueue) and Crawlee library for robust crawling.

- Skill: `agentskillexchange/apify-actor-development-kit` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add agentskillexchange/apify-actor-development-kit`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/agentskillexchange/apify-actor-development-kit/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: DevOps & Infra
- Author: agentskillexchange (https://skillmd.com/u/agentskillexchange)
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/agentskillexchange/apify-actor-development-kit

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# Apify Actor Development Kit

Builds Apify Actors for scalable cloud scraping with automatic proxy management and storage. Uses the Apify SDK (Actor, Dataset, KeyValueStore, RequestQueue) and Crawlee library for robust crawling.

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- npm install apify

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- Apify SDK requires [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/) 16 or later. Add Apify SDK to any Node.js project by running:

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- This short tutorial will set you up to start using Apify SDK in a minute or two.
- If you want to learn more, proceed to the [Apify Platform](https://docs.apify.com/sdk/js/docs/concepts/actor-lifecycle)
- guide that will take you step by step through running your Actor on Apify's platform.

- Source: https://github.com/apify/apify-sdk-js
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apify/apify-sdk-js/HEAD/README.md

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/apify-actor-development-kit/)