chocholous REPLACE: Skill Title
REPLACE: One-line summary of what this skill helps the agent accomplish.
Prerequisites
- Apify account (sign up)
- Authentication via one of:
apify login(OAuth, if using the Apify CLI)APIFY_TOKENenvironment variable- Token from Apify Console → Settings → Integrations
Workflow
- REPLACE: Understand the user's goal, pick the right Actor(s).
- REPLACE: Fetch the Actor's input schema, build a valid input.
- REPLACE: Run the Actor, confirm with user if estimated cost is significant.
- REPLACE: Deliver results (count, format, link to dataset/console).
For a worked 4-step workflow, see apify/agent-skills ultimate-scraper.
Actor routing
| User need | Actor ID | Tier | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| REPLACE | apify/REPLACE-actor |
apify | REPLACE |
| REPLACE | community/REPLACE-actor |
community | REPLACE |
Tier = apify (Apify-maintained, prefer) or community (third-party).
Calling Actors — choose your interface
Skills in this repo can call Actors via any of these interfaces. Pick the one that fits your runtime; cross-tool compatibility is your responsibility.
Option A: Apify CLI (recommended for portability)
Works in any shell-capable agent. Three flags on every call:
apify actors call "ACTOR_ID" -i 'JSON_INPUT' \
--json \
--user-agent apify-awesome-skills/REPLACE-skill-name \
2>/dev/null
| Flag | Why |
|---|---|
--json |
Stable machine-readable output |
--user-agent |
Apify telemetry attribution |
2>/dev/null |
Suppress progress messages that break JSON |
Other useful commands:
# Search Actors
apify actors search "KEYWORDS" --json --limit 10 2>/dev/null
# Fetch Actor schema
apify actors info "ACTOR_ID" --input --json \
--user-agent apify-awesome-skills/REPLACE-skill-name 2>/dev/null
# Fetch results
apify datasets get-items DATASET_ID --format json \
--user-agent apify-awesome-skills/REPLACE-skill-name 2>/dev/null
For the canonical command set with all flags, see apify/agent-skills ultimate-scraper.
Option B: Apify MCP connector
Hosted MCP server at https://mcp.apify.com. Documented at https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.
Option C: MCP client of your choice (e.g. mcpc)
Standalone CLI client. See https://github.com/apify/mcpc.
Troubleshooting
- REPLACE: common error 1 → fix
- REPLACE: common error 2 → fix
- For detailed cost guardrails and recovery, see references/gotchas.md.