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Apify Actor builder
Describe the task to automate. Get an Apify Actor project with inputs, outputs and deploy steps. Needs a paid Apify account.
Apify Actor builder is a free AI skill for the job "Build and ship software". Give the instructions to an AI assistant that supports the required files and tools, then review its output.
Free · No account · CC BY 4.0 licence · Made by sickn33 · Level: advanced
Made by sickn33. See the original on GitHub; we copied it as it is, with its licence.
What it does
A ready Apify Actor project for a task you want to automate, such as scraping a site or processing data, with its inputs, outputs and deploy steps in place. You need an Apify account, which is paid. The skill checks that the Apify command line tool is installed and signed in, and asks you to supply a token safely. It then picks a template, defines the JSON input the Actor accepts, writes the logic, and saves results to a dataset or store. It fills in the Actor settings file, including a note on which AI tool wrote it, and shows how to run it locally and push it to Apify. Actors are small cloud programs that do one job.
You give it
- The task to automate
- Input options the user should set
- Output format you want
- Apify account and token
You get
- A complete Actor project
- Input and output definitions
- Run and test commands
- Deploy steps
Use it when
- You want a scraper that runs in the cloud on a schedule.
- You need a repeatable task others can run with simple inputs.
- You are not sure which Apify template fits your job.
- Your Actor project fails at setup or login.
How to use it
- Add it to your AI once: download it and add the folder to Claude, ChatGPT or Codex as a skill.
- Ask for the job in your own words. Your AI opens the skill when it fits.
- It works best when your AI can run code and use the Apify command line tool.