Agent skill · Apify
Apify Actor Development skill for Claude Code, Codex and Cursor
Officialname: apify-actor-development★ 2.5k (repo)pushed 2026-10-19SKILL.md on GitHubchecked 2026-11-07
What it does, in the publisher's words
Create, modify, debug, and deploy Apify Actors, and write their input and output schemas. Use when building an Actor from scratch, changing or troubleshooting Actor code, generating or updating .actor schema files, or pushing an Actor to the Apify platform. To wrap an existing non-Actor project, use apify-actorization instead.
The description field of the SKILL.md. The agent reads only this at startup and decides from it when to load the full skill.
Install Apify Actor Development
The skills CLI copies the skill into the folder of each agent you pick (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Windsurf...). Add -g for all projects. Needs Node.js 22.20+. docs
npx skills add apify/agent-skills --skill apify-actor-development
This repo is a plugin marketplace. Inside Claude Code, add it and install the plugin that holds the skill (apify-ultimate-scraper, apify-actor-development, apify-actorization, apify-generate-output-schema...), or copy only this skill into ~/.claude/skills. docs
/plugin marketplace add apify/agent-skills /plugin install <plugin>@apify-agent-skills # or only this skill: npx skills add apify/agent-skills --skill apify-actor-development -a claude-code
Download the skill folder, zip it, then Customize > Skills > + > Create skill > Upload a skill. Code execution must be on (Settings > Capabilities). docs
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/apify/agent-skills.git /tmp/apify-actor-development-src cp -r /tmp/apify-actor-development-src/skills/apify-actor-development ./apify-actor-development zip -r apify-actor-development.zip apify-actor-development
Codex reads skills from .agents/skills in the repo or ~/.agents/skills. Type $ in Codex to use one. docs
npx skills add apify/agent-skills --skill apify-actor-development -a codex
gh skill (GitHub CLI 2.90+, preview) installs it for Copilot in VS Code, the CLI and the cloud agent. Copilot also reads .github/skills and ~/.copilot/skills. docs
gh skill install apify/agent-skills apify-actor-development
Cursor reads .cursor/skills, .agents/skills and ~/.cursor/skills (and .claude/skills). It does not install loose skills from a GitHub URL, so copy it in. docs
npx skills add apify/agent-skills --skill apify-actor-development -a cursor
Installs from the GitHub repo; --path picks this skill out of the repo. Default scope is user (all projects). docs
gemini skills install https://github.com/apify/agent-skills.git --path skills/apify-actor-development
OpenCode reads .opencode/skills, ~/.config/opencode/skills and the Claude and .agents folders. docs
npx skills add apify/agent-skills --skill apify-actor-development -a opencode
Windsurf (now Devin Desktop) reads .devin/skills, .windsurf/skills and ~/.codeium/windsurf/skills. docs
npx skills add apify/agent-skills --skill apify-actor-development -a windsurf
Works with
Claude Code, Claude.ai and Claude Desktop, Codex, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Windsurf and other agents that read the open Agent Skills format.
What's in the SKILL.md
- Setup
- Telemetry attribution (required)
- Workflow
- Rules
- Standby mode
- Monetization
- Calling other Actors
- Less obvious commands
- Documentation
Bundled files
- references/actor-json.md
- references/actor-readme.md
- references/input-schema.md
- references/logging.md
- references/output-schemas.md
- references/standby-mode.md
Loaded only when the instructions point to them.
Facts
- Skill name
- apify-actor-development
- Publisher
- Apify (official)
- Repo
- apify/agent-skills
- SKILL.md size
- 1,307 words, 103 lines
- Bundled files
- 6, 6 docs
- Repo stars
- 2.5k (as of 2026-10-24)
- SKILL.md checked
- 2026-11-07
Pairs with the Apify MCP server: the server gives the agent the tools, the skill teaches it how to use them.
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FAQ
What does the apify-actor-development skill do?+
Builds, debugs and deploys Apify Actors along with their input and output schemas. In its own SKILL.md, Apify describes it as: "Create, modify, debug, and deploy Apify Actors, and write their input and output schemas. Use when building an Actor from scratch, changing or troubleshooting Actor code, generating or updating .actor schema files, or pushing an Actor to the Apify platform."
How do I install the apify-actor-development skill?+
Run npx skills add apify/agent-skills --skill apify-actor-development and pick your agents, or use the tab for your agent above. In Claude Code the skill ends up in ~/.claude/skills/apify-actor-development/SKILL.md; in Codex and Cursor in .agents/skills/apify-actor-development/.
Does Apify Actor Development work in Codex, Cursor and Copilot, or only Claude?+
It's a standard SKILL.md, so any agent that reads the Agent Skills format can use it: Claude Code, the Claude apps, Codex, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Windsurf and more.
Who maintains Apify Actor Development?+
Apify, the company or project behind it, in the apify/agent-skills repo on GitHub, last pushed 2026-10-19.
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