Apify Ultimate Scraper
A comprehensive web scraper that taps into 55+ Apify actors across major platforms like Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, and Google Maps. It automatically selects the right scraper for your task, whether you're doing lead generation from Google Maps listings, monitoring brand mentions across social platforms, or analyzing competitor content. The workflow is systematic: understand your goal, fetch the appropriate actor schema, configure output preferences, then export to CSV or JSON. What's practical here is the actor selection tables that map specific use cases to the best scraping tools, plus multi-actor workflows for complex data gathering tasks.
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Install
$ npx -y skills add apify/agent-skills --skill apify-ultimate-scraper --agent claude-codeInstalls into .claude/skills of the current project.
Files
Universal web scraper
AI-driven data extraction from ~100 Actors across 15+ platforms via the Apify CLI.
Rules for every apify command:
- Pass
--jsonfor machine-readable output (stable across CLI versions). - Pass
--user-agent apify-agent-skills/apify-ultimate-scraperfor telemetry attribution. - Redirect stderr with
2>/dev/null(stderr contains progress messages that break JSON parsers).
Prerequisites
- Apify CLI v1.5.0+ (
npm install -g apify-cli) - Authenticated session (see below)
Authentication
If a CLI command fails with an auth error, authenticate using one of these methods:
- OAuth (interactive):
apify login(opens browser) - Environment variable:
export APIFY_TOKEN=your_token_here - From .env file:
source .env(if the file containsAPIFY_TOKEN=...)
Generate token: https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations
Workflow
Step 1: Understand goal and select Actor
Identify the target platform and use case. Read references/actor-index.md to find the right Actor.
If the task involves a multi-step pipeline, also read the matching workflow guide:
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