Scrape social media platforms, business data, and e-commerce via Apify actors — Instagram profiles/posts/hashtags/comments, LinkedIn profiles/jobs/posts, TikTok profiles/hashtags/videos/comments, YouTube channels/search/comments, Facebook posts/groups/comments, Google Maps business search with contact/review/image extraction, Amazon products/reviews/pricing, and general-purpose multi-page web crawling with custom pageFunction extraction logic. File-based TypeScript wrappers (scrapeInstagramProfile, searchGoogleMaps, scrapeAmazonProduct, scrapeWebsite, etc.) filter and transform data in code before returning to model context, achieving 95-99% token savings over direct MCP protocol. Parallel multi-platform queries via Promise.all for social listening dashboards. Lead enrichment pipeline: Google Maps → qualified filter → optional LinkedIn enrichment. Competitive analysis across Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok simultaneously. USE WHEN scrape Instagram, scrape LinkedIn, scrape TikTok, scrape YouTube, scrape Faceboo
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name
Apify
description
Scrape social media platforms, business data, and e-commerce via Apify actors — Instagram profiles/posts/hashtags/comments, LinkedIn profiles/jobs/posts, TikTok profiles/hashtags/videos/comments, YouTube channels/search/comments, Facebook posts/groups/comments, Google Maps business search with contact/review/image extraction, Amazon products/reviews/pricing, and general-purpose multi-page web crawling with custom pageFunction extraction logic. File-based TypeScript wrappers (scrapeInstagramProfile, searchGoogleMaps, scrapeAmazonProduct, scrapeWebsite, etc.) filter and transform data in code before returning to model context, achieving 95-99% token savings over direct MCP protocol. Parallel multi-platform queries via Promise.all for social listening dashboards. Lead enrichment pipeline: Google Maps → qualified filter → optional LinkedIn enrichment. Competitive analysis across Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok simultaneously. USE WHEN scrape Instagram, scrape LinkedIn, scrape TikTok, scrape YouTube, scrape Facebook, Google Maps leads, Amazon reviews, business intelligence, multi-platform social listening, competitive analysis, lead generation, social monitoring, Apify actors, web crawl, extract contacts. NOT FOR X/Twitter bookmarks (use a dedicated X-API skill) or progressive scraping (use BrightData).
effort
medium
Customization
Before executing, check for user customizations at:~/.claude/PAI/USER/SKILLCUSTOMIZATIONS/Apify/
If this directory exists, load and apply any PREFERENCES.md, configurations, or resources found there. These override default behavior. If the directory does not exist, proceed with skill defaults.
🚨 MANDATORY: Voice Notification (REQUIRED BEFORE ANY ACTION)
You MUST send this notification BEFORE doing anything else when this skill is invoked.
Send voice notification:
curl -s -X POST http://localhost:31337/notify \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"message": "Running the WORKFLOWNAME workflow in the Apify skill to ACTION"}' \
> /dev/null 2>&1 &
Output text notification:
Running the **WorkflowName** workflow in the **Apify** skill to ACTION...
This is not optional. Execute this curl command immediately upon skill invocation.
Apify - Social Media & Web Scraping
Direct TypeScript access to 9 popular Apify actors with 99% token savings.
🔌 File-Based MCP
This skill is a file-based MCP - a code-first API wrapper that replaces token-heavy MCP protocol calls.
Why file-based? Filter data in code BEFORE returning to model context = 97.5% token savings.
🎯 Overview
Direct TypeScript access to the 9 most popular Apify actors without MCP overhead. Filter and transform data in code BEFORE it reaches the model context.
Remember: Filter data in code BEFORE returning to model context. This is where the 99% token savings happen!
Gotchas
Actor selection matters. Each social platform has specific actors — don't use a generic scraper for Instagram when a dedicated Instagram actor exists.
Rate limits vary by platform and plan. Check actor documentation for limits before running large scrapes.
Scraped data format varies by actor. Read the actor's output schema before processing results.
Examples
Example 1: Scrape Instagram profile
User: "get the recent posts from this Instagram account"
→ Selects Instagram Profile actor
→ Runs with target profile URL
→ Returns structured post data (text, engagement, dates)
Example 2: LinkedIn company scrape
User: "scrape this company's LinkedIn page"
→ Selects LinkedIn Company actor
→ Returns company info, employee count, recent posts
Execution Log
After completing any workflow, append a single JSONL entry:
Replace WORKFLOW_USED with the workflow executed, 8_WORD_SUMMARY with a brief input description, and SECONDS with approximate wall-clock time. Log status: "error" if the workflow failed.
