apify-upgrade-migration

name	apify-upgrade-migration
description	Upgrade Apify SDK, apify-client, and Crawlee versions safely. Use when migrating between SDK versions, handling breaking changes, or updating from Apify SDK v2 to v3 (Crawlee split). Trigger with "upgrade apify", "apify migration", "apify breaking changes", "update apify SDK", "crawlee upgrade", "apify v2 to v3".
allowed-tools	Read, Write, Edit, Bash(npm:*), Bash(npx:*), Bash(git:*), Grep
version	1.5.0
license	MIT
author	Jeremy Longshore <[e-mail]>
tags	["saas","scraping","automation","apify"]
compatibility	Designed for Claude Code

Apify Upgrade & Migration

Overview

Guide for upgrading apify, apify-client, and crawlee packages. The biggest migration in Apify's history was SDK v2 to v3, which split crawling functionality into the crawlee package. This skill covers that migration plus general upgrade procedures. Read and edit source files with Grep/Read/Edit to apply the rename-heavy changes, then verify with the packaged script.

Prerequisites

Before starting, confirm the working tree is in a recoverable state:

• A dedicated git branch for the upgrade, so a bad bump can be reverted cleanly.
• A runnable test suite (npm test) plus a build step (npm run build) to catch TypeScript interface changes.
• The current installed versions recorded (npm list apify apify-client crawlee) so rollback targets are known.
• APIFY_TOKEN in the environment if the verification script's API-connection check will run.

Instructions

Step 1: Check Current Versions

# Check installed versions
npm list apify apify-client crawlee 2>/dev/null

# Check latest available versions
npm view apify version
npm view apify-client version
npm view crawlee version

# Check for outdated packages
npm outdated apify apify-client crawlee

Step 2: Create Upgrade Branch

git checkout -b upgrade/apify-packages

Step 3: Upgrade Packages

# Upgrade to latest
npm install apify@latest crawlee@latest apify-client@latest

# Or upgrade to specific version
npm install apify@3.2.0 crawlee@3.11.0

# Check for peer dependency issues
npm ls 2>&1 | grep "ERESOLVE\|peer dep"

Step 4: Apply Code Changes

If crossing the v2→v3 boundary, use Grep to find every Apify. reference and Edit each call site. The full before/after set — imports, Actor.main, crawler option renames (handlePageFunction → requestHandler), proxy config, request queues, and the new router pattern — is in . Minimal shape: