---
title: "Apify Actor Development Kit"
description: "Builds Apify Actors for scalable cloud scraping with automatic proxy management and storage. Uses the Apify SDK (Actor, Dataset, KeyValueStore, RequestQueue) and Crawlee library for robust crawling."
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/apify/apify-sdk-js"
category:
  - "Research & Scraping"
framework:
  - "Claude Code"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "apify/apify-sdk-js"
  github_stars: 173
  npm_package: "apify"
  npm_weekly_downloads: 34097
---

# Apify Actor Development Kit

Builds Apify Actors for scalable cloud scraping with automatic proxy management and storage. Uses the Apify SDK (Actor, Dataset, KeyValueStore, RequestQueue) and Crawlee library for robust crawling.

## Installation

Choose whichever fits your setup:

1. Copy this skill folder into your local skills directory.
2. Clone the repo and symlink or copy the skill into your agent workspace.
3. Add the repo as a git submodule if you manage shared skills centrally.
4. Install it through your internal provisioning or packaging workflow.
5. Download the folder directly from GitHub and place it in your skills collection.

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/apify-actor-development-kit/)