---
title: "Apify SDK for Web Scraping and Actor Automation"
description: "Apify SDK is the official JavaScript SDK for building Actors, crawlers, and data extraction workflows on Apify. It gives agents a structured way to run scraping jobs, store outputs, manage inputs, and combine crawler logic with browser automation when needed."
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/apify/apify-sdk-js"
author: "apify"
category:
  - "Research & Scraping"
framework:
  - "Multi-Framework"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "apify/apify-sdk-js"
  github_stars: 173
---

# Apify SDK for Web Scraping and Actor Automation

Apify SDK is the official JavaScript SDK for building Actors, crawlers, and data extraction workflows on Apify. It gives agents a structured way to run scraping jobs, store outputs, manage inputs, and combine crawler logic with browser automation when needed.

## 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-sdk-web-scraping-actor-automation/)