An Openclaw skill that integrates with ClawLink to let AI agents run Apify Actors, retrieve datasets, manage tasks, and automate web scraping pipelines without exposing API keys.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install apify-actors
2. Manual Installation
Copy the skill folder to one of these locations
~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
Copy this prompt to OpenClaw to install it automatically.
Help me install apify-actors using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
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What is Apify Actors?
The Apify Actors skill enables your AI agent to orchestrate powerful web scraping, data extraction, and web automation workflows directly from chat. By leveraging ClawLink for secure, hosted connection flows and managed credential storage, your agent can run Apify Actors, manage tasks, and process structured data without requiring you to manually configure or expose API keys in the chat session.
This integration expands the capabilities of Openclaw Skills, giving agents real-time access to Apify's extensive catalog of web scrapers, automation tools, and data stores. Whether you are extracting product details, monitoring prices, or building data pipelines, this skill bridges the gap between conversational AI and robust cloud execution.
Apify Actors Use Cases
- Automating web scraping workflows and data collection tasks through conversation.
- Monitoring web changes, extracting structured e-commerce data, and managing web scraping pipelines.
- Querying and inspecting Apify dataset items or key-value stores to retrieve fresh web data for agent reasoning.
- Scheduling recurring scraping tasks and aborting running tasks directly from the chat interface.
How Apify Actors Works
- Discovery: The agent lists active integrations and queries the live tool catalog for Apify to understand available capabilities.
- Safe Reading: The agent inspects existing actors, tasks, datasets, or schedules using read-only API endpoints.
- Intent Verification: For write operations (like starting a run or deleting resources), the agent calls preview tools and requests explicit user confirmation.
- Execution: Upon verification, ClawLink securely proxies the request with managed API credentials to the Apify API and executes the actor.
- Data Retrieval: Once execution completes, the agent fetches dataset results or logs to summarize the output for the user.
Apify Actors Setup
To enable this integration among your Openclaw Skills, run the following commands to install the ClawLink plugin:
openclaw plugins install clawhub:clawlink-plugin
openclaw config set tools.alsoAllow '["clawlink-plugin"]' --strict-json
openclaw gateway restart
Once restarted, run /new in a standalone message in your chat to refresh the environment. To finalize the authentication:
- Pair the plugin using
clawlink_begin_pairingin chat if it's your first time. - Open the ClawLink Dashboard to securely link your Apify account.
- Run
clawlink_list_integrationsto confirm the connection is active.
Apify Actors Data Schema & Taxonomy
This skill structures data across several primary Apify resource types, organizing outputs in clean, JSON-compatible formats. Below is a taxonomy of the principal data domains managed by the skill:
| Resource Category | Primary Tools | Data/Metadata Managed |
|---|---|---|
| Actors & Runs | apify_acts_get, apify_run_actor |
Actor configurations, run statuses, execution logs, and build versions. |
| Datasets | apify_get_dataset_items, apify_dataset_get |
Web scraping results, structured JSON/CSV records, and row count metadata. |
| Key-Value Stores | apify_get_key_value_record, apify_store_data_in_key_value_store |
Persistent state files, cache data, and arbitrary records. |
| Request Queues | apify_request_queue_requests_get, apify_request_queue_requests_post |
List of URLs to crawl, crawl status, and queue depth. |
| Schedules & Tasks | apify_schedules_get, apify_get_list_of_tasks |
Cron expressions, pre-configured input templates, and trigger actions. |
Apify Actors Advanced Features
- Managed Credential Storage: Eliminates the need to copy-paste sensitive API tokens in chat by keeping keys secured on ClawLink.
- Write Safety and Previews: Enforces a strict execution guardrail where all state-changing or cost-incurring actor runs must be previewed and confirmed.
- Synchronous & Asynchronous Execution Modes: Supports fast synchronous scrapes (up to 300s timeout) and asynchronous execution for large-scale crawling tasks.
- Direct Log Inspection: Inspect and retrieve up to 5 million characters of live execution logs directly within the conversation to debug issues.
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