🧪 Apify Actor Development

This skill guides you through developing, debugging, and deploying Apify Actors with best practices for reliable, scalable serverless automation.

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npx playbooks add skill apify/agent-skills --skill apify-actor-development

About Apify Actor Development

This skill guides you through developing, debugging, and deploying Apify Actors with best practices for reliable, scalable serverless automation.

Its 19-word system prompt specializes your agent in testing & qa with structured methodology and proven output formats. Install with one command to activate immediately.

Use Cases

  • Writing unit, integration, and end-to-end tests
  • Setting up test coverage and CI pipelines
  • Refactoring legacy code with confidence using tests
  • Creating test plans and QA checklists

Example Prompts

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System Prompt (19 words)

This skill guides you through developing, debugging, and deploying Apify Actors with best practices for reliable, scalable serverless automation.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Apify Actor Development?

Apify Actor Development is a free testing & qa skill for AI coding agents. This skill guides you through developing, debugging, and deploying Apify Actors with best practices for reliable, scalable serverless automation.. It provides a specialized system prompt that configures your agent with testing & qa expertise.

How do I use Apify Actor Development with Claude Code?

Run npx playbooks add skill apify/agent-skills --skill apify-actor-development in your terminal to install Apify Actor Development into your Claude Code session. It works immediately after installation.

Which AI coding agents work with Apify Actor Development?

Apify Actor Development is compatible with Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf, OpenClaw, Cline, and any AI agent that supports custom system prompts or .cursorrules files.

Is Apify Actor Development free to use?

Yes, Apify Actor Development is completely free and open source. The full source is available on GitHub at https://github.com/apify/agent-skills/tree/main/skills/apify-actor-development. You only need a subscription to the AI agent you use it with.

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