# Apify

> Claude/Codex skill by [@danielmiessler](https://omgskills.com/library/danielmiessler/index.md) · 17k stars · Updated 2026-07-12

Social media scraping, business data, e-commerce via Apify actors. USE WHEN Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Google Maps, Amazon scraping.

Tags: ai, augmentation, humans, productivity

## Install

```sh
git clone https://github.com/danielmiessler/LifeOS /tmp/LifeOS && ln -s /tmp/LifeOS/Releases/v2.5/.claude/skills/Apify ~/.claude/skills/Apify
```

## From README

Customization Before executing, check for user customizations at: /.claude/skills/PAI/USER/SKILLCUSTOMIZATIONS/Apify/ If this directory exists, load and apply any PREFERENCES.md, configurations, or resources found there. These override default behavior. If the directory does not exist, proceed with skill defaults. 🚨 MANDATORY: Voice Notification (REQUIRED BEFORE ANY ACTION) You MUST send this notification BEFORE doing anything else when this skill is invoked. Send voice notification: Output text notification: This is not optional. Execute this curl command immediately upon skill invocation. Apify - Social Media & Web Scraping Direct TypeScript access to 9 popular Apify actors with 99% token savings. 🔌 File-Based MCP This skill is a file-based MCP - a code-first API wrapper that replaces token-heavy MCP protocol calls. Why file-based? Filter data in code BEFORE returning to model context = 97.5% token savings.

## Links

- HTML page: https://omgskills.com/skills/danielmiessler/lifeos/apify/
- GitHub: https://github.com/danielmiessler/LifeOS
- Author: [@danielmiessler](https://omgskills.com/library/danielmiessler/index.md)

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