Apify

Tools (8)

• search-actors

  Search the Apify Store to FIND and DISCOVER what scraping tools/Actors exist for specific platforms or use cases. This tool provides INFORMATION about available Actors - it does NOT retrieve actual data or run any scraping tasks. Do NOT use this tool for helper name resolution before running an Actor; use search-actors-internal instead. Apify Store contains thousands of pre-built Actors (crawlers, scrapers, AI agents, and model context protocol (MCP) servers) for all platforms and services inc

• fetch-actor-details

  Get detailed information about an Actor by its ID or full name (format: "username/name", e.g., "apify/rag-web-browser"). Use 'output' parameter with boolean flags to control returned information: - Default: All fields true except mcpTools - Selective: Set desired fields to true (e.g., output: { inputSchema: true }) - Common patterns: inputSchema only, description + readme, mcpTools for MCP Actors The 'readme' field returns the summary when available, full README otherwise. Use when querying Ac

• call-actor

  Call any Actor from the Apify Store. WORKFLOW: 1. Use fetch-actor-details to get the Actor's input schema 2. Call this tool with the actor name and proper input based on the schema If the actor name is not in "username/name" format, use search-actors to resolve the correct Actor first. For MCP server Actors: - Use fetch-actor-details with output={ mcpTools: true } to list available tools - Call using format: "actorName:toolName" (e.g., "apify/actors-mcp-server:fetch-apify-docs") IMPORTANT: -

• get-actor-run

  Get detailed information about a specific Actor run by runId. The results will include run metadata (status, timestamps), performance stats, and resource IDs (datasetId, keyValueStoreId, requestQueueId). CRITICAL WARNING: NEVER call this tool immediately after call-actor in UI mode. The call-actor response includes a widget that automatically polls for updates. Calling this tool after call-actor is FORBIDDEN and unnecessary. USAGE: - Use ONLY when user explicitly asks about a specific run's st

• get-actor-output

  Retrieve the output dataset items of a specific Actor run using its datasetId. You can select specific fields to return (supports dot notation like "crawl.statusCode") and paginate results with offset and limit. This tool is a simplified version of the get-dataset-items tool, focused on Actor run outputs. The results will include the dataset items from the specified dataset. If you provide fields, only those fields will be included (nested fields supported via dot notation). You can obtain the

• search-apify-docs

  Search Apify and Crawlee documentation using full-text search. You must explicitly select which documentation source to search using the docSource parameter: • docSource="apify" - Apify: Apify Platform documentation including: Platform features, SDKs (JS, Python), CLI, REST API, Academy (web scraping fundamentals), Actor development and deployment • docSource="crawlee-js" - Crawlee (JavaScript): Crawlee is a web scraping library for JavaScript. It handles blocking, crawling, proxies, and

• fetch-apify-docs

  Fetch the full content of an Apify or Crawlee documentation page by its URL. Use this after finding a relevant page with the search-apify-docs tool. USAGE: - Use when you need the complete content of a specific docs page for detailed answers. USAGE EXAMPLES: - user_input: Fetch https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running#builds - user_input: Fetch https://docs.apify.com/academy - user_input: Fetch https://crawlee.dev/docs/guides/basic-concepts

• apify-slash-rag-web-browser

  This tool calls the Actor "apify/rag-web-browser" and retrieves its output results. Use this tool instead of the "call-actor" if user requests this specific Actor. Actor description: Web browser for OpenAI Assistants, RAG pipelines, or AI agents, similar to a web browser in ChatGPT. It queries Google Search, scrapes the top N pages, and returns their content as Markdown for further processing by an LLM. It can also scrape individual URLs.Use this tool when user wants to GET or RETRIEVE actual da