Official agent skill

Apify Generate Output Schema

by apify in apify/agent-skills

Deprecated. An agent skill from apify/agent-skills.

OfficialNo licenceAuto-check passedData & Analytics

Install Apify Generate Output Schema

skills CLI
$ npx skills add apify/agent-skills --skill apify-generate-output-schema -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install apify/agent-skills apify-generate-output-schema --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/apify/agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/apify-generate-output-schema .claude/skills/apify-generate-output-schema && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
apify-generate-output-schema
GitHub stars
2.4k
Token cost
~309 tokens
SKILL.md length
118 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
4
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Deprecated. An agent skill from apify/agent-skills.

  • Tasks that involve Web scraping
  • Calls npx

What it does

Apify Generate Output Schema is an agent skill from apify/agent-skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Deprecated. Output schema generation moved to the apify-actor-development skill; prefer that skill whenever it is available.

Its SKILL.md is about 310 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Data & Analytics, covering Web scraping. It works with Apify. The repository describes itself as: Collection of Apify agent skills.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Web scraping

Example prompts

  • “/apify-generate-output-schema”

Requirements

  • Node.js

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit f5e84aa. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • npx

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use npx, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Apify Generate Output Schema loads about 309 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 38 tokens; SKILL.md has 118 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~38
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~309

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 118 words (~309 tokens).

“This skill is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Generating and updating Actor output schemas (dataset_schema.json, output_schema.json, key_value_store_schema.json) is now part of the apify-actor-development skill.”

— opening of SKILL.md by apify
name
apify-generate-output-schema
metadata.deprecated
true

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/apify-generate-output-schema of apify/agent-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit f5e84aa

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Works with

Questions about Apify Generate Output Schema

What does Apify Generate Output Schema do?

Deprecated. An agent skill from apify/agent-skills. Apify Generate Output Schema is an agent skill from apify/agent-skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Deprecated.

When should I use Apify Generate Output Schema?

Apify Generate Output Schema fits situations like: tasks that involve Web scraping.

How do I install Apify Generate Output Schema in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add apify/agent-skills --skill apify-generate-output-schema -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/apify-generate-output-schema in apify/agent-skills) into .claude/skills/apify-generate-output-schema in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Apify Generate Output Schema in Codex?

Run `npx skills add apify/agent-skills --skill apify-generate-output-schema -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/apify-generate-output-schema in apify/agent-skills) into .agents/skills/apify-generate-output-schema in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Apify Generate Output Schema in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add apify/agent-skills --skill apify-generate-output-schema -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/apify-generate-output-schema, .gemini/skills/apify-generate-output-schema, .github/skills/apify-generate-output-schema and .opencode/skills/apify-generate-output-schema in your project.

What does Apify Generate Output Schema need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Apify Generate Output Schema needs the command-line tools its instructions call (npx). Our summary lists: Node.js.

Does Apify Generate Output Schema access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use npx, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Apify Generate Output Schema safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Apify Generate Output Schema use?

No licence was found for Apify Generate Output Schema or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Apify Generate Output Schema use?

About 309 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Apify Generate Output Schema?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Apify Generate Output Schema: Apify CLI (apify/apify-cli, 255 stars), Apify Collect (extrasmall0/dear-hiring-manager, 111 stars), Blog Feed Monitor (gooseworks-ai/goose-skills, 1.2k stars) and Apify Product Data Setup (apify/awesome-skills, 262 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Apify Generate Output Schema?

apify (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in apify/agent-skills, which has 2,408 GitHub stars. The repository holds 4 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.

Source: apify/agent-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.