Apify Debug Bundle

What it does

When your agent uses it

• An Actor run has failed
• Produced empty output and you need to gather run metadata
• Dataset samples
• Environment info before opening a support ticket

Example prompts

• “apify debug”
• “apify support bundle”
• “collect apify logs”
• “/apify-debug-bundle”

Requirements

• A credential in APIFY_TOKEN
• Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Designed for Claude Code
• Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Bash(curl:*), Bash(npm:*), Bash(node:*), Bash(tar:*), Bash(apify:*), Grep

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

1. 1Investigate the failed run — pull run summary, dataset stats, and the log
2. 2Create the debug bundle — run apify-debug-bundle.sh . It
3. 3Compare against a good run (optional) — diff a successful and failed run
4. 4Live-tail a running Actor (optional) — stream logs when the final log is

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 23ea8d4. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

  • Read
  • Bash(curl:*)
  • Bash(npm:*)
  • Bash(node:*)
  • Bash(tar:*)
  • Bash(apify:*)
  • Grep

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are typescript and bash).

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

• Network

  Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

  • console.apify.com
  • docs.apify.com
  • status.apify.com

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

• Credentials

  Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:

  • APIFY_TOKEN

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

• Compatibility

  Designed for Claude Code

  From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Apify Debug Bundle loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs, and up to ~3.3k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 97 tokens; SKILL.md has 502 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~97

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~1.3k

With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them

~3.3k

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

• NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:40

  script redacts any local `.env` before packaging, and the platform auto-redacts

• NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:59

  key-value store keys, a redacted `.env`, and platform health, then packages

• NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:83

  | `env-redacted.txt` | Local `.env` with all values redacted |

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

The full file from jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace at commit 23ea8d4, republished under its MIT licence (© jeremylongshore). 502 words, ~1,328 tokens.

name

apify-debug-bundle

description

Collect Apify debug evidence for support tickets and troubleshooting. Use when an Actor run has failed, is stuck, or produced empty output and you need to gather run metadata, logs, dataset samples, and environment info before opening a support ticket. Trigger with "apify debug", "apify support bundle", "collect apify logs", "apify diagnostic", "apify run failed why".

allowed-tools

Read, Bash(curl:*), Bash(npm:*), Bash(node:*), Bash(tar:*), Bash(apify:*), Grep

compatibility

Designed for Claude Code

version

1.5.0

license

MIT

author

Jeremy Longshore <jeremy@intentsolutions.io>

tags

saas, scraping, automation, apify

export APIFY_TOKEN="apify_api_..."
./apify-debug-bundle.sh abc123DEF          # → apify-debug-20260717-142530.tar.gz
tar -xzf apify-debug-*.tar.gz && tail -40 apify-debug-*/run-log.txt

© jeremylongshore, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files (references) in skills/.curated/apify-debug-bundle of jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.

• SKILL.md
• references/examples.md
• references/implementation.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 23ea8d4