Apify Install Auth

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Setting up a new Apify project
• Configuring API tokens
• Initializing apify-client / Apify SDK in your codebase
• With install apify

Example prompts

• “install apify”
• “setup apify”
• “apify auth”
• “/apify-install-auth”

Requirements

• Node.js
• A credential in APIFY_TOKEN
• A credential in YOUR_TOKEN
• Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Designed for Claude Code
• Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Write, Bash(npm:*), Bash(npx:*), Bash(apify:*)

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

1. 1Install Packages
2. 2Configure Authentication
3. 3Verify Connection
4. 4Verify CLI (if installed)

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit cfae287. 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
  • Write
  • Bash(npm:*)
  • Bash(npx:*)
  • Bash(apify:*)

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

  • npm

  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):

  • docs.apify.com
  • console.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 Install Auth loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs, and up to ~2.2k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 74 tokens; SKILL.md has 409 words of instructions outside code blocks.

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

~74

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

~2.2k

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:61

  Pick one. Read any existing `.env` first so you do not clobber it, then Write the token in.

• NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:67

  # Option B: .env file (add .env to .gitignore)

• NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:68

  PIFY_TOKEN=apify_api_YOUR_TOKEN_HERE' >> .env

• NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:101

  ailable to the process — via a Write to `.env`, an exported shell var, or `apify login` credentials in `~/.apify/auth.js

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 cfae287, republished under its MIT licence (© jeremylongshore). 409 words, ~1,285 tokens.

name

apify-install-auth

description

Install and configure Apify SDK, CLI, and API client authentication. Use when setting up a new Apify project, configuring API tokens, or initializing apify-client / Apify SDK in your codebase. Trigger with "install apify", "setup apify", "apify auth", "configure apify token".

allowed-tools

Read, Write, Bash(npm:*), Bash(npx:*), Bash(apify:*)

compatibility

Designed for Claude Code

version

1.5.0

license

MIT

author

Jeremy Longshore <jeremy@intentsolutions.io>

tags

saas, scraping, automation, apify

# For CALLING existing Actors from your app:
npm install apify-client

# For BUILDING your own Actors:
npm install apify crawlee

# For CLI deployment:
npm install -g apify-cli

# Option A: Environment variable (recommended for apps)
export APIFY_TOKEN="apify_api_YOUR_TOKEN_HERE"

# Option B: .env file (add .env to .gitignore)
echo 'APIFY_TOKEN=apify_api_YOUR_TOKEN_HERE' >> .env

# Option C: CLI login (for interactive development)
apify login
# Paste your token when prompted

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: process.env.APIFY_TOKEN });

// List your Actors to confirm auth works
const { items } = await client.actors().list();
console.log(`Authenticated. You have ${items.length} Actors.`);

apify login --token YOUR_TOKEN
apify info  # Shows your account info

// src/apify/client.ts
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
import 'dotenv/config';

let client: ApifyClient | null = null;

export function getClient(): ApifyClient {
  if (!client) {
    if (!process.env.APIFY_TOKEN) {
      throw new Error('APIFY_TOKEN environment variable is required');
    }
    client = new ApifyClient({ token: process.env.APIFY_TOKEN });
  }
  return client;
}

© 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-install-auth of jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.

• SKILL.md
• references/authentication.md
• references/examples.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit cfae287