apify-lead-generation

What This Skill Does

The apify-lead-generation skill acts as a powerful bridge between the OpenClaw AI agent and the vast data extraction capabilities of the Apify platform. It enables users to perform comprehensive lead generation and prospect discovery across the modern web. By leveraging dedicated Apify Actors, this skill allows the agent to scrape Google Maps, search engines, and major social media platforms like Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and LinkedIn. It transforms unstructured online data into actionable contact lists, business insights, and influencer profiles, making it an essential tool for sales teams, marketers, and researchers who need to build high-quality lead pipelines efficiently.

Installation

To integrate this skill into your environment, use the OpenClaw CLI tool. Run the following command in your terminal:

clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/jirispilka/apify-lead-generation

Ensure you have a .env file in your root directory containing your APIFY_TOKEN. This token is required to authenticate your requests against the Apify API. Additionally, confirm that Node.js version 20.6 or higher is installed to leverage native environment file support, and have the mcpc CLI tool configured for fetching dynamic Actor schemas.

Use Cases

This skill is designed for high-impact prospecting. Use it to:

• Build targeted B2B contact lists by scraping business profiles from Google Maps.
• Discover influencers and creators for brand partnerships via Instagram and TikTok scrapers.
• Extract contact information like emails and phone numbers from websites or Facebook pages.
• Aggregate event-based lead data from Facebook Events for networking strategies.
• Perform market research by searching across Google to find businesses meeting specific criteria.

Example Prompts

1. "I need to build a list of 50 local coffee shops in Seattle including their contact emails. Can you scrape Google Maps for this?"
2. "Find 20 fitness influencers on Instagram who talk about vegan nutrition and save the results as a CSV."
3. "Scrape the contact information for these 10 hardware store websites I found online to help with my sales outreach."

Tips & Limitations

• Rate Limiting: Always be mindful of the target website's Terms of Service and robot.txt files. Excessive scraping can lead to IP blocking.
• Schema Updates: Since APIs evolve, always use the mcpc tool to fetch the latest schema before running a new task to ensure your parameters match the current Actor requirements.
• Data Privacy: Ensure that you have a legitimate business interest and comply with GDPR or CCPA regulations when scraping and storing personal contact data.
• Costs: Keep in mind that running Apify Actors consumes your Apify account usage credits.