apify-lead-generation

What This Skill Does

The apify-lead-generation skill acts as a powerful interface between OpenClaw and the Apify platform, enabling users to automate the extraction of B2B and B2C lead data across major digital ecosystems. It leverages specialized Apify Actors to scrape structured information from platforms like Google Maps, LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube. By integrating directly into your workflow, the skill handles the complexity of interacting with the Apify API via the mcpc CLI, allowing for seamless lead list building, contact enrichment, and market research without requiring manual coding.

Installation

To install this skill, run the following command in your terminal: clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/protoss70/apify-lead-generation. Ensure you have an APIFY_TOKEN configured in your OpenClaw environment variables. The skill requires Node.js 20.6 or higher to operate correctly. Once installed, the skill will automatically initialize the necessary environment to bridge the gap between your natural language requests and the underlying scraping logic.

Use Cases

This skill is ideal for sales teams, marketing agencies, and researchers. Common use cases include:

• Building a local business lead list: Scrape Google Maps to find coffee shops in a specific city for B2B outreach.
• Influencer Marketing: Use Instagram scrapers to identify creators in a niche for partnership opportunities.
• Contact Enrichment: Feed raw URLs into the contact info scraper to get emails and phone numbers for targeted cold calling.
• Competitor Analysis: Scrape YouTube channel data or TikTok hashtags to identify trending content and potential audience demographics.
• Networking: Extract event attendees from Facebook or group members to identify community leaders and industry participants.

Example Prompts

1. "Find me a list of 50 organic bakeries in Seattle and save them as seattle_bakeries.csv."
2. "Can you scrape the recent followers of this TikTok account: [handle] and extract their profile bios?"
3. "Enrich this list of company websites with contact information and output as JSON."

Tips & Limitations

Always verify the input data format before running an actor. The tool performs strict sanitization; ensure your search keywords are plain text and avoid shell characters. Because scraping platforms have different anti-bot measures, be mindful of rate limits and the costs associated with your Apify account. Always provide descriptive, sanitized filenames to keep your outputs organized and avoid system errors.