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UserClaude/agent skill: Google News articles as structured JSON. Installs via npx skills add.
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apify-google-news-api
Search Google News and get structured JSON with the Apify Google News API Actor (johnvc/GoogleNewsAPI). Give a search query plus optional location, country, language, and duplicate filters, and get news articles with position, title, link, source, snippet, and date, delivered one dataset item per page with search metadata. Use when the user wants a google news api, wants to scrape google news headlines, asks for google news scraping or a google news scraper, wants Google News results as JSON or CSV, or needs fresh headlines for a topic, brand, or market as structured data. Pay-per-page billing, MCP-ready for Claude and other AI agents.
apify-duckduckgo-mcp-serp-research
Check where a site ranks on DuckDuckGo and research a live SERP from an AI agent, using the Apify DuckDuckGo Scraper Actor (johnvc/DuckDuckGo-Scraper-for-serp-rankings) as a hosted duckduckgo mcp tool. Run a query, read the ranked organic_results rows (position, title, link, snippet, favicon), find a domain's position, list the competitors above it, and repeat the query across regions or date windows to see how a privacy-first engine ranks differently from Google. Use when the user asks about duckduckgo mcp, wants to check a DuckDuckGo ranking, see where a site sits on DuckDuckGo, compare competitor visibility on DuckDuckGo, watch a position over time, or ground an agent's answer in live DuckDuckGo results instead of training data. Pay-per-page billing, MCP-ready for Claude and other AI agents.
apify-duckduckgo-scraper
Scrape DuckDuckGo search results into structured JSON with the Apify DuckDuckGo Scraper Actor (johnvc/DuckDuckGo-Scraper-for-serp-rankings). One query returns a page item holding organic_results rows with position, title, link, snippet, favicon, and a date when DuckDuckGo shows one, plus page metadata and slots for ads, knowledge graph, news, inline images, inline videos, and related searches. Localize across 42 region and language codes, filter by date, set safe search, and cap pages to control spend. Use when the user wants a duckduckgo scraper, duckduckgo scraping, DuckDuckGo search results as JSON or CSV, a DuckDuckGo SERP export, or a keyless way to read DuckDuckGo from code. Pay-per-page billing, MCP-ready for Claude and other AI agents.
apify-logistics-and-delivery-routes
Plan and price logistics and delivery routes with the Apify Google Maps Directions API Actor (johnvc/google-maps-directions-api). Run one lane at a time (a depot to a stop, a technician to a job site, a store to a customer) and get distance, ETA, per-mode travel times, and turn-by-turn steps back as JSON, then loop lanes into a travel-time table, compare a depart-at against an arrive-by window, or refresh every corridor you watch on a schedule. Use when the user asks about logistics and delivery route planning, delivery ETA estimates, drive-time or travel-time matrices, field-service dispatch windows, service-area coverage checks, courier lane costing, or transit analysis for a commute. Pay-per-route billing, MCP-ready for Claude and other AI agents.
apify-google-maps-directions-api
Get Google Maps directions as structured JSON with the Apify Google Maps Directions API Actor (johnvc/google-maps-directions-api). Give a start and end point as an address, GPS coordinates, or a Google Maps place ID, pick a travel mode (best, driving, cycling, walking, transit, flight, two-wheeler), and get route options back with formatted_distance, formatted_duration, a via summary, turn-by-turn steps, a per-mode durations summary, resolved place coordinates, and a google_maps_directions_url. Use when the user wants a google maps directions api, route data as JSON, distance and ETA between two addresses, turn-by-turn directions inside a script or agent, or directions without a Google Cloud API key. Pay-per-route billing, MCP-ready for Claude and other AI agents.
apify-yandex-scraper-bulk-serp
A yandex scraper for bulk SERP collection where the bill is predictable, powered by the Apify Yandex Search per-result Actor (johnvc/yandex-scrape-yandex-search-results-at-scale---per-result). Run a keyword list through Yandex across 6 domains, 19 languages, and any lr region, and get structured items back with organic rows (position, title, link, displayed_link, snippet) plus optional ads, knowledge graph, and inline media, each result type billed as its own item so you pay only for what you collect. Use when the user wants a yandex scraper, wants yandex data or Yandex search results as JSON or CSV in volume, wants to scrape many Yandex queries at scale, needs a per-result cost model instead of per-run fees, or is building a Russian-market SERP dataset. Pay-per-result billing, MCP-ready for Claude and other AI agents.
apify-yandex-rank-tracker
Use this as a yandex rank tracker. Check where a domain or URL ranks on Yandex for a keyword, in a specific Yandex domain, language, and lr region, using the Apify Yandex Search per-result Actor (johnvc/yandex-scrape-yandex-search-results-at-scale---per-result). Each run returns ranked organic rows with position, title, link, displayed_link, and snippet, so you match your site against the SERP and log the position with the run timestamp for a rank history. Use when the user wants a yandex rank tracker or yandex rank checker, wants to check Yandex rankings or keyword positions, wants yandex tracking of a site across Moscow, Saint Petersburg, or other regions, or wants to monitor Russian-market SERP positions over time on a schedule. Pay-per-result billing, MCP-ready for Claude and other AI agents.
apify-bulk-job-listings-export
Export Google Jobs listings to CSV, Excel, Sheets, or JSON in bulk with the Apify Google Jobs Scraper API Pay Per Result Actor (johnvc/google-jobs-scraper---pay-per-result). Output is already flat, one row per opening, so a dataset export drops straight into a spreadsheet or a database load with no reshaping. Covers multi-query batches, exclusion filters that shrink the file and the bill together, and job_id dedupe across runs. Use when the user wants to export google jobs to csv, download job listings as a spreadsheet, build or backfill a job board, load openings into a warehouse or ATS, or bulk export job postings for many roles and cities at a known cost. Pay-per-result billing, MCP-ready for Claude and other AI agents.
apify-google-jobs-scraper
Run a google jobs scraper that bills per listing, not per page, with the Apify Google Jobs Scraper API Pay Per Result Actor (johnvc/google-jobs-scraper---pay-per-result). Give a job title plus an optional location and get one flat row per opening with title, company_name, location, via (source platform), full description, job_highlights, detected_extensions (posted_at, schedule_type), apply_options direct links, source_link, and job_id. Built-in company_filter and via_filter drop unwanted employers or job boards before you pay for them. Use when the user asks for a google jobs scraper, wants to scrape Google Jobs openings for a role or city, needs a job listings dataset with predictable cost, or wants to exclude staffing agencies from the results. Pay-per-result billing, MCP-ready for Claude and other AI agents.
apify-baidu-rank-tracker
Track where a brand, domain, or competitor ranks on Baidu with the Apify Baidu Search Scraper Actor (johnvc/Baidu-Search-Scraper), built for China SEO. Run your keywords on a schedule, read each SERP page's nested organic_results (position, title, link), match your domain, and build a Baidu tracking history for rank checks, brand monitoring, and competitor watch in the Chinese market. Filters by device, Simplified or Traditional Chinese, and time period. Use when the user wants baidu tracking or baidu monitoring, a Baidu rank tracker or rank checker, to check keyword rankings on Baidu, to monitor a brand or competitor on the Chinese web, or China SEO reporting for a site. Pay-per-page billing, MCP-ready for Claude and other AI agents.
apify-flight-price-api
Collect current airfares by route with a flight price api built on the Apify Google Flights Actor (johnvc/Google-Flights-Data-Scraper-Flight-and-Price-Search). Give routes and dates and get structured fare rows back, price, currency, airlines, stops, duration, plus route-level price insights (lowest price, price level, typical price range), ready to export, compare across dates, or poll on a schedule for price monitoring. Use when the user wants a flight price api, airfare data by API, to compare fares across dates or airports, to build a flight price dataset, or to watch a route's fares over time. Current quotes only, honestly framed, no fare forecasts and no reservations. Pay-per-page billing, MCP-ready for Claude and other AI agents.
apify-ecommerce-intelligence
Build an ecommerce intelligence feed from Google Shopping with the Apify Google Shopping API Actor (johnvc/google-shopping-api-google-shopping-products-prices-deals). Watch the products and competitors that matter, and log seller, price, extracted_price, extracted_old_price, tag, rating, and reviews per listing over time for price monitoring, deal and discount tracking, repricing inputs, and market scans. Filter to on_sale or free_shipping listings, bound each poll by pages, and key history on product_id plus source. Use when the user wants ecommerce intelligence, competitor price monitoring, price tracking across retailers, google shopping monitoring or tracking, deal alerts, MAP monitoring, or a market view of who sells a product and at what price. Pay-per-page billing, MCP-ready for Claude and other AI agents.
apify-scrape-google-shopping
Google Shopping scraping into structured JSON with the Apify Google Shopping API Actor (johnvc/google-shopping-api-google-shopping-products-prices-deals). Give a product search query plus optional country, language, and price filters, and get about 40 products per page with title, source seller, price, extracted_price, old_price on sale items, rating, reviews, delivery, thumbnail, and product_link. Use when the user wants to scrape Google Shopping, export Google Shopping results to JSON or CSV, build a product prices dataset, pull listings for a product or category, or asks for google shopping scraping, google shopping data, or product data extraction from Google Shopping. Pay-per-page billing, MCP-ready for Claude and other AI agents.
apify-news-monitoring
Monitor news coverage of a brand, competitor, or topic with the Apify Google News API Actor (johnvc/GoogleNewsAPI). Poll a watchlist of queries on a schedule and get fresh articles with title, link, source, snippet, and relative date, ready to dedupe by link and turn into alerts, digests, or a mentions feed. Use when the user wants news monitoring or media monitoring, brand mentions from news, competitor news tracking, google news tracking or google news monitoring, crisis or reputation watch, or a recurring news digest for a market, industry, or portfolio. Pay-per-page billing, MCP-ready for Claude and other AI agents.
apify-google-events-tracking
Track Google Events listings as structured JSON with the Apify Google Events Scraper Actor (johnvc/google-events-api---access-google-events-data). Give it a search query like concerts in Chicago plus an optional location and date filter, and get one row per results page with a nested events array, title, start_date, when, address, venue name and rating, ticket_info seller links, and image per event. Re-run the same input on a schedule and diff by event link to catch new or dropped listings. Use when the user wants google events tracking, wants to track or monitor Google Events for a city, venue, artist, or competitor, watch for new concerts, conferences, or festivals, or export Google Events results to JSON or CSV. Pay-per-page billing, MCP-ready for Claude and other AI agents.
apify-google-events-ai
Give an AI agent live local event data from Google Events with the Apify Google Events Scraper Actor (johnvc/google-events-api---access-google-events-data). One bounded call takes a query like events in Austin this weekend and returns structured listings, title, start_date, when, address, venue name and rating, and ticket_info seller links, ready for an agent to rank, summarize, or drop into a calendar. Use when the user wants google events ai, an events feed for an AI agent or assistant, event discovery inside Claude, a what is happening this weekend helper, a calendar copilot that suggests concerts or conferences, or wants to wire local events into an app or agent workflow. Pay-per-page billing, MCP-ready for Claude and other AI agents.
apify-google-ai-overview-monitoring
Monitor whether a brand or domain is cited in Google AI Overviews with the Apify Google AI Overview API Actor (johnvc/Google-AI-Overview-API). Run a watchlist of queries on a schedule, check ai_overview_present, match your domain against the cited references, and build a citation history keyed by the fetched_at timestamp for AEO and GEO reporting. Use when the user wants google ai overview monitoring or tracking, brand visibility in AI Overviews, AI search visibility checks for a brand or client, answer engine optimization (AEO) or generative engine optimization (GEO) measurement, competitor citation share in AI Overviews, or alerts when a domain drops out of an AI Overview. Pay-per-retrieval billing, MCP-ready for Claude and other AI agents.
apify-google-ai-overview-api
Get Google AI Overview answers and their cited sources as structured JSON with the Apify Google AI Overview API Actor (johnvc/Google-AI-Overview-API). Send one query or a batch, and get one row per query with ai_overview_present, ordered text_blocks (paragraphs, headings, lists, tables), references with link and source domain, retrievals_used, and a fetched_at timestamp. Use when the user wants a google ai overview api, wants to extract or export Google AI Overview answers to JSON or CSV, check which sources an AI Overview cites for a keyword, batch AI Overview lookups across a query list, or asks how to get Google AI Overview data programmatically. Pay-per-retrieval billing, MCP-ready for Claude and other AI agents.
apify-gas-price-monitoring
Monitor gas prices across ZIP codes and cities with the Apify Fuel Prices Scraper Actor (johnvc/fuelprices). Poll a watchlist of locations on a schedule and get one row per station with cash and credit prices plus posted timestamps, ready to diff against your last snapshot for price-change alerts, cash versus credit spreads, and station-level competitive tracking. Use when the user wants gas price monitoring, fuel price monitoring, price-change alerts for fuel, tracking gas prices across multiple ZIP codes or cities, watching diesel or E85 prices for a fleet, or a live feed for a fuel price dashboard. Pay-per-result billing, MCP-ready for Claude and other AI agents.
apify-gas-prices-api
Turn live US fuel prices into a gas prices API with the Apify Fuel Prices Scraper Actor (johnvc/fuelprices). Give a ZIP code, city, or GPS coordinates plus a fuel type (Regular, Midgrade, Premium, Diesel, E85, Unleaded88) and get one row per station with name, address, starRating, ratingsCount, cash and credit prices, and the time each price was posted. Use when the user wants a gas prices api, fuel prices api, gas price api, gas prices by zip code, real time gas prices as JSON or CSV, gas price data for an app or pipeline, or per-station fuel price extraction. Pay-per-result billing, MCP-ready for Claude and other AI agents.
apify-baidu-search-api
Get structured Baidu search results without an official API key or Chinese account using the Apify Baidu Search Scraper Actor (johnvc/Baidu-Search-Scraper). One query returns one dataset item per SERP page with nested organic_results (position, title, link, plus displayed_link, rich_snippet, and sitelinks when Baidu shows them), related_searches, people_also_search_for, and top_searches, filtered by device, Simplified or Traditional Chinese, and time period. Use when the user wants a baidu api, a baidu search api or baidu serp api, Baidu search results as JSON or CSV, to scrape Baidu, structured baidu data for research or AI agents, or to see what ranks on baidu.com for a query. Pay-per-page billing, MCP-ready for Claude and other AI agents.
apify-app-store-optimization-reviews
Mine Apple App Store reviews for app store optimization signals with the Apify Apple App Store Reviews API Actor (johnvc/apple-app-store-reviews-api). Pull most-critical and most-recent reviews for your app and competitor apps across 52 country stores, then turn the rows into complaint themes, rating trends by reviewed_version, and per-country feedback that feeds listing updates and release notes. Use when the user wants app store optimization insight from reviews, an ASO review audit, competitor app review analysis, review sentiment for an iOS app, to find out why users leave 1-star reviews, or to check how an app update changed the reviews. Review mining only; keyword rankings belong to the Apple App Store Search Actor and listing metadata to the Product API Actor. Pay-per-review billing, MCP-ready for Claude and other AI agents.
apify-app-store-reviews-scraper
Scrape Apple App Store reviews into structured JSON with the Apify Apple App Store Reviews API Actor (johnvc/apple-app-store-reviews-api). Give it a numeric Apple product ID or just an app name and get one row per review with rating, review_title, review_text, author_name, reviewed_version, review_date_iso, and app context, across 52 country stores, sorted by most recent, most helpful, most favorable, or most critical. Use when the user wants an app store reviews scraper, wants to scrape App Store reviews or iOS app reviews, export Apple app reviews to JSON or CSV, build a review dataset for one or more apps, or pull the reviews behind a competitor's App Store listing. Pay-per-review billing, MCP-ready for Claude and other AI agents.
apify-congress-trading-tracker
Build a congress trading tracker with the Apify Congress Financial Disclosures and Stock Trades Actor (johnvc/us-congress-financial-disclosures-and-stock-trading-data). Watch a member of Congress or a ticker, poll for newly filed Periodic Transaction Reports from the House and Senate, dedupe on the stable row id, and route new disclosures to alerts, a database, or a dashboard, with member, chamber, Ticker, Transaction_Type, Amount_Range, Date, and Filing_ID on every row. Use when the user wants a congress trading tracker, wants to track congressional stock trades over time, monitor a member's disclosures, watch which members trade a ticker, get alerts on new filings, or run disclosure monitoring for compliance, ESG, or journalism research. Pay-per-transaction billing, MCP-ready for Claude and other AI agents.
apify-congress-stock-trades-api
Pull US Congressional stock trades and financial disclosures as structured JSON with the Apify Congress Financial Disclosures and Stock Trades Actor (johnvc/us-congress-financial-disclosures-and-stock-trading-data). Filter Periodic Transaction Reports from the House and Senate by member name, ticker, or date range and get one row per transaction with Ticker, Asset, Transaction_Type, Amount_Range, Date, House, State_District, and Filing_ID. Use when the user wants a congress stock trades api, wants to scrape congressional financial disclosures, export House or Senate stock trades to JSON or CSV, pull a member's disclosed trades, look up which members traded a ticker, or build a congressional trading dataset for research. Pay-per-transaction billing, MCP-ready for Claude and other AI agents.
apify-investor-database
Search a curated investor database of 10,469 firms with the Apify Startup Investors Data Scraper (johnvc/startup-investors-data-scraper). Filter by firm type (VC, angel, private equity, family office, accelerator, venture debt and more), industry focus, investment stage, country, and keyword, and get one row per firm with name, description, city, country, website, LinkedIn URL, AUM, stages, and focus areas, plus profile extras like Crunchbase and social links when on file, and partner contacts with job titles and check sizes when requested. Use when the user wants an investor database, a venture capital database, a list of venture capital firms, an angel investors list, a private equity firms list, or a Crunchbase or PitchBook alternative for investor data. Pay-per-firm billing, MCP-ready for Claude and other AI agents.
apify-hotel-price-monitoring
Run hotel price monitoring on Google Hotels with the Apify Google Hotels Search Scraper Actor (johnvc/google-hotels-search-scraper). Poll the same destination and stay dates on a schedule, snapshot rate_per_night and total_rate per property with numeric extracted values, then diff snapshots keyed on property_token to alert on drops, watch competitor hotel rates, or chart how prices move as the stay date approaches. Use when the user wants hotel price monitoring, wants to track or watch hotel prices over time, monitor competitor hotel rates for a property or market, build a rate drop alert pipeline, or asks whether hotel prices go down closer to the date. Pay-per-page billing plus a small per-run setup fee, MCP-ready for Claude and other AI agents.
apify-scrape-hotel-prices
Scrape hotel prices from Google Hotels into structured JSON with the Apify Google Hotels Search Scraper Actor (johnvc/google-hotels-search-scraper). Give a destination query plus check-in and check-out dates, and get one page object per results page whose properties array carries name, rate_per_night and total_rate (display string plus extracted numeric value), overall_rating, reviews count, amenities, gps_coordinates, images, and a property_token for chaining into reviews or photos. Use when the user wants to scrape hotel prices, export Google Hotels results to JSON or CSV, build a hotel prices or hotel rates dataset, compare rates across a city for a stay date, or asks for a hotel prices scraper, hotel data scraper, or hotel prices API. Pay-per-page billing plus a small per-run setup fee, MCP-ready for Claude and other AI agents.
apify-pre-seed-investors
Build a fundraising outreach list of pre seed investors with the Apify Startup Investors Data Scraper (johnvc/startup-investors-data-scraper). Filter a curated database of 10,469 firms by investment stage (Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A and beyond), industry focus, firm type, and country, and get investor firms with partner contacts, job titles, emails when available, LinkedIn URLs, and check sizes, ready to load into a CRM or outreach tool. Use when the user wants to find pre seed investors, seed investors, or early stage investors for a raise, build an investor outreach or lead list, find angel investors or VCs for a specific industry and stage, or ask who invests at pre-seed in their space. Research and outreach data only, no investment advice. Pay-per-firm billing, MCP-ready for Claude and other AI agents.
apify-google-flights-api
Use Google Flights as an API with the Apify Google Flights Actor (johnvc/Google-Flights-Data-Scraper-Flight-and-Price-Search). There is no official google flights api, so this skill fills the gap. Give departure and arrival airport codes plus dates, and get structured flight results as JSON, one row per flight with price, currency, airlines, departure and arrival times, stops, layover airports, duration, travel class, and flight numbers, plus price insights for the route. Supports one-way, round-trip, and multi-city itineraries, 29 languages, 39 countries, and filters for price, stops, and airlines. Use when the user wants a google flights api, to scrape google flights, a google flights scraper, flight results as JSON or CSV, or airfare data for a route by API or Python. Pay-per-page billing, MCP-ready for Claude and other AI agents.
apify-youtube-transcripts-llm-training-data
Build LLM training data from YouTube transcripts in bulk with the Apify Actor johnvc/YoutubeTranscripts. Feed it an array of video URLs and get one clean row per video, with non_timestamped transcript text ready for tokenization, timestamped snippets, language_code, and provenance metadata (title, channel_name, upload_date, view_count) for dataset documentation. Filter by language or translate every transcript into one target language for a consistent corpus. Use when the user wants LLM training data from videos, a fine-tuning or RAG corpus from YouTube, bulk YouTube transcripts for machine learning, or a text dataset from spoken video content without running speech-to-text. Pay-per-video billing, MCP-ready for Claude and other AI agents.
apify-youtube-transcript-api
Get YouTube transcripts as structured JSON with a hosted YouTube transcript API (the Apify Actor johnvc/YoutubeTranscripts). Pass one video URL or a batch array and get back non_timestamped text, timestamped snippets, language metadata, and optional SRT, VTT, and plain text formats, plus video title, channel, and view count. Works with standard videos and Shorts, handles language preference and translation, and runs from cloud IPs without IpBlocked errors. Use when the user wants a youtube transcript api, needs to get or download a YouTube transcript or subtitles, asks to extract the transcript from a YouTube video, or wants captions as JSON, SRT, or VTT. Pay-per-video billing, MCP-ready for Claude and other AI agents.
apify-yandex-image-search-api
Search the Yandex Images vertical and get full-size image URLs as structured JSON with the Apify Yandex Search Scraper Actor (johnvc/Scrape-Yandex). A yandex image search api for agents and pipelines. One text query returns image results with the original full-size image URL, hosting page link, thumbnail, and source, filtered by image type, color, orientation, file type, exact size, site, and recency. Use when the user wants a yandex image search api or yandex images api, wants to search Yandex Images programmatically, collect image datasets with full-size URLs, source images from Russian-language sites, or filter image results by color, size, or license-friendly site. Pay-per-page billing, MCP-ready for Claude and other AI agents.
apify-yandex-search-api
Get structured Yandex search results without an official API key using the Apify Yandex Search Scraper Actor (johnvc/Scrape-Yandex). One query returns the full SERP as JSON, with organic results (position, title, link, displayed_link, snippet), and optional ads, knowledge graph, inline images, and inline videos, targeted by Yandex domain, language, and any of 123,000 plus lr region IDs. Use when the user wants a yandex search api, a yandex serp api, Yandex search results as JSON or CSV, to scrape Yandex search, to check what ranks on yandex.ru for a query or region, or SEO research for Russian-speaking markets. Pay-per-page billing, MCP-ready for Claude and other AI agents.
apify-job-search-api
Turn Google Jobs into a job search API for your app, AI agent, or alerts pipeline with the Apify Google Jobs Scraper Actor (johnvc/Google-Jobs-Scraper). Query by role and location with country, language, and radius filters, and get fresh structured listings back, including title, company_name, source platform, posted_at, schedule_type, and direct apply_options links, ready to dedupe by job_id and serve as a feed. Use when the user wants a job search api, a job postings API or job listings feed for an application or AI agent, wants to refresh a job board or job alerts programmatically, or asks which job search sites have an API. Pay-per-page billing, MCP-ready for Claude and other AI agents.
apify-scrape-google-jobs
Scrape Google Jobs listings into structured JSON with the Apify Google Jobs Scraper Actor (johnvc/Google-Jobs-Scraper). Give a job title or search query plus an optional location, and get one row per listing with title, company_name, location, source platform, full description, job_highlights, posted_at, schedule_type, and direct apply_options links. Use when the user wants to scrape google jobs, export Google Jobs results to JSON or CSV, build a job listings dataset, pull openings for a role or city, or asks for a Google Jobs scraper, job scraper, or job scraping workflow. Pay-per-page billing, MCP-ready for Claude and other AI agents.
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