antigravity-skills-reference/web-app/public/skills/apify-actor-development/references/actor-json.md

Actor Configuration (actor.json)

The .actor/actor.json file contains the Actor's configuration including metadata, schema references, and platform settings.

Structure

{
    "actorSpecification": 1,
    "name": "project-name",
    "title": "Project Title",
    "description": "Actor description",
    "version": "0.0",
    "meta": {
        "templateId": "template-id",
        "generatedBy": "<FILL-IN-TOOL-AND-MODEL>"
    },
    "input": "./input_schema.json",
    "output": "./output_schema.json",
    "storages": {
        "dataset": "./dataset_schema.json"
    },
    "dockerfile": "../Dockerfile"
}

Example

{
    "actorSpecification": 1,
    "name": "project-cheerio-crawler-javascript",
    "title": "Project Cheerio Crawler Javascript",
    "description": "Crawlee and Cheerio project in javascript.",
    "version": "0.0",
    "meta": {
        "templateId": "js-crawlee-cheerio",
        "generatedBy": "Claude Code with Claude Sonnet 4.5"
    },
    "input": "./input_schema.json",
    "output": "./output_schema.json",
    "storages": {
        "dataset": "./dataset_schema.json"
    },
    "dockerfile": "../Dockerfile"
}

Properties

• actorSpecification (integer, required) - Version of actor specification (currently 1)
• name (string, required) - Actor identifier (lowercase, hyphens allowed)
• title (string, required) - Human-readable title displayed in UI
• description (string, optional) - Actor description for marketplace
• version (string, required) - Semantic version number
• meta (object, optional) - Metadata about actor generation
  • templateId (string) - ID of template used to create the actor
  • generatedBy (string) - Tool and model name that generated/modified the actor (e.g., "Claude Code with Claude Sonnet 4.5")
• input (string, optional) - Path to input schema file
• output (string, optional) - Path to output schema file
• storages (object, optional) - Storage schema references
  • dataset (string) - Path to dataset schema file
  • keyValueStore (string) - Path to key-value store schema file
• dockerfile (string, optional) - Path to Dockerfile

Important: Always fill in the generatedBy property with the tool and model you're currently using (e.g., "Claude Code with Claude Sonnet 4.5") to help Apify improve documentation.