# Apify Actor Finder

> Apify Actor Finder is a paid API for AI agents from finder.marknetic.co.uk, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-11-02).

Finds and ranks Apify Store actors for a given scraping or automation task, returning up to 10 matches scored by relevance, 30-day users, and run success rate with per-event pricing and an x402 run URL.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://finder.marknetic.co.uk/mcp?utm_source=zero.xyz#find_apify_actors
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-11-02
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/apify-actor-finder-2d5bcf76
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_8I03Hl0RyaNEXPGnzTXlH

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability apify-actor-finder-2d5bcf76 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Find me the best Apify actors for scraping Instagram posts — I want to see up to 10 options ranked by popularity and success rate, with their prices.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when an AI agent needs to programmatically discover which Apify actor to invoke for a specific scraping or automation task, especially when the right actor is unknown upfront. Prefer this over manually browsing Apify Store when you need ranked, scored recommendations with pricing transparency and a ready-to-use x402 run URL. It is particularly valuable in agentic pipelines that dynamically select the best scraper based on the task at hand.

## Known failure modes

- No actors match the task description — returns empty result set with no charge
- Ambiguous task description yields low-relevance results
- Apify Store data may be stale if index is not freshly crawled
- x402 run URL may be unavailable if the actor is deprecated or delisted

## How this service works

Picks Apify Store actors for a scraping or automation task such as 'instagram posts' or 'google maps places'. Returns up to 10 actors ranked by text match, 30-day users and run success rate, with per-event price and an x402 run URL. Not charged when nothing matches.

## Output

Returns up to 10 Apify Store actors ranked by text match to the task description, 30-day active user count, and run success rate. Each result includes the actor name, ranking scores, per-event price, and an x402 URL to trigger a run directly. Returns nothing (and does not charge) if no matching actors are found.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/apify-actor-finder-2d5bcf76/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from finder.marknetic.co.uk](https://www.zero.xyz/host/finder.marknetic.co.uk/llms.txt)