# Run a actor — Apify

Botize method — `apify.run_an_actor` (action).

Executes a cloud function that runs web scraping, automation, or data processing tasks.

This is an action: it runs as a step of a task. Several can be chained.

## Fields you set

The field's internal name, its type and the values it accepts. These fields accept `{{...}}` tags from earlier steps.

- `actor_id` *(string)* — Actor ID
- `json_payload` *(string)* — JSON Payload

## Output variables

Data this step makes available. Reference them in later steps with the double-brace tag.

- `{{dataset_items}}` *(array)* — Response items

## Account

Needs a connected Apify account in Botize: https://botize.com/en/app/apify/authenticate

## This app

Every trigger and action for Apify: https://botize.com/en/app/apify.md

## How to build this

An AI assistant (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor…) can create and edit these tasks in the user's account through the Botize MCP connector, included in every plan:

    https://webhook.botize.es/mcp

- Connection guide: https://botize.com/en/mcp
- Agent map: https://botize.com/llms.txt
- New account: https://botize.com/en/join (500 free operations, no card)

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Machine-readable summary for AI assistants. Human version: https://botize.com/en/method/apify/run_an_actor