Actor Quality Readiness Auditor

Local prototype for the next Apify product candidate.

It audits public Apify Actor pages and returns:

• PUBLISH, FIX, AVOID, or ERROR
• readiness score
• public stats
• missing Store quality signals
• maintenance/deprecation flags
• monetization fit: HIGH, MEDIUM, or LOW
• agentic/MCP fit: HIGH, MEDIUM, or LOW
• x402/PPE readiness: READY_FOR_PRIVATE_TEST, FIX_FIRST, or NOT_READY
• pricing advice for free, usage-cost-only, or later PPE testing
• next actions before publishing or enabling paid PPE
• Markdown report in key-value store record REPORT

Usage

cd D:\Project\SecurityAudits\actor-quality-auditor
node .\audit.js https://apify.com/thenetaji/apify-actor-monitor
node .\audit.js --json https://apify.com/apify/monitoring
node .\audit.js --out sample-output.json https://apify.com/thenetaji/apify-actor-monitor

Apify Actor

This directory is also an Apify Actor package.

cd D:\Project\SecurityAudits\actor-quality-auditor
npm install
npm start

Actor files:

• .actor/actor.json
• .actor/input_schema.json
• .actor/output_schema.json
• .actor/dataset_schema.json
• assets/icon.svg
• src/main.js
• src/run-audit.js
• APIFY_CONSOLE_PUBLISH_PACK.md
• PPE_RELEASE_NOTES.md
• STORE_LISTING_DRAFT.md
• PUBLISHING_CHECKLIST.md

Before publishing:

npm test
npm pack --dry-run

Validation

cd D:\Project\SecurityAudits\actor-quality-auditor
npm test
node .\audit.js --out sample-audit-2026-07-02.json `
  https://apify.com/thenetaji/apify-actor-monitor `
  https://apify.com/apify/monitoring `
  https://apify.com/artificially/github-repo-scraper

Current sample output:

• thenetaji/apify-actor-monitor: PUBLISH 96/100, monetizationFit=HIGH
• apify/monitoring: FIX 78/100, monetizationFit=MEDIUM, with stale-last-modified and missing-output-tab
• artificially/github-repo-scraper: AVOID 58/100, monetizationFit=LOW, due to under-maintenance
• sample artifact: sample-audit-2026-07-02.json
• MCP/x402 fields are present in the sample: agenticFit, x402Readiness, x402Signals, and agenticNextActions

Current Actor validation:

• unit/config/wrapper tests pass
• npm pack --dry-run includes schemas, CLI, core, sample, and Actor source
• local npm start with empty input initializes the Apify SDK and exits successfully
• PPE-ready path exists: set PPE_EVENT_NAME=audited-actor only after configuring the same event in Apify Console

Actor outputs:

• default dataset rows, one per audited Actor URL
• SUMMARY key-value-store record with verdict counts and charge counters
• REPORT key-value-store record with a human-readable scorecard, pricing advice, MCP/agentic readiness, x402/PPE readiness, and release next actions

Agentic / x402 Readiness

Apify's newer monetization and agent workflows make MCP, API, visible pricing, and clean paid-event units more important for Actor creators. This auditor now checks those public Store signals and emits:

• agenticFit
• x402Readiness
• x402Signals
• agenticNextActions

The intended paid boundary remains conservative: do not enable paid events on the first public release. Use x402Readiness=READY_FOR_PRIVATE_TEST as a signal for later private PPE/x402 testing after organic usage and run cost are measured.

Product Hypothesis

Apify builders need a low-friction way to check whether their Actor looks publishable before asking users to run it.

This product is better aligned with low-communication income than lead generation because the output is a self-contained scorecard, not a promise of fresh leads.

Pay-Per-Event Readiness

The Actor is wired for a future PPE event without enabling charging by default.

When Apify Console has a matching event configured, set:

$env:PPE_EVENT_NAME = "audited-actor"

With that environment variable present, each successful non-ERROR audit row is pushed with the audited-actor event name. Error rows are still stored but are not charged. The SUMMARY value records:

• chargeEventName
• chargeAttempts
• chargedCount

Do not set PPE_EVENT_NAME until private Apify tests confirm the event is configured and the run budget behavior is acceptable.

Local Live Smoke Evidence

Latest local public-source smoke test:

• source URLs:
  • https://apify.com/thenetaji/apify-actor-monitor
  • https://apify.com/apify/monitoring
  • https://apify.com/artificially/github-repo-scraper
• result:
  • PUBLISH 96/100 for thenetaji/apify-actor-monitor
  • FIX 78/100 for apify/monitoring
  • AVOID 58/100 for artificially/github-repo-scraper
• artifact: sample-audit-2026-07-02.json