The most complete unofficial Skool API. Read posts, comments, members, and courses. Create posts, reply to comments, approve members, build entire courses programmatically. Drop-in for n8n, Make.com, Zapier, AI agents.
┌─────────────────┐
│ Your stack │ ──┐
│ - n8n │ │
│ - Make.com │ │
│ - AI agents │ │ ┌────────────────────────┐ ┌────────────────┐
│ - Custom code │ ├──→ │ Apify Actor │ ──→ │ Skool API │
└─────────────────┘ │ │ Skool All-in-One API │ │ (cookies + │
│ │ read · write · auth │ │ WAF + buildId │
│ └────────────────────────┘ │ handled for │
│ │ you) │
└→ POST action:operation └────────────────┘
→ structured response
Skool does not have an official API. The community has reverse-engineered bits and pieces, but nobody has shipped a complete, write-capable, auth-handled, production-ready integration that AI agents and no-code tools can use.
This actor is that integration. It powers a real production community (Cágala, Aprende, Repite — daily writes, automated onboarding, full classroom). If it breaks, it breaks for me first. Bugs get fixed fast.
I run my community alone — no team, no virtual assistants, no community managers on staff. Everything in this doc-site exists because I needed it to keep up with the daily work of running a Skool community as a one-person operation: approving members, replying to posts, publishing courses, sending event reminders, exporting member data for follow-up.
If you're a solo founder or admin trying to grow a Skool community without burning out on repetitive admin clicks — this is built for you. Every recipe is something I run in my own production. If a flow doesn't work for me with my actual time budget, it doesn't ship.
| Resource | Read | Write |
|---|---|---|
| Posts | List, filter, paginate, get single, get full comment trees | Create, update, delete, pin, unpin, like |
| Comments | Nested trees with replies | Create top-level + nested replies, edit, delete |
| Members | List active, list pending applicants | Approve, reject, ban, batch-approve |
| Classroom | List courses, full tree, single page | Create course, folder, page, set body (markdown→TipTap), update cover/title/description, delete |
| Files | — | Upload images for course covers |
| Groups | Get group info | Update description, update Auto DM message |
See full action reference → · Use it from AI agents (Claude / OpenAI / MCP) →
Sign up at apify.com (free tier covers most personal use). Grab your API token from the account dashboard.
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/cristiantala~skool-all-in-one-api/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{ "action": "auth:login", "email": "your-skool-email@example.com", "password": "your-skool-password", "groupSlug": "your-community" }'The response includes a cookies string. Save it — for the next ~3.5 days you can pass it instead of email/password and skip the slow Playwright login (~2s vs ~10s per call).
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/cristiantala~skool-all-in-one-api/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{ "action": "posts:list", "cookies": "auth_token=...; client_id=...; aws-waf-token=...", "groupSlug": "your-community", "params": { "page": 1 } }'This repo is organized into 8 sections. Each section has its own README hub.
| Section | What's there |
|---|---|
| 📘 Learn | Glossary — what is the Skool API, how does Skool work, features, classroom, courses, affiliate program, live events |
| 🛠️ Integrations | Tool-specific guides — n8n, Make.com, Zapier, Claude, GPT, MCP, Python, LangChain, Webhooks |
| 🤖 Automation | Strategic overview — bot vs agent, building a Skool bot, building a Skool AI agent, why not to build your own scraper |
| 🍳 Recipes | Cookbook — copy-paste workflows for auto-approve, reply unanswered, publish course from markdown, more |
| 🔍 Compare | Skool vs X — Circle, Mighty Networks, Kajabi, Teachable, Thinkific, Discord, Slack, alternatives |
| 📖 Guide | Founder decisions — is Skool legit, is Skool worth it, pricing, free trial, reviews, how to start |
| 🎯 For X | Audience-specific — Skool for AI agents (more coming) |
| 📚 Docs | Reference — authentication, actions, posts, members, classroom, files, groups, error handling, AI agents integration |
Real, copy-paste-ready integrations:
- Auto-approve Skool members with n8n + GPT-4o AI screening — published as a ready-to-import n8n template. Webhook → AI screen → approve.
- Reply to unanswered posts automatically — find posts with 0 comments, reply with on-brand AI message
- Publish a course from markdown files — your local markdown → full Skool classroom with covers
- Auto DM new members — set/update the welcome message that triggers when someone joins
- Batch update course covers — refresh visual identity across N courses without resetting privacy/tier
- Newsletter to Skool post — mirror your Listmonk/ConvertKit newsletter as a community post
- Weekly changelog with poll + broadcast — image, poll and "email all members" in one post (and why a 200 proves none of them worked)
- Audit a long welcome thread (>35 comments) — bypass Skool's REST cap with
posts:getCommentsFullto find members you haven't replied to yet - Use the Skool API as MCP tool for Claude / Cursor / Cline — expose all 33 actions to your AI agents via Apify's hosted MCP server
- Community analytics: export Skool data to NocoDB / Airtable — track engagement, churn, conversion to paid via your own BI tool
| Topic | What you'll learn |
|---|---|
| Getting Started | First call, auth flow, cookies caching |
| Authentication | How auth works, WAF token rotation, the x402-payment-required "fake error" |
| Posts & Comments | Skool's post=comment data model, content formats, mentions |
| Members | Approval flow, batch operations, member roles |
| Classroom | Courses, folders, pages, the markdown→TipTap converter, the R-PUT-COURSE quirk |
| Files | Image upload flow (cover images for courses) |
| Groups | Description, Auto DM, settings |
| Error handling | Structured {success:false} payloads, errorCode catalog, hint field, retry logic |
| AI Agents integration | Function-calling specs (Claude / OpenAI / Gemini), MCP server, LangChain Tool, Claude Code Skill, agent loop patterns |
| Changelog | Version history, what changed when |
The actor uses Apify Pay-Per-Event (PPE) — you pay only for what you use:
| Action | Approx. cost |
|---|---|
auth:login (once every ~3.5 days) | ~$0.02 (Playwright login) |
Read action (posts:list, members:list, etc.) | ~$0.005 |
| Write action (create post, approve member, etc.) | ~$0.01 + ~$0.005 platform |
files:uploadImage | ~$0.005 |
A community handling ~50 writes + ~200 reads per day costs roughly $1.50/month. See full pricing →
- Never-throw policy: every error — including network failures and Skool 4xx responses — becomes a structured
{success:false}payload pushed to the dataset, with anerrorCodeandhintfield. Runs always endSUCCEEDED. The actor never trips Apify'sUNDER_MAINTENANCEflag. - Daily Quality Check pass: the actor's input schema defaults to
system:healthso Apify's automated daily test always passes — production callers stay unaffected by Apify-side checks. - Auto retry: 5xx responses, network errors, expired WAF tokens, and stale buildIds are auto-handled with exponential backoff.
- More on reliability →
- ❌ Not an official Skool product. Skool may change behavior at any time. This actor is reverse-engineered from the public Skool web app, kept stable as Skool deploys (~weekly buildId rotation, auto-handled).
- ❌ Not for bypassing Skool's terms. You authenticate as a user that owns or admins the community. Don't scrape communities you have no access to.
- ❌ Not for spam. Skool's rate limits (~20-30 writes/min) are enforced. The actor respects them.
| Latest version | 0.3.25 — May 2026 |
| Last battle-tested in production | Daily, on cagala-aprende-repite |
| Skool buildId rotation | Auto-handled (~weekly) |
| WAF token rotation | Auto-handled (~3.5 days) |
The actor's source code is not open-source (commercial product), but this docs repo is. To report a bug or request a feature:
- 🐛 Open a bug report
- 💡 Open a feature request
- 💬 Discuss with the community in Cágala, Aprende, Repite (Spanish-speaking founders)
- 📝 The Complete Skool API: 9 Months of Reverse-Engineering 33 Actions (n8n + TypeScript + AI Agents) — full technical deep-dive (May 2026)
- 📝 I Built the Most Complete Skool API — and What I Learned Reverse-Engineering It — original launch post (March 2026)
- 🐦 Built by Cristian Tala — operator using AI to run a community of founders solo
- 🎓 Cágala, Aprende, Repite — the Skool community where this actor was forged
- 📰 Tutorials & deep dives — recipes, lessons, case studies
The contents of this repository (docs, recipes, examples) are licensed under MIT — copy, modify, embed in your projects freely.
The Apify actor itself (skool-all-in-one-api) is a commercial product, not covered by this license.