clay-toolkit

name	clay-toolkit
description	Clay platform GTM toolkit — table architecture, LeadMagic-first waterfall enrichment, Claygent, credit optimization, CRM push, and formulas. Use when building Clay tables or designing enrichment chains. Not for recurring loops (clay-loops-toolkit) or rollout process (clay-automation). Triggers on: "Clay toolkit", "Clay setup", "Clay waterfall", "Claygent", "Clay enrichment", "Clay table", "LeadMagic Clay column".
license	MIT
compatibility	Claude Code, Jesse, Codex, Hermes, Windsurf, OpenCode, Gemini CLI, Copilot, Zed, VS Code, Goose
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Clay Toolkit

Location: tools/clay-toolkit · Skill name: clay-toolkit

Overview

Clay is the operating system for data-driven GTM — spreadsheet-native enrichment, scoring, and CRM push. The mistake: using Clay as a lookup table with one provider and no verify step. This skill covers table architecture, LeadMagic-first waterfalls, Claygent, credit optimization, and output routing.

Clay tool stack:

• clay-toolkit (this skill) — one-time tables and waterfalls
• clay-loops-toolkit — recurring signal loops
• clay-automation (automation/) — process and rollout, not column config

Authoritative Foundations

• Clay. Table-native enrichment: source → waterfall columns → formula → output. Separate company and person tables; join on domain.
• LeadMagic on Clay. Default first step for email: Find (1 cr) → Verify (1 cr) → Enrich Person (2 cr). Highest accuracy-per-credit for outbound tables. Load leadmagic-toolkit for column wiring.
• Pat Spielmann — Clay + enrichment outbound. Signal table → LeadMagic waterfall → validate → AI personalization column → sequencer push. Copy structure: Hook-Line-Sinker. Canonical playbook → ../../outbound/cold-email-copywriting/references/pat-spielmann-outbound-copy.md.
• Clay University / GTME Pulse. Production table patterns at scale.
• ColdIQ. Signal tables feed clay-loops-toolkit — not mixed into static tables.

When to Use

Trigger phrases: "Clay setup", "Clay waterfall", "Clay enrichment", "Claygent", "Clay table architecture", "Clay automation", "Clay credit optimization", "Clay Sculptor", "Clay formula", "Clay CRM push", "Clay signal table"

For recurring signal monitors → clay-loops-toolkit (tools/clay-loops-toolkit). For AI column prompts → ai-prompts-toolkit. For rollout process → clay-automation.

Core Concepts

Table Architecture

• Source Sheet: Google Sheets, CSV, or API — where your data lives
• Enrichment Columns: Each column is an enrichment step
• Waterfall Columns: Chain multiple providers per data point
• Formula Columns: Transform data between enrichments
• Output: CRM push, webhook, or export

Waterfall Strategy

Goal: Find email for a list of contacts

Column 1: LeadMagic Email Finder
  → Found? Done.
  → Not found? Fall through to...

Column 2: Apollo Email Finder
  → Found? Done.
  → Not found? Fall through to...

Column 3: ProspectingTool Email Finder
  → Found? Done.
  → Still not found? Flag for manual review.

GTM Table Blueprints

Load full column specs in references/gtm-table-blueprints.md.

Blueprint	Rows	Primary Use
Outbound list	Contacts	Waterfall email → verify → ICP score → CRM
Account ABM	Companies	Firmographics → technographics → tier → owner
Signal outbound	Contacts	Monitor column → enrich if signal → draft → route
CRM hygiene	Contacts	Stale check → re-verify email → update CRM
Event follow-up	Contacts	Attendee list → enrich → sequencer within 48h

Company vs person rule: Always separate tables. Join on domain.

Clay Loops (Overview)

Loops = recurring GTM monitors. Full designs in clay-loops-toolkit.

SOURCE → MONITOR (cheap) → ENRICH (if signal) → ACTION (route)

Common loops: funding, job change, hiring, stale opp, champion move.

Sculptor + Claygent (GTM)

• Sculptor: Natural-language table builder — start from blueprint in references/gtm-table-blueprints.md, then refine in UI.
• Claygent: Use prompts from ai-prompts-toolkit P01–P10 — never raw "find email" without source-url rules.

Sequencer + CRM Output Patterns

Output	When	Skill
HubSpot/SF create/update	Score ≥ threshold	crm-toolkit
Smartlead/Instantly webhook	Verified + approved	sequencing-toolkit
Slack notify	Tier-1 signal	proactive-alerts
n8n webhook	Complex branching, inbound SLA, reply routing	n8n-toolkit

Push fields: email, first_name, company, icp_score, why_now, personalization_source, clay_status.

Credit Optimization

• LeadMagic: 1 credit = find + verify. Best accuracy.
• Apollo: credits per export. Good breadth.
• Claygent: AI-powered research agent. Use sparingly (expensive).
• Rule: Run cheapest/highest-accuracy provider first. Fall back to more expensive.

Artifacts

Standard Clay Table Template

COLUMNS (left to right):

1. INPUT COLUMNS:
   - First Name (text)
   - Last Name (text)
   - Company (text)
   - Domain (text or formula: clearbit domain from company)
   - LinkedIn URL (optional)

2. ENRICHMENT WATERFALL — EMAIL:
   - LeadMagic Find Email (name + company → email)
     Credit cost: 1. Confidence: High.
   - Apollo Find Email (name + company → email)
     Credit cost: 1. Confidence: Medium.
   - ProspectingTool (name + domain → email)
     Credit cost: 1. Confidence: Medium-Low.

3. VERIFICATION:
   - LeadMagic Verify Email (email → status + confidence)
     Credit cost: 1. Status: valid/invalid/risky/unknown.

4. ENRICHMENT — PERSON:
   - LeadMagic Enrich Person (email → title, company, phone, social)
     Credit cost: 2.

5. ENRICHMENT — COMPANY:
   - Clearbit Company (domain → employee_count, industry, revenue)

6. SCORING:
   - Formula: ICP Score =
     (Title matches ICP: 30) +
     (Company size 50-500: 20) +
     (Email valid: 30) +
     (Industry matches: 20)

7. OUTPUT:
   - CRM Push (HubSpot / Salesforce)
   - Google Sheets sync
   - Webhook → n8n → downstream workflows

Common Clay Formulas

// Extract domain from email
=RIGHT(Email, LEN(Email) - FIND("@", Email))

// ICP Score calculation
=SUM(
  IF(CONTAINS(Title, "VP"), 30, IF(CONTAINS(Title, "Director"), 20, 0)),
  IF(AND(Employees > 50, Employees < 500), 20, 0),
  IF(Email_Status = "valid", 30, 0),
  IF(Industry = "Technology", 20, 0)
)

// Clean company name for domain lookup
=LOWER(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(Company, " ", ""), ",", ""))

// Time since last enrichment (days)
=DATEDIF(Last_Enriched, TODAY(), )

Implementation Checklist

• Source data cleaned (no duplicates, consistent formatting)
• Waterfall order optimized (highest accuracy first, cheapest per hit)
• Credit budget set per table (prevent runaway costs)
• Webhook configured for async enrichment completion
• CRM push tested with 5 records before full sync
• ICP scoring formula validated against 50 known-fit contacts

Common Pitfalls

1. Flat enrichment (no waterfall). One provider. Missed contacts stay missed. Fix: Waterfall. LeadMagic → Apollo → fallback → manual review.
2. Credit burn on bad data. Enriching 10,000 contacts with bad names/domains. Fix: Clean data first. Deduplicate. Validate domains before enrichment.
3. No ICP filter before CRM push. All contacts pushed to CRM. SDR team overwhelmed. Fix: ICP score column. Only push score > X to CRM.

Output Format

The agent delivers a Clay table blueprint and supporting implementation assets:

• Table Architecture: ordered column list — input columns (name, company, domain, LinkedIn URL), waterfall enrichment columns (LeadMagic → Apollo → fallback), verification column, person/company enrichment columns, ICP scoring formula column, and CRM push output config
• Waterfall Configuration: provider order with credit cost per hit, fallback trigger condition (no result), and manual-review flag for exhausted chains
• Formula Reference: ready-to-paste Clay formulas for domain extraction, ICP score calculation, company name normalization, and enrichment-staleness detection (days since last run)
• Credit Budget Estimate: projected credit consumption per 1,000 contacts at the configured waterfall depth with cost-optimization recommendations
• CRM Push Rules: ICP score threshold for inclusion, HubSpot/Salesforce field mapping, deduplication check before sync, and webhook trigger for async completion

Quality Check

Before delivering, verify:

• All required sections complete
• Output matches the user's stated need
• No vague or unsupported claims
• Frameworks cited where applicable

Execution Artifacts

• references/framework-notes.md — Clay architecture principles
• templates/output-template.md — table design deliverable
• scripts/check-output.py — validates table blueprint output
• ../../outbound/cold-email-copywriting/references/pat-spielmann-outbound-copy.md — Clay waterfall → copy pipeline, Claygent vs LeadMagic roles (Pat Spielmann)
• references/gtm-table-blueprints.md — Outbound, ABM, signal, hygiene tables
• templates/waterfall-config.md — provider order per field

Related Skills

• clay-loops-toolkit — Recurring signal loops (funding, job change, hiring)
• ai-prompts-toolkit — Claygent and LLM column prompts + prompt loops
• clay-automation — End-to-end Clay workflow process
• leadmagic-toolkit — LeadMagic provider in waterfalls
• sequencing-toolkit — Push enriched contacts to sequencers
• waterfall-enrichment — Multi-provider waterfall design
• gtm-role-descriptions — Hire GTM Engineer to own Clay stack (gtm-engineer-hiring.md)