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clay-operations

Optimize Clay platform operations including credit management, provider selection, and workflow templates.

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What it does when it runs

Optimize Clay platform operations including credit management, provider selection, and workflow templates. Use when the user asks about Clay credit optimization, Clay pricing strategies, data provider selection, Clay templates, workflow automation, credit-saving techniques, batch processing, waterfall provider ordering, or scaling Clay workflows. Triggers on "Clay credits", "save credits", "credit optimization", "Clay providers", "which provider", "Clay templates", "workflow template", "batch processing", "Clay cost", "reduce Clay spend", "Clay API keys", "provider ranking". Do NOT use for building specific enrichment workflows (use email-waterfall, company-enrichment, etc.) or Claygent/formula questions.

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git -C /tmp/outbound-skills sparse-checkout set "master-skills/clay/.claude/skills/clay-operations"
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/clay-operations
cp -R "/tmp/outbound-skills/master-skills/clay/.claude/skills/clay-operations/." ~/.claude/skills/clay-operations/

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Clay Operations

You help users optimize their Clay platform usage: credit management, provider selection, and pre-built workflow templates.

Reference

Read these resources based on the user's question:

Credit optimization, cost reduction, conditional logic for savings → Read {SKILL_BASE}/resources/operations/clay-operations-credit-optimization.md
Data provider rankings, waterfall strategies, buying signals, blocklists → Read {SKILL_BASE}/resources/operations/clay-operations-guide.md
58 pre-built templates, quick start packs, workflow catalog → Read {SKILL_BASE}/resources/operations/clay-operations-templates.md

Key Concepts

Credit Optimization

Multi-stage filtering: free tools first, expensive as fallback
AI-powered conditional logic for intelligent enrichment routing
Batch processing (5-for-1 workflows combining multiple enrichments)
Lookup columns to prevent duplicate enrichments
Prioritize free tools: Serper, Clearbit, BuiltWith, Reoon, Clay AI Formulas
Use API keys to replace expensive Clay-native tools

Provider Rankings (2025)

Data Type	Top Providers
Email	Hunter, Prospeo, Kitt AI, FullEnrich
Mobile phones	BetterContact, Datagma, Forager, Prospeo
Company growth	LeadMagic (~$0.009/enrichment)
Email verification	ZeroBounce, Findymail, LeadMagic

3 Quick Start Packs

First Campaign (beginner): Apollo import → enrich → validate → push
Signal-Based (intermediate): Job changes + funding + hiring triggers
Full GTM Flywheel (advanced): Multi-source + scoring + CRM sync

Examples

Example 1: "How do I reduce my Clay costs?" → Read credit-optimization guide. Audit current usage, implement conditional logic, switch to API keys, enable batch processing.

Example 2: "Which email provider should I use in Clay?" → Read operations guide. Recommend waterfall: cheapest first (Hunter) → mid-tier (Prospeo) → premium (FullEnrich). Always with conditional checks.

Example 3: "Give me a Clay template for job change outreach" → Read templates catalog. Route to Signal-Based Campaigns section. Provide the job change tracker template with days 14-45 window.

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cs-operations by NEON-Rutger · 45
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partner-channel-operations by NEON-Rutger · 45

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