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clay-column-contract

Define Clay table column names, types, dependencies, and run order before building.

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From rasulshaikh/outbound-skill-pack · 7 skill entries · 0 · pushed 2026-09-29

What it does when it runs

Define Clay table column names, types, dependencies, and run order before building. Use after ICP brief when designing or refactoring an outbound table.

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Hosts it reaches
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Tool permissions it declares
No allowed-tools in the frontmatter. It only issues instructions, so there is nothing to bound.
Actions present in the files
None. Instructions only.

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Install it

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git clone --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --sparse https://github.com/rasulshaikh/outbound-skill-pack.git /tmp/outbound-skill-pack
git -C /tmp/outbound-skill-pack sparse-checkout set "skills/clay-column-contract"
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/clay-column-contract
cp -R "/tmp/outbound-skill-pack/skills/clay-column-contract/." ~/.claude/skills/clay-column-contract/

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The skill

Source on GitHub ↗

Reproduced in full from rasulshaikh/outbound-skill-pack/blob/9516d4bfa03b15648816760032ec8035370ca9f4/skills/clay-column-contract/SKILL.md, which is licensed MIT (repository). 267 words, 9 headings.

Clay Column Contract

Agree on the schema before you click enrich.

When to use

  • New Clay outbound table
  • Refactor of a messy table with duplicate enrichers
  • Hand-off between FDE and operator

Process

  1. List required outputs for the sequencer (email, first name, company, custom fields, sequence tags).
  2. Work backwards: for each output, name the source column and enrichment.
  3. Assign each column:
    • key (stable snake_case name)
    • type (text, number, boolean, url, json)
    • source (manual, formula, enrichment provider, HTTP)
    • depends_on (keys that must exist first)
    • credit_cost (estimate per row, or 0)
    • pii (yes/no)
  4. Order columns into phases: seed → qualify → enrich contact → draft → gate → export.
  5. Call out columns that must stay empty until purple-safety and cost checks pass.

Output format

## Column contract: <table name>

### Phases
1. seed
2. qualify
3. enrich_contact
4. draft
5. gate
6. export

### Columns
| key | phase | type | source | depends_on | credit_cost | pii |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| company_domain | seed | text | manual | - | 0 | no |

### Export map
| sequencer field | column key |
| --- | --- |
| email | work_email |

Guardrails

  • No duplicate enrichers for the same field without a documented fallback reason.
  • PII columns need a retention note in the contract footer.
  • Prefer formulas over paid enrichers when the data is already on the row.

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