WorkerKitAI workers for Clay
AI workers for Clay put your team's prospecting data to work on a schedule: they find the people and companies that match your ideal customer profile, enrich them through Clay's data providers, research accounts and run the Functions your ops team built. Each worker acts as the Clay user who connected it, spends that workspace's credits and uses only the tools you grant.
What is an AI worker for Clay?
An AI worker for Clay is an AI worker given one recurring go-to-market job in the Clay workspace chosen at sign-in. It can search Clay's people and company database, enrich contacts with verified emails and phone numbers through Clay's waterfall of data providers, research accounts and run the Functions a Clay admin has enabled for MCP. The connection uses Clay sign-in, so there is no key to paste. Searches are free, while enrichment and Functions spend the workspace's Clay credits, and each worker receives only the tools its owner grants.
What these workers do
Weekly ICP shortlist
Search Clay's company and people database for accounts and contacts that match your ideal customer profile, and send reps a short list each week, enriching only the contacts worth reaching.
Enrich new inbound leads
Take new inbound signups, find the person and company in Clay, add a verified work email, title and firmographics, and pass the record to the rep who owns the account.
Account research brief
Before a scheduled first meeting, research the account's funding, hiring, technology and leadership changes and send the owner a one-page brief.
Run your team's Functions on new records
Call the account-scoring or routing Function your ops team enabled for MCP on each new account, so every record is scored by the same logic.
How an AI worker runs in Clay
Connect the right account and workspace
Set a credit limit before you schedule anything
Let Functions carry your team's rules
Keep batches small
Contact data is personal data
Clay questions, answered.
Does a worker spend our Clay credits?
Yes, when it enriches or runs a Function. Searching Clay's people and company database is free, and enrichment and Functions cost the same credits as inside Clay. One request can trigger several charged steps, so set a monthly credit limit for the connected user in Clay before scheduling a worker; Clay blocks further spend once the limit is reached.
Who can connect Clay?
A member of the Clay workspace with a Sales Rep, Editor or Admin role; Viewer accounts can't complete the sign-in. Accept any pending workspace invite first, and choose the company workspace on Clay's consent screen. A Clay admin must also make sure Unknown is turned on in Settings → MCP users, under Allowed MCP clients, which is the setting that covers this connection.
Why does Clay call the app unverified?
Clay labels every app that registers itself at connect time as an unverified application and shows where it will send you back after you approve. That is expected for this connection; check the return address and approve.
Can a worker push contacts into our CRM or sequencer?
Only through a Function your ops team built for that and enabled for MCP, and only if you grant the worker the tool that runs Functions. Without such a Function, a worker can search, enrich and research, but it does not write to your CRM or sequencer.
Can a worker see our Clay tables?
No. Clay's connection exposes Clay's own search, enrichment and research tools plus the Functions an admin enabled for MCP. It cannot browse your tables or raw workspace data.