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Clay enrichment workflow

Use this skill when building enrichment workflows, setting up Clay tables, or maximizing data quality — the complete 9-step Clay enrichment workflow for 90%+ data coverage plus 58 Clay templates across 8 categories.

SKILL.md

Clay 9-Step Enrichment Workflow (90%+ Coverage)

For detailed templates, see references/templates.md.

Quick Reference

Step Action Tools
1 Upload & Clean CSV import
2 Company Enrichment Apollo, Ocean.io, LinkedIn
3 People Enrichment Sales Navigator, Apollo
4 Email Waterfall Apollo, Prospeo, LeadMagic, Findymail
5 Email Verification MillionVerifier
6 Phone Numbers LeadMagic, BetterContact
7 Custom Data Claygent
8 Scoring Lead scoring (100 pts)
9 Export Instantly, LemList, CRM

Step 4: Email Waterfall (The Money Step)

Single finder = 40% coverage Waterfall = 85%+ coverage

Sequence: Apollo → Prospeo → LeadMagic → Findymail → Clay patterns

Step 8: Scoring & Segmentation

Lead Score (100 points):

  • Company size match: 25 pts
  • Recent signals: 25 pts
  • Email deliverability: 25 pts
  • ICP fit: 25 pts

Tiers:

  • Tier 1 (80-100): Immediate outreach
  • Tier 2 (60-79): Nurture sequence
  • Tier 3 (<60): Long-term nurture

Pro Tips

  • Run in batches of 250 (optimizes Clay credits)
  • Test with 50 records first before full run
  • Timeline: 1,000 prospects = 2-3 hours vs 40+ hours manual

Combines with

Skill Why
clay-buying-signals-5 Add signal detection to workflow
lead-sources-guide Know where to source initial data
ai-personalization-prompts Use Claygent for AI personalization
buying-signals-6 Understand which signals to track

Example prompts

Set up a Clay workflow for job change signals with email waterfall.
How do I configure Step 4 (Email Waterfall) to maximize coverage?
Create a scoring model for SaaS companies targeting enterprise accounts.

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Clay enrichment workflow
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at https://github.com/swan-gtm/gtm-skills/commit/5d786aad0c7b2ca59b1abf1f601f9407ca261996. Written by Alex Vacca (https://linkedin.com/in/alex-vacca).
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