What is Clay Mcp

Clay MCP is a simple Model Context Protocol (MCP) server designed for Clay, enabling users to manage and interact with contacts and their associated data efficiently.

Use cases

Use cases for Clay MCP include managing sales leads, tracking customer interactions, organizing contact information for marketing campaigns, and maintaining detailed records of client relationships.

How to use

To use Clay MCP, you can either log into Clay and generate an API key via Smithery for a quick setup, or manually edit the ‘claude_desktop_config.json’ file to include the Clay MCP server configuration.

Key features

Key features include contact search by various criteria, interaction search, contact statistics, detailed contact information retrieval, adding new contacts, adding notes to contacts, retrieving user-defined groups, and creating or updating groups.

Where to use

Clay MCP can be utilized in customer relationship management (CRM), sales, marketing, and any domain where managing contacts and interactions is crucial.

Clay MCP Server

A simple Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Clay.

Demo Video

Getting Started

Via Smithery (fastest)

1. Click here to log into Clay and generate your Clay API key.
2. Visit Clay’s Smithery page and enter your Clay API key under “Installation”.
3. Under Claude > NPM, copy the NPM command and run it in your terminal.

Manual installation

1. Edit your claude_desktop_config.json (in the Claude Desktop app, go to Preferences > Developer > Edit Config)
2. Add the Clay MCP server as below:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "clay-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@clayhq/clay-mcp@latest"],
      "env": {
        "CLAY_API_KEY": "YOUR_CLAY_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Features

• Contact Search: Find contacts by job title, company, location, or specific keywords.
• Interaction Search: Retrieve past interactions based on various criteria.
• Contact Statistics: Obtain numerical statistics and percentages related to your contacts.
• Detailed Contact Info: Access comprehensive information for a specific contact by ID.
• Add New Contact: Create new contacts with details like name, phone, email, and more.
• Add Contact Note: Create a note associated with a specific contact.
• Retrieve Groups: Get all user-defined groups or lists.
• Create New Group: Create a new group or list.
• Update Group: Update a group’s title or modify its members.
• Retrieve Notes: Get notes created within a specified date range.
• Retrieve Events: Fetch meetings and events scheduled within a specified date range.

Examples

• “Who in my network works at Google as a Product Manager?”
• “Who have I emailed the most this year?”
• “How many of my contacts are based in New York?”
• “Who is John Smith?”
• “Add a new contact named Jane Doe, who is a Designer at Figma.”
• “Save a note for John Smith: ‘Follow up about the Q2 report.’”
• “Create a group called ‘Investors 2025.’”
• “Add Jane Doe and John Smith to the Investors 2025 group.”
• “What notes did I take last week?”
• “What meetings do I have scheduled for tomorrow?”

More information

Learn more and reach out at the Clay Library.