Agent skill

Signals

by clay-run in clay-run/agent-plugins

Clay Signals — watches that detect real-world changes (job changes, new hires, promotions, funding news, job postings, topic intent) and write them as events onto a table or an audience.

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Install Signals

skills CLI
$ npx skills add clay-run/agent-plugins --skill signals -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install clay-run/agent-plugins signals --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/clay-run/agent-plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/clay/skills/signals .claude/skills/signals && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
signals
GitHub stars
130
Token cost
~8.6k tokens
SKILL.md length
4,959 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
35
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Clay Signals — watches that detect real-world changes (job changes, new hires, promotions, funding news, job postings, topic intent) and write them as events onto a table or an audience.

  • Works in 5 steps: runStatus. Only Active and Preview run.… → filter, from get. Job change and… → error, from get. Populated when… → …
  • Any request about a workspaces signals: which ones exist
  • SKILL.md covers The commands, Creating and updating a signal, input is not destinationTable and Signals on audiences, plus 7 more sections
  • Calls jq

What it does

Signals is an agent skill from clay-run/agent-plugins. Clay Signals — watches that detect real-world changes (job changes, new hires, promotions, funding news, job postings, topic intent) and write them as events onto a table or an audience. Use for any request about a workspace's signals: which ones exist, what one watches or writes to, whether one is running, turning one on or off, and why one is or is not producing events.

Its SKILL.md is about 8.6k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

The repository describes itself as: Build with Clay in your AI coding agent - skills, MCP tools, and the clay CLI for Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor. Search companies and people, run enrichment routines, and query…

When your agent uses it

  • Any request about a workspaces signals: which ones exist
  • What one watches
  • Whether one is running
  • Is not producing events

Example prompts

  • “/signals”

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. runStatus. Only Active and Preview run. Testing, Paused, and
  2. filter, from get. Job change and promotion signals are created with a
  3. error, from get. Populated when runStatus is Errored.
  4. schedule, from get. Cadences are often weekly or monthly, so a signal
  5. Where the output goes. An audiences-based signal writes activities onto

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit a813258. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • jq

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Signals loads about 8.6k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 96 tokens; SKILL.md has 4,959 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~96
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~8.6k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 4,959 words (~8,596 tokens).

“A signal watches a set of records and emits an event when something changes in the real world — someone changes job, a company posts a role or raises a round. It has two halves, and telling them apart is…”

— opening of SKILL.md by clay-run
name
signals

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in clay/skills/signals of clay-run/agent-plugins.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit a813258

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Trader Signalruvnet/ruflo74k—~605Automated safety check: NotesMIT
Detection SignalsLinXiaoTao/FuckClaude1k—~716Automated safety check: PassMIT
SignalsPostHog/posthog40k—~4.3kAutomated safety check: PassCustom licence

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Questions about Signals

What does Signals do?

Clay Signals — watches that detect real-world changes (job changes, new hires, promotions, funding news, job postings, topic intent) and write them as events onto a table or an audience. Signals is an agent skill from clay-run/agent-plugins. Clay Signals — watches that detect real-world changes (job changes, new hires, promotions, funding news, job postings, topic intent) and write them as events onto a table or an audience.

When should I use Signals?

Signals fits situations like: any request about a workspaces signals: which ones exist; what one watches; whether one is running; is not producing events.

How do I install Signals in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add clay-run/agent-plugins --skill signals -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (clay/skills/signals in clay-run/agent-plugins) into .claude/skills/signals in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Signals in Codex?

Run `npx skills add clay-run/agent-plugins --skill signals -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (clay/skills/signals in clay-run/agent-plugins) into .agents/skills/signals in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Signals in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add clay-run/agent-plugins --skill signals -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/signals, .gemini/skills/signals, .github/skills/signals and .opencode/skills/signals in your project.

What does Signals need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Signals needs the command-line tools its instructions call (jq).

Does Signals access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Signals safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Signals use?

No licence was found for Signals or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Signals use?

About 8.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 34k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Signals?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Signals: Signals Scout Anomaly Detection (PostHog/posthog, 40k stars), Detecting Pv Signals (maziyarpanahi/openmed, 5.5k stars), Trader Signal (ruvnet/ruflo, 74k stars) and Detection Signals (LinXiaoTao/FuckClaude, 1k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Signals?

clay-run (a GitHub organization) maintains it in clay-run/agent-plugins, which has 130 GitHub stars. The repository holds 35 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

Source: clay-run/agent-plugins on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.