Agent skill

Clay Incident Runbook

by jeremylongshore in jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace

Execute Clay incident response procedures for enrichment failures, credit exhaustion, and data flow outages.

MITAuto-check passedDevOps & Cloud

Install Clay Incident Runbook

skills CLI
$ npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill clay-incident-runbook -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace clay-incident-runbook --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/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/.curated/clay-incident-runbook .claude/skills/clay-incident-runbook && 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
clay-incident-runbook
GitHub stars
2.8k
Token cost
~2k tokens
SKILL.md length
399 words
Files
2 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
3,342
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Execute Clay incident response procedures for enrichment failures, credit exhaustion, and data flow outages.

  • Works in 5 steps: Quick Triage (2 Minutes) → Decision Tree → Common Incident Resolutions → …
  • Clay enrichments stop working
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, Prerequisites, Severity Levels and Instructions, plus 5 more sections
  • Calls curl; reaches clay.com and api.clay.com; needs CLAY_API_KEY

What it does

Clay Incident Runbook is an agent skill from jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace. Execute Clay incident response procedures for enrichment failures, credit exhaustion, and data flow outages. Use when Clay enrichments stop working, webhook delivery fails, or CRM sync breaks in production. Trigger with phrases like "clay incident", "clay outage", "clay down", "clay emergency", "clay broken", "clay enrichment stopped".

Its SKILL.md is about 2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files (for example `references/implementation-guide.md`). Compatibility notes: Designed for Claude Code

It sits in DevOps & Cloud, covering Incident response, Runbooks and postmortems and Webhooks. The repository describes itself as: Model-agnostic agent-skills platform with a harness-free canonical layer, verified adapters, and the ccpi package manager. Explore at tonsofskills.com. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Clay enrichments stop working
  • Webhook delivery fails
  • CRM sync breaks in production
  • With phrases like clay incident

Example prompts

  • “clay incident”
  • “clay outage”
  • “clay down”
  • “/clay-incident-runbook”

Requirements

  • A credential in CLAY_API_KEY
  • Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Designed for Claude Code
  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Grep, Bash(curl:*)

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Quick Triage (2 Minutes)
  2. Decision Tree
  3. Common Incident Resolutions
  4. Communication Template
  5. Postmortem Template

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit cfae287. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

    • Read
    • Grep
    • Bash(curl:*)

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • curl

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

  • Network

    Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:

    • clay.com
    • api.clay.com

    Also links to:

    • community.clay.com
    • university.clay.com

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

  • Credentials

    Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:

    • CLAY_API_KEY

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

  • Compatibility

    Designed for Claude Code

    From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Clay Incident Runbook loads about 2k tokens when it runs, and up to ~2.7k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 90 tokens; SKILL.md has 399 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~90
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~2.7k

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

The full file from jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace at commit cfae287, republished under its MIT licence (© jeremylongshore). 399 words, ~1,970 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/clay-incident-runbook/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
clay-incident-runbook
description
Execute Clay incident response procedures for enrichment failures, credit exhaustion, and data flow outages. Use when Clay enrichments stop working, webhook delivery fails, or CRM sync breaks in production. Trigger with phrases like "clay incident", "clay outage", "clay down", "clay emergency", "clay broken", "clay enrichment stopped".
allowed-tools
Read, Grep, Bash(curl:*)
compatibility
Designed for Claude Code
version
1.14.0
license
MIT
author
Jeremy Longshore <jeremy@intentsolutions.io>
tags
saas, clay, incident-response

Clay Incident Runbook

Overview

Rapid response procedures for Clay-related production incidents. Clay is a hosted SaaS platform, so incidents fall into two categories: (1) Clay-side issues (platform outage, provider degradation) and (2) your-side issues (webhook misconfiguration, credit exhaustion, handler failures).

Prerequisites

  • Named incident commander, service/data owners, and escalation contacts
  • Access to redacted telemetry, queue state, table configuration, and runbooks
  • A tested ability to pause enrichment, CRM sync, and webhook intake
  • Approved communications and evidence-retention procedures

Severity Levels

LevelDefinitionResponse TimeExamples
P1Complete data flow stopped< 15 minCredits exhausted, webhook URL expired, Clay outage
P2Degraded enrichment< 1 hourLow hit rates, slow processing, CRM sync errors
P3Minor impact< 4 hoursSingle provider down, intermittent webhook failures
P4No user impactNext business dayMonitoring gaps, cost optimization needed

Instructions

Step 1: Quick Triage (2 Minutes)
bash
#!/bin/bash
# clay-triage.sh — rapid diagnostic for Clay incidents
set -euo pipefail

echo "=== Clay Incident Triage ==="
echo "Time: $(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)"
echo ""

# 1. Check Clay platform status
echo "--- Clay Platform Status ---"
curl -s -o /dev/null -w "clay.com: HTTP %{http_code}\n" https://www.clay.com
echo ""

# 2. Test webhook delivery
echo "--- Webhook Test ---"
if [ -n "${CLAY_WEBHOOK_URL:-}" ]; then
  WEBHOOK_CODE=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" \
    -X POST "$CLAY_WEBHOOK_URL" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"_triage": true, "_ts": "'$(date -u +%s)'"}')
  echo "Webhook: HTTP $WEBHOOK_CODE"
  if [ "$WEBHOOK_CODE" = "200" ]; then echo "  -> Webhook OK"; fi
  if [ "$WEBHOOK_CODE" = "404" ]; then echo "  -> ISSUE: Webhook URL invalid/expired"; fi
  if [ "$WEBHOOK_CODE" = "429" ]; then echo "  -> ISSUE: Rate limited"; fi
else
  echo "CLAY_WEBHOOK_URL not set!"
fi
echo ""

# 3. Test Enterprise API (if applicable)
echo "--- Enterprise API Test ---"
if [ -n "${CLAY_API_KEY:-}" ]; then
  API_CODE=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" \
    -X POST "https://api.clay.com/v1/people/enrich" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLAY_API_KEY" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"email": "triage@test.com"}')
  echo "Enterprise API: HTTP $API_CODE"
  if [ "$API_CODE" = "401" ]; then echo "  -> ISSUE: API key invalid/expired"; fi
  if [ "$API_CODE" = "403" ]; then echo "  -> ISSUE: Not on Enterprise plan or key revoked"; fi
else
  echo "No Enterprise API key configured"
fi
echo ""

# 4. Check your callback endpoint
echo "--- Callback Endpoint ---"
CALLBACK_URL="${CLAY_CALLBACK_URL:-https://your-app.com/api/health}"
curl -s -o /dev/null -w "Callback: HTTP %{http_code}\n" "$CALLBACK_URL" || echo "Callback endpoint unreachable!"
Step 2: Decision Tree
Enrichment not running?
├── Check Clay UI: any red error cells?
│   ├── YES: Click cells, read error messages → go to Error Resolution
│   └── NO: Continue
├── Is auto-run enabled? (Table Settings > Auto-update)
│   ├── NO: Enable auto-update at table level, then column level
│   └── YES: Continue
├── Do you have credits remaining? (Settings > Plans & Billing)
│   ├── NO: Add credits or connect own provider API keys → P1
│   └── YES: Continue
├── Is the webhook accepting data? (Test with curl)
│   ├── NO: Re-create webhook (50K limit may be hit) → P1
│   └── YES: The issue is likely provider-side
└── Check individual enrichment providers in Clay Settings > Connections
    ├── Provider connection lost → Reconnect API key
    └── Provider rate limited → Wait or switch to different provider
Step 3: Common Incident Resolutions

P1: Credits Exhausted

1. Check: Settings > Plans & Billing > Credit balance
2. Immediate: Connect your own provider API keys (0 credits)
3. Short-term: Add credit pack or upgrade plan
4. Prevent: Set credit burn alerts (see clay-observability)

P1: Webhook URL Expired (50K Limit)

1. Check: Table > + Add > Webhooks — does existing webhook show "limit reached"?
2. Fix: Create new webhook on same table
3. Update: Change CLAY_WEBHOOK_URL in all deployment secrets
4. Verify: Send test payload to new webhook URL

P2: Low Enrichment Hit Rate

1. Check: Sample 10 rows — are input domains valid?
2. Check: Are providers connected? (Settings > Connections)
3. Fix: Pre-filter invalid rows, reconnect providers
4. Monitor: Track hit rate for next hour

P2: CRM Sync Failures

1. Check: HTTP API column errors (click red cells)
2. Common: CRM API key expired → regenerate and update in column config
3. Common: Field mapping changed → update column body JSON
4. Test: Run HTTP API column on single row manually
Step 4: Communication Template
markdown
## Clay Incident Notification

**Severity:** P[1/2/3]
**Time detected:** [UTC timestamp]
**Impact:** [What's not working]
**Affected:** [Teams/workflows affected]

**Current Status:** [Investigating / Mitigating / Resolved]

**Actions Taken:**
1. [Action 1]
2. [Action 2]

**Next Update:** [Time]

**Root Cause:** [If known]
**Resolution:** [Steps taken to fix]
**Prevention:** [What we'll do to prevent recurrence]
Step 5: Postmortem Template
ItemDetails
Incident Date[Date]
Duration[X hours]
SeverityP[1/2/3]
Impact[Leads not enriched / CRM not updated / Credits exhausted]
Root Cause[e.g., Webhook hit 50K limit without monitoring]
Detection[How was it discovered? Alert / user report / manual check]
Resolution[Steps taken]
Credits Lost[Estimate of wasted credits, if any]
Prevention[Monitoring gaps to close, safeguards to add]
Show full SKILL.md (168 more words)Show less

Error Handling

IssueCauseSolution
Can't access Clay dashboardBrowser/network issueTry incognito, different browser, or mobile
Webhook test returns nothingWebhook URL malformedRe-copy full URL from Clay table
All providers returning emptyAccount-level issueContact Clay support at community.clay.com
CRM pushing wrong dataColumn references changedRe-map HTTP API column body fields

Output

Produce a time-stamped incident record with severity, scope, affected tables and destinations, containment steps, safe correlation IDs, communications, recovery evidence, root-cause status, and prevention owner. Do not include live secrets, raw lead/CRM records, or personal data in status updates or postmortems.

Examples

When a webhook reaches its submission limit, pause intake, protect pending work in the queue, notify the service owner with the approved template, and test the replacement path in staging before reopening production. If CRM data is wrong, suspend the sync, reconcile only authorized records, and retain the incident open until validation proves the corrected mapping.

Resources

Next Steps

For data handling and compliance, see clay-data-handling.

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Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (references) in skills/.curated/clay-incident-runbook of jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/implementation-guide.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit cfae287

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Questions about Clay Incident Runbook

What does Clay Incident Runbook do?

Execute Clay incident response procedures for enrichment failures, credit exhaustion, and data flow outages. Clay Incident Runbook is an agent skill from jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace. Execute Clay incident response procedures for enrichment failures, credit exhaustion, and data flow outages.

When should I use Clay Incident Runbook?

Clay Incident Runbook fits situations like: clay enrichments stop working; webhook delivery fails; CRM sync breaks in production; with phrases like clay incident.

How do I install Clay Incident Runbook in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill clay-incident-runbook -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/.curated/clay-incident-runbook in jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace) into .claude/skills/clay-incident-runbook in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Clay Incident Runbook in Codex?

Run `npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill clay-incident-runbook -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/.curated/clay-incident-runbook in jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace) into .agents/skills/clay-incident-runbook in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Clay Incident Runbook 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 jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill clay-incident-runbook -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/clay-incident-runbook, .gemini/skills/clay-incident-runbook, .github/skills/clay-incident-runbook and .opencode/skills/clay-incident-runbook in your project.

What does Clay Incident Runbook need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Clay Incident Runbook needs the command-line tools its instructions call (curl) and credentials named CLAY_API_KEY. Our summary lists: A credential in CLAY_API_KEY. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Read, Grep, Bash(curl:*). Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Designed for Claude Code.

Does Clay Incident Runbook access the network?

SKILL.md names 4 domains. In commands or code: clay.com and api.clay.com; the agent is likely to contact these when it follows the instructions. As links in the text: community.clay.com and university.clay.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Clay Incident Runbook 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 Clay Incident Runbook use?

Clay Incident Runbook is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Clay Incident Runbook use?

About 2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7.9k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 696 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Clay Incident Runbook?

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Who maintains Clay Incident Runbook?

jeremylongshore (a GitHub user) maintains it in jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace, which has 2,827 GitHub stars. The repository holds 3,342 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 10, 2026.

Source: jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.