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Clay-managed functions are Clay-provided routines for standard GTM data jobs. Use Clay-managed functions when you need standard enrichment or research, such as:
CategoryExamples
Contact dataWork email, phone number, job title
Company identityDomain, address, industry
Company size and revenueEmployee count, revenue
Technology and hiringTech stack, technology verification, job openings
Company intelligenceNews, latest funding
Common pattern: search for the right people at target accounts, then run a Clay-managed function to find work emails.

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When to use them

Use Clay-managed functions when Clay already provides the enrichment or research job you need, or when you want an agent, backend service, or batch job to call that enrichment without building a custom function first.

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Run from agents or systems

Call Clay-managed functions from the Clay plugin, CLI, MCP, or API.

Give an agent access to a Clay function

Let an agent call a Clay-managed or custom function.

Run a search, then enrich with a function

Combine Searches with Clay-managed functions.