Signals - Clay docs

Signal triggers watch records and produce signal events when Clay detects a relevant change. A trigger can watch a table view, one or more Audiences segments, or every record of its entity type.

Available signal types

Signal type	What triggers it	Setup
Job change	A tracked person changes companies	Web, CLI
Job posting	A tracked company posts a job that matches your criteria	Web, CLI
New hire	A tracked company hires someone who matches your criteria	Web, CLI
Promotion	A tracked person’s title advances at their company	Web, CLI
News and fundraising	A tracked company appears in relevant news or announces funding	Web, CLI
Person topic intent	A tracked person researches a topic you configured	Web, CLI
Company topic intent	A tracked company researches a topic you configured	Web, CLI
Custom	A custom enrichment you configured detects a change	Web
Web intent	An identified company or person visits your website	Web

Custom and Web intent signal triggers are configured in the Clay web app. Their signal events are still available through Audiences.

Use the CLI

Use clay signals to create and manage CLI-supported signal triggers. Run the built-in help for the current commands, inputs, JSON output, errors, and examples:

clay signals --help

Audiences

Work with records, activities, and the signal events produced by these triggers.