Does Clay have its own MCP server?
Clay MCP server
Yes. Clay has its own MCP server, hosted by Clay. It finds and verifies people, researches accounts and runs your team's Clay Functions.Source
Read on from Clay's own pages. Forgeby has not connected this server, so we have not tested it.
- Kind
- Data
- Reads or changes
- Reads and runs workflows. Writes follow rules your admins set
- What we did
- Read the maker's pages; not tested
The facts
What it does, from Clay's own pages
- The server
Clay MCP, a connector built on the Model Context Protocol. Clay also calls it Clay's MCP server.Source
- Status
Not stated on Clay's pages.Source
Clay's blog says the Clay connector in Claude is available now.Source
- Where it runs
Hosted by Clay at https://api.clay.com/v3/mcp.Source
Clay says self-hosting the server is not supported: every client connects to Clay's hosted server.Source
- Reads or changes
It finds and verifies people, researches accounts, drafts outreach and runs your team's Functions.Source
Clay says results can go to your sequencer and CRM, under write rules your Ops team defines.Source
The audience search tool is a read-only query and does not write back to records.Source
- Sign-in
OAuth with PKCE. You sign in to Clay and choose which workspaces to connect.Source
Every rep who uses MCP has to be invited to the Clay workspace.Source
- Cost and plan
New accounts get 500 free Clay credits on first connect.Source
People and company search is free.Source
Admins can set credit limits per rep.Source
Credit controls are on the Launch, Growth, Enterprise and Legacy Enterprise plans.Source
Clay says there is no separate MCP charge.Source
A free Claude account is enough to connect Clay.Source
For a sales team
How a sales team can use it
These are our suggestions, not Clay's. We have not tried them on this server.
Find the buying group
Ask for the people in a target account's buying group, verify their emails, and only then add them to a sequence.
Stay in its range
Use the connector for the 1 to 20 contacts a rep handles in a day. Move bigger lists to the Clay platform, as Clay itself suggests.
Publish one trusted Function
Have your Clay admin turn on MCP access for one Function you trust, so every rep runs the same research the same way.
Other ways in
Other ways to reach Clay
Servers from other companies that say they connect to Clay. We list them and do not judge them.
- Scalekit: Scalekit's docs describe connecting an AI agent to Clay's MCP server.
Asked often
Questions
Does Clay have its own MCP server?
Yes. Clay MCP is a connector hosted by Clay at api.clay.com. It brings Clay's data providers, research agents and your team's workflows into AI tools such as Claude.Source
What does the Clay MCP server cost?
New accounts get 500 free Clay credits on first connect. People and company search is free, admins can set credit limits per rep, and Clay says there is no separate MCP charge.Source
Can Clay MCP write to my CRM?
Clay says results can go to your sequencer and CRM, under write rules your Ops team defines. Its audience search tool is read only.Source
How do I connect Clay to Claude?
Add the Clay connector from Claude's Connectors page. On Claude Enterprise, an admin enables it first.Source
Keep reading
More MCP servers for sales
Sources
The pages we read
Read on . Open any of them to check a line.
- www.clay.com/guides/clay-mcp
- www.clay.com/blog/clay-in-claude
- university.clay.com/docs/connect-to-clay-mcp
- university.clay.com/docs/mcp-troubleshooting-and-faqs
- www.clay.com/mcp
- university.clay.com/docs/mcp-settings
- university.clay.com/docs/using-clay-in-claude
- developers.clay.com/routines/custom-functions.md
- docs.scalekit.com/agentkit/connectors/claymcp