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Alert Reps On Account Signals

Loads a rep's target-account list into Clay and posts a Slack alert whenever a watched account hires a leader, posts a job, or gets news coverage.

About this Skill

When to use it

Use this Skill when a rep or sales leader wants their named list of target accounts watched automatically, with a Slack message posted the moment one of them hires a leader, posts a job, or gets covered in the news. It builds the watch once and then runs unattended on a schedule you choose. Avoid using it for one-time research on a single account, tracking one person's job change, enriching or scoring the list, drafting outreach, or alerting on general web or topic intent.

What it delivers

The rep gets a live Slack channel where every hire, job posting, and news event on their named accounts shows up as one line, with the account owner tagged. It stops at the alert; nothing here scores, enriches, or writes outreach for the rep.

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How someone would prompt this

Watch my list of target accounts and post a Slack alert whenever one hires a VP, raises funding, or posts a new job.

Inputs & outputs

What someone provides before the Skill runs, and the reviewable artifacts it returns.

Inputs

  • 01Target account list
    • CSV with one row per account and a column with the company domain or LinkedIn URL
    • a short list name that tags the accounts and names the segment and workflows.
  • 02Slack destination
    • The rep's own public Slack channel, named by hand each time
    • an optional Slack member ID to mention at the top of every alert.
  • 03Alert filters
    • Which seniority levels count as leadership hires
    • which job title words a posting must match
    • which news topics trigger an alert.
  • 04Check cadence
    • How often the watches run: daily, weekly, biweekly, or monthly
    • affects both alert freshness and cost.

Outputs

  • 01Setup summaryA one-time recap showing the list name, how many accounts loaded, the segment count, the three signals with their cadence, and the Slack channel and mention rule.
  • 02Slack alert messageThe actual Slack line posted for each hire, job posting, or news event, naming the account and mentioning the owner when asked.
  • 03Monitoring linksA short list of commands the rep can use to check signal health, review events, and see alert run history going forward.

Representative output

Setup summary

ListAccounts loadedSegment countSignalsCadenceChannelMention
Northwind territory48 created · 2 updated · 1 skipped (no domain)50 (matches CSV)Leadership hires · Job postings (titles: Data, Analytics) · News (7 topics)weekly#northwind-dana@Dana

Slack alert

@Dana Whitfield  A key new hire has been filled at *Contoso*: Priya Raman, VP Data Platform. linkedin.com/in/…

Where to look

  • Signal health: clay signals list — runStatus and any error.userFriendlyMessage
  • Events so far: clay audiences signals get --segment-id <id> --since <date> --signal-types NewHire,JobPost,News
  • Alerts sent: clay workflows runs list <alert workflow id>

How the Skill runs

Follow the steps in order. Each row includes the full instruction.

01
Check connection and explain the plan

Checks that Clay, Slack, and Signals connections work, explains what the workflow will build, and stops if something required is missing or disconnected.

Step
02
Collect list and alert settings

Asks for the CSV column, list name, Slack channel, mention preference, leadership seniority, job title filters, news topics, and check cadence, showing each default before confirming.

Step
03
Load accounts and wait for approval

Tags each account, builds the ingest workflow and segment, checks the count against the CSV, and stops to get an explicit yes before creating anything.

Step
04
Create paused signals and confirm spend

Builds the three signals paused, shows the segment count and spending model, and waits for an explicit yes before turning them on.

Action
05
Build and test the Slack alert

Wires the alert workflow to the three signals, sends one test message to the channel, and waits for approval before publishing it live.

Step
06
Deliver the summary

Shares the final recap of accounts loaded, signals, channel, test message, and where to check ongoing signal and alert activity.

Step

Connections required

SlackRequired connection

Install Clay and run it

Sign in once, install the Skill, then run the prompt.

  1. 1Install ClayUse the connector or official plugin in your coding-agent environment.
  2. 2Sign up or log inAuthorize Clay access and return when the connection is ready.
  3. 3Install the SkillRun the one-line install command from the Add this Skill card.
  4. 4Run the SkillPaste the example prompt and review the result.

Version history

Version 1From submitted SKILL.mdCurrent

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