Introduction
Clay is an AI platform that connects opportunity through intentions and personalities. Build toward a platform that understands what people are trying to become, what opportunities they are ready for, and which collaborators, projects, communities, jobs, events, or partners fit their personality and timing. Do not reduce Clay to a passive chatbot, a resume parser, a dating app, or a generic marketplace.On this page
- The five-part product contract
- What Clay is not
- How Clay explains fit in consent-aware language
- Where to read next
Product contract
Personalities are first-class
Model communication style, working rhythm, motivation, taste, social energy, and fit.
Opportunity is broad
Support people, teams, projects, jobs, events, communities, collaborators, and partner
experiences.
Consent matters
Share translated fit signals and constraints, not raw private reflections, unless a user
explicitly permits it.
What Clay is not
How Clay explains fit
Clay reads intentions and personalities as context, then produces a translated fit signal for an opportunity the user is considering. The spec only defines the user-visible explanation: a short, consent-aware summary that other systems or people can use to decide whether to engage.See Personalities for the trait dimensions Clay models, and
Opportunities for the taxonomy of what Clay can route toward. See User
experience flows for the end-to-end journeys and Companion
experience for how Clay should feel as a proactive, curious
personal friend in daily use.
Related
Platform architecture
Tour the backend, landing app, mobile app, specs site, and generated client boundaries.
Design language
Preserve Clay’s tactile plasticine system, token meanings, and component behavior.
Decision records
Browse the ADR index for the durable choices behind Clay’s product and platform.
Glossary
Look up canonical terms used across Clay’s product and platform.