Clay's Claygent is the AI web-research feature inside Clay's $167-446/mo tiers. For teams that only want the Claygent layer, a Scavio wrapper at $30/mo replaces it. This tutorial walks the swap.
Prerequisites
- Python 3.10+
- Scavio API key
- An LLM API key
Walkthrough
Step 1: Identify Claygent calls in current Clay table
Each cell has a prompt + columns referenced.
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# Example Claygent prompt: 'Find the 2026 funding round for {{company}} from recent news.'Step 2: Replace with Scavio + LLM call
Scavio fetches; LLM extracts.
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import os, requests
H = {'x-api-key': os.environ['SCAVIO_API_KEY']}
def research(prompt, company):
serp = requests.post('https://api.scavio.dev/api/v1/search', headers=H, json={'query': f'{company} 2026 funding'}).json()
snippets = [o.get('snippet', '') for o in serp.get('organic_results', [])[:5]]
# Pass snippets + prompt to LLM; return extracted answer.Step 3: Wire into a spreadsheet or n8n loop
Per-row enrichment.
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# n8n: HTTP node + LLM node per row.
# Spreadsheet: Apps Script calling the same logic.Step 4: Compare cost and quality
Run 100 enrichments on each.
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# Clay Launch: $167/mo + Claygent credits.
# Scavio + LLM: $30/mo + LLM tokens.
# Quality is similar for SERP-derivable facts; Clay wins where its 150-provider marketplace adds DB lookups.Step 5: Decide on partial migration
Keep Clay for the marketplace; move Claygent-only workloads.
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# Many teams keep Clay for contact data + verifications and move pure web-research to Scavio.Python Example
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# 1,000 rows enriched: ~3,000 credits = $13 of Scavio. Same job in Clay Launch tier consumes ~6,000 actions.JavaScript Example
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// Same in TS.Expected Output
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Web-research enrichment moves to Scavio at fractional cost. Clay continues handling contact verification and marketplace-data jobs.