clay-hello-world

Development

Create a minimal working Clay example. Use when starting a new Clay integration, testing your setup, or learning basic Clay API patterns. Trigger with phrases like "clay hello world", "clay example", "clay quick start", "simple clay code".

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Clay Hello World

Overview

Minimal working example demonstrating core Clay functionality.

Prerequisites

Completed clay-install-auth setup
Valid API credentials configured
Development environment ready

Instructions

Step 1: Create Entry File

Create a new file for your hello world example.

Step 2: Import and Initialize Client

import { ClayClient } from '@clay/sdk';

const client = new ClayClient({
  apiKey: process.env.CLAY_API_KEY,
});

Step 3: Make Your First API Call

async function main() {
  // Your first API call here
}

main().catch(console.error);

Output

Working code file with Clay client initialization
Successful API response confirming connection
Console output showing:

Success! Your Clay connection is working.

Error Handling

Error	Cause	Solution
Import Error	SDK not installed	Verify with `npm list` or `pip show`
Auth Error	Invalid credentials	Check environment variable is set
Timeout	Network issues	Increase timeout or check connectivity
Rate Limit	Too many requests	Wait and retry with exponential backoff

Examples

TypeScript Example

import { ClayClient } from '@clay/sdk';

const client = new ClayClient({
  apiKey: process.env.CLAY_API_KEY,
});

async function main() {
  // Your first API call here
}

main().catch(console.error);

Python Example

from clay import ClayClient

client = ClayClient()

# Your first API call here

Resources

Next Steps

Proceed to clay-local-dev-loop for development workflow setup.