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Automate Error Alerts from Clay Tables to Slack

Avatar of Will Y.Will Y.
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Hey 👋 I’m looking for a way to automatically surface errors in our Clay tables (or specific columns) into Slack. Right now we have dozens of automated tables pushing leads and notifications into our CRM and various Slack channels—and occasionally error cells pop up that get lost in the noise. What I’d love to do:

  • Detect when any cell in a table (or a specific column) throws an error

  • Enrich the Slack alert with the table name, column name, row identifier, and error message

  • Send that alert to a dedicated #clay-errors channel (so we don’t miss it)

Is this possible with Clay’s Slack integration? If not, are there workarounds—like a webhook or HTTP API or n8n flow—that you’d recommend? Thanks in advance for any guidance!

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    Currently, Clay doesn't have a built-in feature to automatically detect errors in tables or columns and send enriched Slack alerts. However, we can suggest a potential workaround using existing Clay features: 1. Use the "Run Options" feature to regularly check for errors in your tables. 2. Create a new column with a formula to identify rows with errors. For example, you could use an IF statement to check if a cell contains an error. 3. Set up a Slack integration to send messages when errors are detected. 4. Use Clay's "write to table" feature to collect error information in a separate table for tracking. This approach would require manual setup and wouldn't be fully automatic, but it could help you track errors more effectively. To explore this further, could you tell me which specific types of errors you're most concerned about detecting in your tables?

    Source: Run Options

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    Will Y. hey hey - does a custom app that automatically detects errored runs and auto-retries the errors for you sound interesting? It could fix the error issue (and send you the alerts you're looking for). We built this for our clients and it boosted completion rates close to 99.5%

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    While Clay doesn't have a built-in feature for automatically detecting errors and sending enriched Slack alerts, you can use webhooks to create a custom solution. Here's a potential approach: 1. Set up a webhook in Clay to receive data about errors. 2. Create a script that checks for errors in your tables and sends this data to the Clay webhook. 3. Use Clay's Slack integration to send alerts to your desired channel. This setup would allow you to detect errors, collect the necessary information (table name, column name, row identifier, error message), and send it to Slack. For a more tailored solution, you might consider developing a custom app. If you need further assistance with this, please request to speak with a human agent who can provide more detailed guidance.