ClayHR + The Cognitive Integration
The Cognitive integrates with ClayHR so AI interviewing and sourcing run alongside the workflow HR teams running hiring inside an HR suite already use: you import active candidates from the ClayHR stage you choose, invite them to a live AI interview, and write each score, summary and report link back to the candidate as a note. ClayHR is one of The Cognitive's 60+ ATS integrations, all connected through one unified integration from the dashboard. Your ClayHR stages and decisions stay yours: the integration never moves or rejects a candidate.
What does the ClayHR integration do?
- Import from a stage: pick the ClayHR stage to import active candidates from, run a sync, and they arrive in The Cognitive ready to invite.
- Back into ClayHR: the score, summary and report link land on the imported candidate as a note, wherever ClayHR takes notes through the integration.
- Your decisions stay in ClayHR: the integration never changes a candidate's stage and never rejects anyone.
- Beyond your applicants: The Cognitive's sourcing reaches ~900M public profiles, so the people you interview are not limited to ClayHR applicants.
- After the screen: import the ClayHR stage your screened candidates reach and invite them to a live interview.
- Nothing forks: ClayHR keeps being the source of truth while The Cognitive supplies the interview and evidence layer.
The Cognitive in a ClayHR workflow
ClayHR is a full HR suite, and its applicant tracking system sits beside records, attendance, performance and learning. Its recruiting page describes "AI that Screens, Scores, and Summarizes" candidates, so The Cognitive's part is the interview itself: a live, two-way AI video conversation of 10 or 20 minutes.
ClayHR teams usually import from the stage after their own AI screen and invite the shortlist from there.
In a ClayHR company, the person who owns hiring often also owns leave approvals and reviews. The Cognitive takes the first-round conversation off that person's calendar: candidates book their own slot without an account, and the report arrives with a weighted score out of 100 and a suggested verdict. The decision and every stage move stay in ClayHR.
How does candidate sourcing get into ClayHR?
That is the gap The Cognitive's AI sourcing fills. A search brief written in plain English runs across ~900M public profiles with contact details enriched from 30+ sources; the role becomes a durable role pool that keeps everyone each search finds. Each candidate a search returns costs 1 credit, an email reveal 5 and a phone number 10, charged only on a successful reveal, so browsing a search result is cheap and only the shortlist you act on is not. People you source stay in The Cognitive's role pool and are not written into ClayHR automatically; you decide who to interview and who to add to ClayHR yourself.
ClayHR tracks candidates who arrive through job boards and its application portal; The Cognitive finds people outside it across ~900M public profiles from a plain-English brief. People sourced that way are not written into ClayHR automatically, so you choose who to add.
How does setup work?
- 1. Connect: the dashboard opens one integration window; select ClayHR and authorize the connection there.
- 2. Pick the source stage: tell The Cognitive which ClayHR stage to import active candidates from.
- 3. Sync, invite, write back: run a sync, invite the imported candidates, and push the score and report link back to ClayHR as a note once they have interviewed.
- Your team keeps every stage move and decision in ClayHR; the integration reads candidates and writes notes, nothing more.
Why teams add The Cognitive to their ATS
An ATS tracks candidates; it doesn't find or evaluate them. The Cognitive adds both to ClayHR: sourcing across ~900M public profiles for people who never applied, and a live, two-way AI video interview scored on a fixed rubric, with questions that adapt to each answer. Your team reads the result as a note in ClayHR. AI Sourcing starts at $49/month and AI Interview at $99/month.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does ClayHR have AI interviews or video screening?
ClayHR lists video assessments among its AI features, but its site does not describe a live AI interviewer. Its FAQ names "resume parsing, video assessments, match scoring, candidate summaries". The Cognitive runs a live, two-way AI video interview where the rubric is fixed per role and the questions adapt to each answer. Each report carries a weighted score out of 100 and a suggested verdict.
Does ClayHR source candidates outside your applicants?
ClayHR's site does not describe searching for people who have not applied. Its ATS page talks about reading "candidate resumes for preliminary screening based on your set criteria", which starts from applicants. The Cognitive searches ~900M public profiles and can reveal verified emails and phone numbers, charged only when a value comes back. Sourced people are not written into ClayHR automatically.
Is ClayHR an ATS or a full HR system?
Both. ClayHR sells recruitment and offer letters next to onboarding, performance reviews, leave, expenses, compensation and a learning management system. In those companies 1 person often owns hiring and HR admin together. The Cognitive takes the first-round interview off that calendar: candidates book a 10 or 20 minute live AI interview, and a note with score, summary and report link goes back to ClayHR.
Does The Cognitive integrate with ClayHR?
Yes. Candidates in your chosen ClayHR stage are imported on sync, invited to a live AI interview, and their score and report link are added back in ClayHR as a note. ClayHR is one of 60+ ATS integrations The Cognitive offers.
Can The Cognitive source candidates into ClayHR?
The Cognitive sources candidates alongside ClayHR: it searches ~900M public profiles from a plain-English brief and enriches contact details from 30+ sources. Sourced people stay in The Cognitive's role pool and are not written into ClayHR automatically. Search results cost 1 credit per candidate returned; an email reveal costs 5 credits and a phone number 10, charged only on a successful reveal.
Which ClayHR stage should feed AI interviews?
ClayHR teams usually import from the stage after their own AI screen and invite the shortlist from there. You choose the source stage in The Cognitive, each role can use its own rubric, and every decision after the interview stays with your team in ClayHR.
Do I need engineering help to connect ClayHR?
Not for the connection itself. An ClayHR admin signs in through The Cognitive's integration window and chooses the stage to import candidates from.
Which plans include ATS integration?
ATS integration comes with the Scale and Pro interview plans. Plans are monthly, and you can cancel anytime.
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