Introduction

This rubric is designed to evaluate Clay table submissions for the AI Skills certification. It provides a structured framework for assessing proficiency in leveraging AI within Clay, including sophisticated prompt engineering, AI-powered data enrichment, intelligent classification, and creative problem-solving.

Use this rubric as a guide for building your table - and make sure you feel like the workbook you're submitting meets the standards listed here!

Understanding Clay Tables for AI Skills

Clay tables demonstrating AI skills represent mastery of Clay's AI capabilities to:

1. Engineer effective AI prompts that produce consistent, high-quality outputs
2. Use AI for data enrichment and research leveraging Claygent and other AI tools
3. Implement intelligent classification and categorization of complex data
4. Create dynamic, context-aware content using AI formulas
5. Handle edge cases and errors through intelligent conditional logic
6. Combine multiple AI tools strategically to solve complex problems

The AI Skills certification validates a user's ability to harness AI as a powerful tool for data processing, analysis, and content generation within Clay.

How to Use This Rubric

Evaluation Steps

1. Review the submission - Examine the Clay table thoroughly, with a specific focus on AI implementation
   • Review all AI formulas and Claygent columns
   • Examine prompt structure and instructions
   • Assess AI output quality and consistency
   • Trace how AI outputs are used downstream
2. Score each category - Assign a score from 0-5 for each of the evaluation categories
   • Use the detailed criteria and examples for each category
   • Consider both technical implementation and creative application
   • Compare against examples provided in the rubric
3. Calculate weighted scores - Multiply each score by the category weight
   • Formula: Category Weighted Score = Category Raw Score × Category Weight
4. Sum the weighted scores - Add all weighted scores and multiple by 20 to get the total score out of 100
5. Check critical success factors - Ensure the submission meets minimum requirements in critical areas
   • All four critical categories must score 3 or higher
6. Determine final evaluation - Based on total score and critical factors
   • Passed: 80-100% with all critical factors met
   • Almost!: 65-80% with all critical factors met
   • Not Quite: Below 65% OR any critical factor below 3