clip.py

import arcpy

from arcpy import env

env.workspace = "c:/workspace"

# variables
in_features = "soils.shp"

clip_features = "study_boundary.shp"

out_feature_class = "c:/workspace/output/study_area_soils.shp"

xy_tolerance = ""

# Execute Clip

arcpy.Clip_analysis(in_features, clip_features, out_feature_class, xy_tolerance)