What is Airtable Mcp Server

The airtable-mcp-server is a Model Context Protocol server designed to facilitate interactions between AI systems and Airtable databases, allowing for both reading and writing access to data.

Use cases

Use cases for airtable-mcp-server include integrating AI applications with Airtable for data retrieval, record management, and dynamic data manipulation in various business processes.

How to use

To use airtable-mcp-server, configure it in the ‘mcpServers’ section of your ‘claude_desktop_config.json’ file, providing your Airtable personal access token with the necessary permissions.

Key features

Key features include listing records, searching records, managing tables and fields, creating and updating records, and providing schema information for Airtable bases and tables.

Where to use

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airtable-mcp-server

A Model Context Protocol server that provides read and write access to Airtable databases. This server enables LLMs to inspect database schemas, then read and write records.

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Usage

To use this server with the Claude Desktop app, add the following configuration to the “mcpServers” section of your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "airtable": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "airtable-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AIRTABLE_API_KEY": "pat123.abc123"
      }
    }
  }
}

Replace pat123.abc123 with your Airtable personal access token. Your token should have at least schema.bases:read and data.records:read, and optionally the corresponding write permissions.

Components

Tools

• list_records

  • Lists records from a specified Airtable table
  • Input parameters:
    • baseId (string, required): The ID of the Airtable base
    • tableId (string, required): The ID of the table to query
    • maxRecords (number, optional): Maximum number of records to return. Defaults to 100.
    • filterByFormula (string, optional): Airtable formula to filter records

• search_records

  • Search for records containing specific text
  • Input parameters:
    • baseId (string, required): The ID of the Airtable base
    • tableId (string, required): The ID of the table to query
    • searchTerm (string, required): Text to search for in records
    • fieldIds (array, optional): Specific field IDs to search in. If not provided, searches all text-based fields.
    • maxRecords (number, optional): Maximum number of records to return. Defaults to 100.

• list_bases

  • Lists all accessible Airtable bases
  • No input parameters required
  • Returns base ID, name, and permission level

• list_tables

  • Lists all tables in a specific base
  • Input parameters:
    • baseId (string, required): The ID of the Airtable base
    • detailLevel (string, optional): The amount of detail to get about the tables (tableIdentifiersOnly, identifiersOnly, or full)
  • Returns table ID, name, description, fields, and views (to the given detailLevel)

• describe_table

  • Gets detailed information about a specific table
  • Input parameters:
    • baseId (string, required): The ID of the Airtable base
    • tableId (string, required): The ID of the table to describe
    • detailLevel (string, optional): The amount of detail to get about the table (tableIdentifiersOnly, identifiersOnly, or full)
  • Returns the same format as list_tables but for a single table
  • Useful for getting details about a specific table without fetching information about all tables in the base

• get_record

  • Gets a specific record by ID
  • Input parameters:
    • baseId (string, required): The ID of the Airtable base
    • tableId (string, required): The ID of the table
    • recordId (string, required): The ID of the record to retrieve

• create_record

  • Creates a new record in a table
  • Input parameters:
    • baseId (string, required): The ID of the Airtable base
    • tableId (string, required): The ID of the table
    • fields (object, required): The fields and values for the new record

• update_records

  • Updates one or more records in a table
  • Input parameters:
    • baseId (string, required): The ID of the Airtable base
    • tableId (string, required): The ID of the table
    • records (array, required): Array of objects containing record ID and fields to update

• delete_records

  • Deletes one or more records from a table
  • Input parameters:
    • baseId (string, required): The ID of the Airtable base
    • tableId (string, required): The ID of the table
    • recordIds (array, required): Array of record IDs to delete

• create_table

  • Creates a new table in a base
  • Input parameters:
    • baseId (string, required): The ID of the Airtable base
    • name (string, required): Name of the new table
    • description (string, optional): Description of the table
    • fields (array, required): Array of field definitions (name, type, description, options)

• update_table

  • Updates a table’s name or description
  • Input parameters:
    • baseId (string, required): The ID of the Airtable base
    • tableId (string, required): The ID of the table
    • name (string, optional): New name for the table
    • description (string, optional): New description for the table

• create_field

  • Creates a new field in a table
  • Input parameters:
    • baseId (string, required): The ID of the Airtable base
    • tableId (string, required): The ID of the table
    • name (string, required): Name of the new field
    • type (string, required): Type of the field
    • description (string, optional): Description of the field
    • options (object, optional): Field-specific options

• update_field

  • Updates a field’s name or description
  • Input parameters:
    • baseId (string, required): The ID of the Airtable base
    • tableId (string, required): The ID of the table
    • fieldId (string, required): The ID of the field
    • name (string, optional): New name for the field
    • description (string, optional): New description for the field

Resources

The server provides schema information for Airtable bases and tables:

• Table Schemas (airtable://<baseId>/<tableId>/schema)
  • JSON schema information for each table
  • Includes:
    • Base id and table id
    • Table name and description
    • Primary field ID
    • Field definitions (ID, name, type, description, options)
    • View definitions (ID, name, type)
  • Automatically discovered from Airtable’s metadata API

Contributing

Pull requests are welcomed on GitHub! To get started:

1. Install Git and Node.js
2. Clone the repository
3. Install dependencies with npm install
4. Run npm run test to run tests
5. Build with npm run build

• You can use npm run build:watch to automatically build after editing src/index.ts. This means you can hit save, reload Claude Desktop (with Ctrl/Cmd+R), and the changes apply.

Releases

Versions follow the semantic versioning spec.

To release:

1. Use npm version <major | minor | patch> to bump the version
2. Run git push --follow-tags to push with tags
3. Wait for GitHub Actions to publish to the NPM registry.