airtable-mcp-server
v1.2.0
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Airtable Model Context Protocol Server, for allowing AI systems to interact with your Airtable bases
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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",
"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 basetableId
(string, required): The ID of the table to querymaxRecords
(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 basetableId
(string, required): The ID of the table to querysearchTerm
(string, required): Text to search for in recordsfieldIds
(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
- Returns table ID, name, description, fields, and views
get_record
- Gets a specific record by ID
- Input parameters:
baseId
(string, required): The ID of the Airtable basetableId
(string, required): The ID of the tablerecordId
(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 basetableId
(string, required): The ID of the tablefields
(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 basetableId
(string, required): The ID of the tablerecords
(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 basetableId
(string, required): The ID of the tablerecordIds
(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 basename
(string, required): Name of the new tabledescription
(string, optional): Description of the tablefields
(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 basetableId
(string, required): The ID of the tablename
(string, optional): New name for the tabledescription
(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 basetableId
(string, required): The ID of the tablename
(string, required): Name of the new fieldtype
(string, required): Type of the fielddescription
(string, optional): Description of the fieldoptions
(object, optional): Field-specific options
update_field
- Updates a field's name or description
- Input parameters:
baseId
(string, required): The ID of the Airtable basetableId
(string, required): The ID of the tablefieldId
(string, required): The ID of the fieldname
(string, optional): New name for the fielddescription
(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:
- Install Git and Node.js
- Clone the repository
- Install dependencies with
npm install
- Run
npm run test
to run tests - Build with
npm run build
- You can use
npm run build:watch
to automatically build after editingsrc/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:
- Use
npm version <major | minor | patch>
to bump the version - Run
git push --follow-tags
to push with tags - Wait for GitHub Actions to publish to the NPM registry.