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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Installation

Follow the instructions on install-mcp, which generates the right config for your MCP client (Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Cline, VS Code, and more).

You'll need an Airtable personal access token — create one here with scopes schema.bases:read and data.records:read (and optionally schema.bases:write, data.records:write, data.recordComments:read, data.recordComments:write), and access to the bases you want to use. It looks something like pat123.abc123 (but longer). Set it as AIRTABLE_API_KEY (replacing the placeholder in the generated config).

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

• create_comment

  • Creates a comment on a record
  • 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
    • text (string, required): The comment text
    • parentCommentId (string, optional): Parent comment ID for threaded replies
  • Returns the created comment with ID, author, creation time, and text

• list_comments

  • Lists comments on a record
  • 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
    • pageSize (number, optional): Number of comments to return (max 100, default 100)
    • offset (string, optional): Pagination offset for retrieving additional comments
  • Returns comments array with author, text, timestamps, reactions, and mentions
  • Comments are returned from newest to oldest

HTTP Transport

The server can also run in HTTP mode for use with remote MCP clients:

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MCP_TRANSPORT=http PORT=3000 npx airtable-mcp-server

This starts a stateless HTTP server at http://localhost:3000/mcp.

[!WARNING] The HTTP transport has no built-in authentication, and binding to localhost or a private network is not a security boundary against browsers: a malicious website can use DNS rebinding to make a visitor's browser send requests to http://localhost:3000/mcp and invoke tools — including reading, writing and deleting records — using this server's Airtable token.

Only run HTTP mode where untrusted callers (including browsers on the same machine or network) cannot reach /mcp without authenticating. In practice that means putting it behind a reverse proxy or gateway that requires a credential a browser won't attach cross-origin, such as an Authorization header.

If you just want to use this server with an MCP client on the same machine, use the default stdio transport instead — it doesn't open a port at all.

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.