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:

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
6. 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.