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Airtable

Airtable is an MCP server that provides read and write access to Airtable databases. This server enables LLMs to inspect database schemas, then read and write records. It has 455 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y airtable-mcp-server.

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Install Airtable

Generated from the server's MCP registry entry. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "airtable": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "airtable-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AIRTABLE_API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env AIRTABLE_API_KEY=your-value --transport stdio airtable -- npx -y airtable-mcp-server

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "airtable": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "airtable-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AIRTABLE_API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "airtable_api_key",
      "description": "AIRTABLE_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "airtable": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "airtable-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AIRTABLE_API_KEY": "${input:airtable_api_key}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

Environment variables

Variables the server reads at startup.

NameRequiredDescription
AIRTABLE_API_KEYsecretYesAirtable personal access token (e.g., pat123.abc123). Create at https://airtable.com/create/tokens/new with scopes: schema.bases:read, data.records:read, and…

Tools (21)

Parsed from the Tools section of the README; check the repository for the current list.

  • list_records
  • search_records
  • list_bases
  • list_tables
  • describe_table
  • get_record
  • create_record
  • fields

    The fields and values for the new record

  • update_records
  • records

    Array of objects containing record ID and fields to update

  • delete_records
  • create_table
  • update_table
  • create_field
  • type

    Type of the field

  • options

    Field-specific options

  • update_field
  • create_comment
  • text

    The comment text

  • list_comments
  • offset

    Pagination offset for retrieving additional comments

About Airtable

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.

  • airtable
  • mcp-server
  • model-context-protocol

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How do I install the Airtable MCP server?

Add the command npx -y airtable-mcp-server to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is Airtable free?

The server is open source under the MIT license, so running it is free. It needs credentials (AIRTABLE_API_KEY) for the service it connects to, which may require a paid account.

Is Airtable actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 25, 2026. The latest release is v1.14.0, published Jul 27, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.