Airtable MCP for AI Agents

Securely connect your AI agents and chatbots (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, etc) with Airtable MCP or direct API to find, update, create, and organize records and tables through natural language.

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Airtable combines the flexibility of spreadsheets with the power of a database for easy project and data management. Teams use Airtable to organize, track, and collaborate with custom views and automations.

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TOOLS & TRIGGERS

Supported Tools and Triggers

Every Airtable action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Create base

Creates a new Airtable base with specified tables and fields within a workspace.

Create Comment

Tool to create a comment on a specific Airtable record.

Create Field

Creates a new field within a specified table in an Airtable base.

Create Record From Natural Language

Creates a new record in an Airtable table from a natural language description.

Create records

Tool to create multiple records (up to 10) in a specified Airtable table.

Create table

Creates a new table within a specified existing Airtable base, allowing definition of its name, description, and field structure.

Delete Comment

Tool to delete a comment from a record in an Airtable table.

Delete multiple records

Tool to delete up to 10 specified records from a table within an Airtable base.

Delete Record

Permanently deletes a specific record from an existing table within an existing Airtable base.

Get Base Schema

Retrieves the detailed schema for a specified Airtable base, including its tables, fields, field types, and configurations, using the `baseId`.

Get Record

Retrieves a specific record from an Airtable table by its record ID.

Get user information

Retrieves information, such as ID and permission scopes, for the currently authenticated Airtable user from the `/meta/whoami` endpoint.

List bases

Retrieves all Airtable bases accessible to the authenticated user, which may include an 'offset' for pagination.

List Comments

Tool to list comments on a specific Airtable record.

List records

Tool to list records from an Airtable table with filtering, sorting, and pagination.

Update Comment

Tool to update an existing comment on a specific Airtable record.

Update Field

Updates a field's name or description in an Airtable table.

Update multiple records

Tool to update up to 10 records in an Airtable table with selective field modifications.

Update multiple records (PUT)

Tool to destructively update multiple records in Airtable using PUT, clearing unspecified fields.

Update record

Modifies specified fields of an existing record in an Airtable base and table; the base, table, and record must exist.

Update record (PUT)

Updates an existing record in an Airtable base using PUT method.

Update Table

Updates the name, description, and/or date dependency settings of a table in Airtable.

Upload attachment

Uploads a file attachment to a specified field in an Airtable record.

SETUP GUIDE

Connect Airtable MCP Tool with your Agent

1

Install Composio

typescript
npm install @composio/core ai @ai-sdk/openai @ai-sdk/mcp
Install the Composio SDK and Claude Agent SDK
2

Create Tool Router Session

typescript
import { Composio } from '@composio/core';

const composio = new Composio({ apiKey: 'your-api-key' });

console.log("Creating Tool Router session...");
const { mcp } = await composio.create('your-user-id');
console.log(`Tool Router session created: ${mcp.url}`);
Initialize the Composio client and create a Tool Router session
3

Connect to AI Agent

typescript
import { openai } from '@ai-sdk/openai';
import { experimental_createMCPClient as createMCPClient } from '@ai-sdk/mcp';
import { generateText, stepCountIs } from 'ai';

const client = await createMCPClient({
  transport: {
    type: 'http',
    url: mcp.url,
    headers: { 'x-api-key': 'your-composio-api-key' }
  }
});

const tools = await client.tools();

const { text } = await generateText({
  model: openai('gpt-4o'),
  tools,
  messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'Create a new record in the "Projects" table with name "Website Redesign" and status "In Progress"' }],
  stopWhen: stepCountIs( 5 )
});

console.log(`Agent: ${text}`);
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SETUP GUIDE

Connect Airtable API Tool with your Agent

1

Install Composio

typescript
npm install @composio/openai
Install the Composio SDK
2

Initialize Composio and Create Tool Router Session

typescript
import OpenAI from 'openai';
import { Composio } from '@composio/core';
import { OpenAIResponsesProvider } from '@composio/openai';

const composio = new Composio({
  provider: new OpenAIResponsesProvider(),
});
const openai = new OpenAI({});
const session = await composio.create('your-user-id');
Import and initialize Composio client, then create a Tool Router session
3

Execute Airtable Tools via Tool Router with Your Agent

typescript
const tools = session.tools;
const response = await openai.responses.create({
  model: 'gpt-4.1',
  tools: tools,
  input: [{
    role: 'user',
    content: 'Add a new project record to the "Projects" table with today\'s date and status as \"In Progress\".'
  }],
});
const result = await composio.provider.handleToolCalls(
  'your-user-id',
  response.output
);
console.log(result);
Get tools from Tool Router session and execute Airtable actions with your Agent

Why Use Composio?

AI Native Airtable Integration

  • Supports both Airtable MCP and direct API based integrations
  • Structured, LLM-friendly schemas for reliable tool execution
  • Rich coverage for reading, writing, and querying your Airtable data

Managed Auth

  • Built-in OAuth handling with automatic token refresh and rotation
  • Central place to manage, scope, and revoke Airtable access
  • Per user and per environment credentials instead of hard-coded keys

Agent Optimized Design

  • Tools are tuned using real error and success rates to improve reliability over time
  • Comprehensive execution logs so you always know what ran, when, and on whose behalf

Enterprise Grade Security

  • Fine-grained RBAC so you control which agents and users can access Airtable
  • Scoped, least privilege access to Airtable resources
  • Full audit trail of agent actions to support review and compliance
FAQ

Frequently asked questions

No, you can get started immediately using Composio's built-in Airtable app. For production, we recommend configuring your own OAuth credentials.

Yes! Composio's Tool Router enables agents to use multiple toolkits. Learn more.

Composio is SOC 2 and ISO 27001 compliant with all data encrypted in transit and at rest. Learn more.

Composio maintains and updates all toolkit integrations automatically, so your agents always work with the latest API versions.

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