What features does Airtable MCP server provide?

Q: What features does Airtable MCP server provide?

Stage-based table construction: A specialized implementation that builds Airtable tables in stages, leveraging Claude's agentic capabilities to reduce failure rates in complex table creation.. Base Management: Operations to list bases, list tables within a base, create new tables with fields, and update table metadata (name/description).. Field Management: Operations to add new fields to a table and modify existing fields.. Record Operations: Operations to list, create, update, delete records, plus search and fetch a single record by ID.. Field Types: Support for various Airtable field types such as singleLineText, multilineText, email, phoneNumber, number, currency, date, singleSelect, and multiSelect.. Field Colors: Includes available colors for select fields, e.g., blueBright, redBright, greenBright, yellowBright, purpleBright, pinkBright, grayBright, cyanBright, orangeBright, blueDark1, greenDark1.. LLM Guidance via system prompts: Includes system prompt and project knowledge markdown files to guide the LLM when leveraging Claude Desktop projects.. Claude Desktop Integration: Designed to work with Claude Desktop or other MCP clients, enabling interactive Airtable management through MCP workflows.

Airtable MCP Server 2025: Features & Setup Guide

Overview

A Model Context Protocol server for programmatic interaction with Airtable's API. It enables managing Airtable bases, tables, fields, and records through Claude Desktop or other MCP clients. The server includes a specialized implementation that builds Airtable tables in stages, leveraging Claude's agentic capabilities to reduce failure rates when constructing complex tables. It ships with system prompt and project knowledge markdown files to guide the LLM when working with Claude Desktop projects. The server is designed to run on Node.js (18+), with installation options via npx, MCP installer workflows, or a local development setup. It exposes a suite of MCP operations organized into Base Management (list bases, list tables, create/update tables), Field Management (create/update fields), and Record Operations (list, create, update, delete, search, get). It also provides support for common Airtable field types and colors, including singleLineText, multilineText, email, phoneNumber, number, currency, date, singleSelect, and multiSelect, as well as a palette of colors for select fields. The design emphasizes Claude Desktop integration and provides LLM guidance to reduce schema construction errors in MCP workflows.

Features

Stage-based table construction

A specialized implementation that builds Airtable tables in stages, leveraging Claude's agentic capabilities to reduce failure rates in complex table creation.

Base Management

Operations to list bases, list tables within a base, create new tables with fields, and update table metadata (name/description).

Field Management

Operations to add new fields to a table and modify existing fields.

Record Operations

Operations to list, create, update, delete records, plus search and fetch a single record by ID.

Field Types

Support for various Airtable field types such as singleLineText, multilineText, email, phoneNumber, number, currency, date, singleSelect, and multiSelect.

Field Colors

Includes available colors for select fields, e.g., blueBright, redBright, greenBright, yellowBright, purpleBright, pinkBright, grayBright, cyanBright, orangeBright, blueDark1, greenDark1.

LLM Guidance via system prompts

Includes system prompt and project knowledge markdown files to guide the LLM when leveraging Claude Desktop projects.

Claude Desktop Integration

Designed to work with Claude Desktop or other MCP clients, enabling interactive Airtable management through MCP workflows.