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Airtable

local MCP server

Airtable is a local MCP server: Read and write access to Airtable database schemas, tables, and records. Install it from npm as airtable-mcp-server.

Installation

Terminal

claude mcp add airtable-mcp-server -e AIRTABLE_API_KEY=... -- npx -y airtable-mcp-server

Run in your project folder. Add --scope user to use it everywhere.

Claude Desktop, Cursor & other clients

Add to claude_desktop_config.json or .cursor/mcp.json.

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

Fill in the environment variables with your own credentials.

What you need

  • Runtime: Node.js 18+ (runs with npx) or Docker or Claude Desktop (one-click .mcpb bundle).
  • MCP client: Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity, Claude Desktop, Cursor or any other client that speaks MCP over stdio.
  • Environment variables: AIRTABLE_API_KEY

Summary

Read and write access to Airtable database schemas, tables, and records.

Airtable vs similar servers

ServerStarsTypeAPI keyRuntime
Airtable458LocalYesnpm
LINQ to DB3,329LocalNonuget
Sanity187HostedNoNone
whoop-mcp122LocalYesnpm
Nibomo74HostedNoNone

Questions

It reads one environment variable: AIRTABLE_API_KEY. Set them in your MCP config before starting the server.

Node.js 18+ (runs with npx) or Docker or Claude Desktop (one-click .mcpb bundle), plus an MCP client such as Claude Code, Codex, Claude Desktop or Cursor.

Airtable is a local MCP server distributed as the npm package airtable-mcp-server.

Run: claude mcp add airtable-mcp-server -e AIRTABLE_API_KEY=... -- npx -y airtable-mcp-server

Run: codex mcp add airtable-mcp-server --env AIRTABLE_API_KEY=... -- npx -y airtable-mcp-server

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