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Airtable MCP connector

The Airtable connector lets Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or the Elaichi Agent read and update the bases, tables, records, and comments your team already keeps in Airtable, with each person signed in as themselves and every change logged.

Connect on Elaichi How to connect

  • How it connects. Connects over OAuth. The credential goes into a vault nobody reads back.

  • One address. https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, the same for every user.

  • Their own access. An agent never gets more than the person it acts for.

How to connect

How to connect Airtable to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

Two steps, about a minute.

1

In Elaichi

Connect Airtable once

  1. Open Connections, choose Add connection, and pick Airtable.

  2. Optionally set Share with to give a team access, then press Connect.

  3. Approve it in Airtable. Airtable's own window opens. Whoever approves it decides what this connection can reach.

The credential is vaulted. Nobody reads it back, not even the AI.

Add connection

Choose a connector.

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2

In your AI client

Point it at one endpoint

Everyone in the organization uses the same address, and each person only ever reaches what their own account allows.

Airtable MCP connector for Claude

  1. 1

    Open Customize, then Connectors.

  2. 2

    Press Add.

  3. 3

    Name it, paste the MCP server URL, then Continue.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  4. 4

    Sign in and approve.

On Team and Enterprise, an Owner adds it once. Everyone else turns it on for themselves.

Airtable MCP connector for ChatGPT

  1. 1

    Open Plugins, then press the + button.

  2. 2

    Name it and paste the endpoint into Server URL.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Leave Authentication on OAuth, then tick the risk acknowledgement.

  4. 4

    Press Create, then sign in and approve.

Works on the web today. The plugin directory lives at chatgpt.com/plugins.

Airtable MCP connector for Cursor

  1. 1

    Open ~/.cursor/mcp.json.

  2. 2

    Add the endpoint under mcpServers.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Reload Cursor, then sign in and approve.

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Set up per machine, so repeat it on each computer you work from.

Connect Airtable to any MCP client

  1. 1

    Add the endpoint as a remote MCP server.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  2. 2

    Sign in and approve.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

The Elaichi Agent already has these tools, with nothing to set up.

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Use cases

What teams do with Airtable through Elaichi

Every one of these runs inside the access the person already has, and lands in the same audit log.

  • Support

    Log a ticket while the customer is still talking

    Describe the issue in a sentence and a new record lands in the support base with the right fields filled in. Follow up later by asking what is still open and who it is assigned to.

  • Operations

    Catch a record up after a meeting

    Tell the agent what changed and it updates the status, owner, and due date on the right row in Airtable. Add a comment so the rest of the team sees why.

  • Marketing

    Pull this week's content calendar into a summary

    Ask which pieces in the editorial base are due, blocked, or waiting on review, and get a plain answer instead of scrolling a grid. Create the next batch of records from a brief in one go.

  • Product

    Turn feedback into a tracked request

    Paste in what a customer said and the agent files it in the feature requests table with the source and priority set. Read back the comments on any request before a planning call.

  • People

    Keep the onboarding tracker current

    Ask which new hires still have open tasks in the onboarding base and mark items done as they land. Add a new table or field when the checklist changes, without opening Airtable.

  • IT

    Review who is doing what across Airtable

    Ask for recent audit activity, look up a user or a user group, and check which webhooks are set up on a base. Update or remove a user account when someone changes role.

Try asking

  • “Summarize records added to the Support Queue table this week.”
  • “Which bases have tables with no records created lately?”
  • “List open tickets in the Intake base by owner.”

See all 56 Airtable tools below

Compare

Elaichi vs Zapier MCP vs Composio for Airtable

All three can connect Airtable to an AI assistant, and all three have admin controls. They differ in where access lives and how you pay.

Elaichi compared with Zapier MCP and Composio for Airtable, by what to check
What to check Elaichi Zapier MCP Composio
Where the AI connects One address for the whole organization. https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp A server per member, created at sign-in. An MCP endpoint per team, or an SDK.
Control over Airtable tools Allow or restrict single Airtable tools, per role or user. App and action restrictions on the account. Role permissions, down to the action.
Record of calls One audit entry per Airtable call. A History tab of tool calls. A log of every tool call.
Single sign-on SAML or OIDC, plus SCIM, on Gold. SAML on Enterprise. SAML and OIDC on Enterprise.
Price $15 per user per month. 2 tasks per successful call. Billed per tool call.

Sources: Zapier MCP docs, security, usage; Composio docs, gateway, enterprise, pricing. Checked September 2026.

Longer take: Zapier MCP alternative and when you don't need an MCP gateway.

AI tools

Airtable tools for your AI agents

56 tools are ready to call through Elaichi's MCP endpoint the moment you connect Airtable, governed by the same roles, restrictions, and audit log as everything else in Elaichi.

See it in Elaichi

What connecting Airtable gets you

6 screens from the product, each doing one job for your Airtable account.

The agent

Ask about Airtable records in plain language.

Three starter prompts pull live bases, tables and records into a clear answer.

  • bases
  • tables
  • records
  • comments

Ask Elaichi to work across your apps.

Summarize records added to the Support Queue table this week.

Which bases have tables with no records created lately?

List open tickets in the Intake base by owner.

Also runs in Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

MCP clients

Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor reach Airtable here.

One org MCP endpoint over OAuth, no SDK and no shared API key.

ElaichiMCP clients
Claude ChatGPT Cursor

Copy the endpoint

https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
Client Connected by Status Last used
Claude
E

Emily Carter

 • Connected 4 minutes ago
Cursor
M

Megan Brooks

 • Connected 2 hours ago
ChatGPT
R

Ryan Hayes

 • Connected Yesterday

Tool catalog

56 Airtable tools land ready to call.

Bases, tables, fields, records and comments are covered without custom code.

  • List all Airtable bases
  • Create a Airtable base
  • Create a Airtable table
  • Update a Airtable table by ID
ElaichiTools
Tool Action Description
List all Airtable bases List List bases accessible by the token in Airtable. Returns base id, name, and permissionLevel fields for each base. Supports pagination with optional offset parameter.
Create a Airtable base Create Create a new base in Airtable with name, workspaceId, and tables. Returns base id and tables array representing the schema of the created base. Requires at least one table and field with unique names.
Create a Airtable table Create Create a new table in Airtable base using base_id. Requires name and fields. Returns the schema of the created table including id, name, description, and fields.
Update a Airtable table by ID Update Update a table's name, description, or date dependency settings in Airtable. Requires base_id and id. Returns updated table with id, name, description, primaryFieldId, fields, and views.
List all Airtable tables List Get schema of tables for base with id in Airtable. Returns an array of table models including table structure and metadata.

Toolboxes

Each team gets its own Airtable toolbox.

Curate one toolbox per team so Ops and Support see different Airtable tools.

  • Support
  • Operations
  • Product
  • Sales
ElaichiToolboxes
Name Source template Tools Created

Support toolbox

Airtable · tickets and comments

 Airtable starter 18 Mar 4, 2026

Operations toolbox

Airtable · intake bases and queues

 — 9 Mar 2, 2026

Product toolbox

Airtable · bug tables and fields

 — 24 Feb 27, 2026

Sales toolbox

Airtable · pipeline records

 Airtable starter 6 Feb 19, 2026

Marketing toolbox

Airtable · campaign tables

 — 31 Jan 30, 2026

Finance toolbox

Airtable · invoice records

 — 12 Jan 22, 2026

Shared connections

Teammates use Airtable bases without a key.

Every connection shows who added the account and which teams and members share it.

  • Support EMEA
  • Operations
  • Product
  • Sales AMER
ElaichiConnections
Connection Scope Status Access
AI

Airtable (Support EMEA)

Connected by Emily Carter

 Personal • Active 1 team · 6 members
AI

Airtable (Operations)

Connected by Jake Morgan

 Organization • Active 3 teams · 24 members
AI

Airtable (Product)

Connected by Megan Brooks

 Organization • Active 2 teams · 11 members
AI

Airtable (Sales AMER)

Connected by Tyler Reed

 Personal • Needs re-auth 1 team · 3 members
AI

Airtable (Marketing)

Connected by Ryan Hayes

 Personal • Active Not shared
AI

Airtable (Finance)

Connected by Ashley Parker

 Personal • Active 2 teams · 9 members

Audit log

Every Airtable call is on the record.

When, who, what happened, type and resource for each record read or write.

  • When
  • Who
  • What happened
  • Type
ElaichiAudit log
When Who What happened Type

2 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:10 PM
E

Emily Carter

emily.carter@northwind.io

 Restriction Created Access

8 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:04 PM
J

Jake Morgan

jake.morgan@northwind.io

 Restriction Updated Access

14 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:58 PM
M

Megan Brooks

megan.brooks@northwind.io

 Role Assigned Access

20 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:52 PM
T

Tyler Reed

tyler.reed@northwind.io

 Airtable Users Updated MCP

26 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:46 PM
R

Ryan Hayes

ryan.hayes@northwind.io

 Airtable Bases Created MCP

32 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:40 PM
A

Ashley Parker

ashley.parker@northwind.io

 Airtable Bases List Toolbox

Launching soon

From answering questions to doing the work

A person no longer has to ask. A trigger starts the work, inside the same permissions and the same audit log as everything else. Automations and live dashboards are launching soon, on the Black plan.

Automations

A schedule drafts your Airtable digest.

Six steps fetch records, group them, draft a digest, take approval, post back.

Airtable digest

Run 418 · started 2 minutes ago · on behalf of Emily Carter

  1. ✓

    Schedule

    Every weekday at 8:00 AM

    0.2s
  2. ✓

    Fetch bases

    Airtable

    1.4s
  3. ✓

    Group by owner

    Transform

    0.1s
  4. ✓

    Draft the digest

    Agent step

    Ran with 4 tools, returned a structured summary

    6.2s

  5. Approve the digest

    Needs approval

    Assigned to Michael Brennan

    Approve

  6. Post the digest

    Airtable

    Queued

Collections and dashboards

Airtable health arrives before anyone asks.

Four metrics, 14 days of records created and a team breakdown, computed on schedule.

Airtable health

Refreshed 4 minutes ago · every 15 minutes · from the bases collection

Live

Bases

1,284 ↓ 12%

Tables

96 ↓ 8%

Needs attention

3 ↑ 2

Updated this week

412 ↑ 9%

Bases created

Last 14 days

By team

Share of activity

Support EMEA 34%

Operations 27%

Product 21%

Sales AMER 18%

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How do I connect Airtable to Claude?

Connect Airtable inside Elaichi first, which opens Airtable's own sign-in page and asks you to allow access to your bases, then brings you straight back. There is no OAuth application to register and no client ID or secret to generate. Then in Claude go to Customize, then Connectors, then Add, and paste the endpoint https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp. Claude asks you to sign in to Elaichi once and Airtable is available in your conversations.

Does Airtable work with ChatGPT and Cursor as well as Claude?

Yes. Once Airtable is connected in Elaichi, the same endpoint, https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, works in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, any other MCP client, and the Elaichi Agent. You connect Airtable once and every client you use picks it up.

What can an AI agent actually do with my Airtable data?

An agent connected to Airtable can list your bases and tables, find and read records, create new records, update fields on existing ones, and add or read comments. It can also create tables and fields, look up users and user groups, and pull recent audit activity. Short, concrete asks work best, such as "mark the Acme ticket in the support base as resolved" rather than a long paragraph.

Does connecting Airtable give the AI access to every base in my workspace?

No. The agent sees only the Airtable bases, tables, and records that the person who signed in can already open, because every request runs as that person. Elaichi can narrow that further, for example to reading only, but it can never grant access to an Airtable base the person does not already have.

Can my team share one Airtable connection?

Yes. One person connects Airtable in Elaichi and shares the connection with a team, so nobody else ever handles a credential or goes through the Airtable sign-in themselves. Each teammate still signs in to Elaichi as themselves, so the audit log records who created or changed each Airtable record.

Can I stop an agent from deleting or changing things in Airtable?

Yes. Restrictions in Elaichi apply per action, so you can allow reading Airtable records while blocking deleting records, removing users, or editing tables. A blocked action is never shown to Claude, ChatGPT, or any other client at all, so no prompt, however worded, can reach it.

What happens to an Airtable connection when someone leaves?

Offboarding a person in Elaichi ends their access to Airtable through every connected client at once. If they had shared an Airtable connection with a team, it keeps working for everyone else on that team. If you want the connection gone entirely, disconnecting Airtable once in Elaichi removes it from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and every other client together.

Does the Airtable MCP connector work with Gemini, Codex, Claude Code or other MCP clients?

Yes. Airtable is reached over the same MCP endpoint every client uses, so anything that speaks MCP can call it — Gemini, Codex, Claude Code, Windsurf, Cline, Zed and OpenCode among them — alongside Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and the Elaichi Agent. The tools on offer and the access behind them are identical whichever client asks. Only the setup screen differs.

Is Elaichi an alternative to Zapier MCP for Airtable?

Yes. Both let Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor use Airtable. Zapier MCP fits a team that already automates in Zapier, since each person signs in and acts as themselves in that account. Elaichi fits when IT wants one address for the whole company, per-tool rules by role, and a record of every Airtable call.

How is Elaichi different from Composio for Airtable?

Composio gives AI agents tools and sign-in handling across 1,000+ apps, for developers building agents or people using an assistant, billed per tool call. Elaichi gives a company's own people governed access to Airtable: one address, restrictions per role or user, and $15 per user per month. Both have role permissions and a log of every call.

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