Airtable MCP connector
The Airtable connector lets Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot, 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.
- Connects over OAuth
- Free 14-day trial
- No credit card
ChatGPT
Elaichi connected
Summarize records added to the Support Queue table this week.
Working in Airtable with Elaichi
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List all Airtable bases
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Governance
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Audit log
Last 24 hours
ChatGPT · 9:41 AM
Done
ChatGPT · 9:41 AM
Done
ChatGPT · 9:41 AM
Done
Claude · 9:38 AM
Done
Cursor · 9:35 AM
Done
How to connect Airtable to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot
Step by step, for each AI app
Airtable MCP connector for Claude
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Open Customize, then Connectors.
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Press Add.
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Name it, paste the MCP server URL, then Continue.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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Sign in and approve.
On Team and Enterprise, an Owner adds it once. Everyone else turns it on for themselves.
Airtable MCP connector for Claude Code
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In a terminal, run
claude mcp addwith the endpoint.https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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Start Claude Code and run
/mcp. -
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Pick elaichi, then sign in and approve in the browser.
Terminal
$ claude mcp add --transport http elaichi --scope user https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
Use --scope project instead to share it with the repository through .mcp.json.
Airtable MCP connector for ChatGPT
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Open Plugins, then press the + button.
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Name it and paste the endpoint into Server URL.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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Leave Authentication on OAuth, then tick the risk acknowledgement.
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Press Create, then sign in and approve.
Works on the web. The plugin directory lives at chatgpt.com/plugins.
Airtable MCP connector for Cursor
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Open
~/.cursor/mcp.json. -
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Add the endpoint under
mcpServers.https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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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.
Airtable MCP connector for Microsoft Copilot
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In Copilot Studio, open your agent, then Tools, Add a tool, New tool and Model Context Protocol.
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Paste the endpoint into Server URL, choose OAuth 2.0, then Dynamic discovery, and press Create.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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Create a new connection, sign in and approve, then press Add to agent.
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Under Channels, open Teams and Microsoft Copilot and make the agent available in Microsoft Copilot.
- Server URL
- https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
- Authentication
- OAuth 2.0
- Type
- Dynamic discovery
Microsoft Copilot was called Microsoft 365 Copilot. Keep the tool on end-user credentials, so each person signs in as themselves.
Connect Airtable to any MCP client
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Add the endpoint as a remote MCP server.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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Sign in and approve.
{
"mcpServers": {
"elaichi": {
"url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
}
}
}
The Elaichi Agent already has these tools, with nothing to set up.
What teams do with Airtable through Elaichi
Ask in plain English. Each person’s AI can do only what they’re allowed to, and every action it takes in Airtable is logged.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.”
What connecting Airtable gets you
6 screens from Elaichi, each doing one job for your Airtable account.
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, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot
The agent
Ask about Airtable records in plain language.
Three starter prompts pull live bases, tables and records into a clear answer.
ElaichiAI appsClaude
ChatGPT
Cursor
Microsoft Copilot
Copy the endpoint
AI apps
Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and Microsoft Copilot reach Airtable here.
One org MCP endpoint over OAuth, no SDK and no shared API key.
ElaichiToolsTool catalog
56 Airtable tools land ready to call.
Bases, tables, fields, records and comments are covered without custom code.
ElaichiToolboxesToolboxes
Each team gets its own Airtable toolbox.
Curate one toolbox per team so Ops and Support see different Airtable tools.
ElaichiConnectionsShared connections
Teammates use Airtable bases without a key.
Every connection shows who added the account and which teams and members share it.
ElaichiAudit logAudit log
Every Airtable call is on the record.
When, who, what happened, type and resource for each record read or write.
From answering questions to doing the work
A trigger starts the work, inside the same permissions and the same audit log as everything else. Automations, collections and live dashboards come with the Black plan.
Airtable digest
Run 418 · started 2 minutes ago · on behalf of Emily Carter
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Schedule
Every weekday at 8:00 AM
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✓
Fetch bases
Airtable
1.4s -
✓
Group by owner
Transform
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✓
Draft the digest
Agent step
Ran with 4 tools, returned a structured summary
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Approve the digest
Needs approval
Assigned to Jake Morgan
Approve Deny -
Post the digest
Airtable
Queued
Automations
A schedule drafts your Airtable digest.
Six steps fetch records, group them, draft a digest, take approval, post back.
Airtable health
Refreshed 4 minutes ago · every 15 minutes · from the bases collection
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%
Collections and dashboards
Airtable health arrives before anyone asks.
Four metrics, 14 days of records created and a team breakdown, computed on schedule.
For IT and engineering
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.
| What to check | Elaichi | Zapier MCP | Composio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where the AI connects |
One address for the whole organization.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
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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 | Free for one person; $15 per user per month on Gold. | 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.
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.
No tools match your search.
Questions, answered
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, Microsoft Copilot, 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 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 restricting deleting records, removing users, or editing tables. A restricted action still appears in Elaichi's tool search, flagged as restricted, but Claude, ChatGPT, or any other client cannot run it, whatever the prompt says.
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, Microsoft Copilot, 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, Microsoft Copilot, 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.
Put Airtable in front of your team
14 days of Black, no credit card. Connect it once and pick what each team can call.
When the trial ends, nothing is deleted. You move to the free Personal plan, and connections, roles and the audit log stay where they are.
Add one link to your AI app
The same link for everyone on your team.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
- ChatGPT
- Claude
- Cursor
- Microsoft Copilot