Airtable MCP Server

What it does

• Full Airtable CRUD: list/search/get records, create/update/delete records + tables, fields, comments
• npx airtable-mcp-server + AIRTABLE_API_KEY (a personal access token, pat…)
• Optional HTTP transport (MCP_TRANSPORT=http PORT=3000) for remote clients

When to use it

For agents that keep structured state in Airtable — content calendars, lead lists, inventory — with real write-back, not just read. One of the few CRUD-complete SaaS MCP servers.

Getting started

Create an Airtable PAT at airtable.com/create/tokens/new with scopes schema.bases:read + data.records:read (add :write variants for write access), then:

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

Things to know

The HTTP transport has NO built-in auth — the README explicitly warns that DNS rebinding lets any website hit localhost:3000 and use your token. Keep it on stdio unless you put it behind an authenticated proxy.