airtable-user-mcp

airtable-user-mcp

Community MCP server for Airtable that provides 30 tools for managing Airtable bases. Uses Airtable's internal API to support capabilities not available through the official REST API:

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Airtable Formula

Formula editor, MCP server, and AI skills for VS Code

<p align="center"> <a href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Nskha.airtable-formula"><img src="https://vsmarketplacebadges.dev/version-short/Nskha.airtable-formula.svg?style=for-the-badge&label=VS%20Code&colorB=007ACC" alt="VS Code version" /></a> <a href="https://open-vsx.org/extension/Nskha/airtable-formula"><img src="https://img.shields.io/open-vsx/v/Nskha/airtable-formula?style=for-the-badge&logo=eclipseide&logoColor=white&label=Open%20VSX&color=C160EF" alt="Open VSX version" /></a> <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/airtable-user-mcp"><img src="https://img.shields.io/npm/v/airtable-user-mcp?style=for-the-badge&logo=npm&logoColor=white&label=npm&color=CB3837" alt="npm version" /></a> <a href="https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/MCP%20Registry-Listed-1D4ED8?style=for-the-badge" alt="MCP Registry listing" /></a> </p>

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Not affiliated with Airtable Inc. This is a community-maintained project.

Experimental — This project is under active development and not intended for production use. APIs, tools, and behavior may change without notice.

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What's In This Repo

This monorepo ships two products from one source tree:

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Product Install
<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Automations-Project/VSCode-Airtable-Formula/main/packages/extension/images/icon.png" width="24" /> Airtable Formula — VS Code extension Marketplace
<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Automations-Project/VSCode-Airtable-Formula/main/packages/mcp-server/assets/icon.png" width="24" /> airtable-user-mcp — Standalone MCP server npx airtable-user-mcp

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Features

VS Code Extension

  • Formula Editor — Syntax highlighting, IntelliSense, beautify / minify for .formula files
  • MCP Server — One-click MCP registration for multiple IDEs
  • AI Skills — Auto-install Airtable-specific skills, rules, and workflows for AI coding assistants
  • Airtable Login — Credentials in OS keychain, browser-based auth with auto-refresh
  • Dashboard — React webview with Overview, Setup, and Settings tabs

<!-- TODO: Replace with actual screenshot --> <!-- <p align="center"><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Automations-Project/VSCode-Airtable-Formula/main/packages/extension/images/screenshot-dashboard.png" alt="Dashboard Screenshot" width="700" /></p> -->

MCP Server (30 Tools)

Manage Airtable bases with capabilities not available through the official REST API:

Category Tools Highlights
Schema Read 5 Full schema inspection — bases, tables, fields, views
Field Management 8 Create formula / rollup / lookup / count fields, validate formulas
View Configuration 11 Filters, sorts, grouping, column visibility, row height
Field Metadata 1 Set or update field descriptions
Extension Management 5 Create, install, enable/disable, rename, remove extensions

See the full tool reference in packages/mcp-server/README.md.


Supported IDEs

The extension auto-configures MCP for all major AI-enabled editors:

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<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Automations-Project/VSCode-Airtable-Formula/main/packages/webview/src/assets/icons/claude.svg" width="28" /> <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Automations-Project/VSCode-Airtable-Formula/main/packages/webview/src/assets/icons/claude-code.svg" width="28" /> <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Automations-Project/VSCode-Airtable-Formula/main/packages/webview/src/assets/icons/cursor.svg" width="28" /> <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Automations-Project/VSCode-Airtable-Formula/main/packages/webview/src/assets/icons/windsurf.svg" width="28" /> <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Automations-Project/VSCode-Airtable-Formula/main/packages/webview/src/assets/icons/cline.svg" width="28" /> <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Automations-Project/VSCode-Airtable-Formula/main/packages/webview/src/assets/icons/amp.svg" width="28" />
Claude Desktop Claude Code Cursor Windsurf Cline Amp

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Don't use VS Code? Use the standalone MCP server directly:

npx airtable-user-mcp

Find Us

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Registry Link
VS Code Marketplace Nskha.airtable-formula
npm airtable-user-mcp
Open VSX Nskha.airtable-formula
MCP Registry io.github.automations-project/airtable-user-mcp
Glama glama.ai/mcp/servers
PulseMCP pulsemcp.com
MCP.so mcp.so

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Requirements

  • VS Code ^1.100.0 (or any fork exposing the McpServerDefinitionProvider API)
  • Node.js — bundled via the VS Code runtime; no separate install needed
  • Google Chrome (or Edge / Chromium) — the Airtable login flow uses Patchright in headless mode. Falls back to msedge on Windows and chromium on Linux. The extension shows an actionable warning if no supported browser is detected.

Development

This is a pnpm monorepo.

Package Description
packages/extension VS Code extension host (TypeScript + tsup)
packages/webview React dashboard webview (Vite + Tailwind v4)
packages/shared Shared types and message protocol
packages/mcp-server airtable-user-mcp — ESM Node MCP server
scripts/ Build tooling (esbuild bundler, dep vendoring)
pnpm install          # install all packages
pnpm build            # build shared → webview → mcp bundle → extension
pnpm package          # build + create airtable-formula-X.Y.Z.vsix
pnpm test             # run all unit tests
pnpm dev              # start webview dev server (browser preview)

How the MCP server is bundled: scripts/bundle-mcp.mjs esbuilds packages/mcp-server/src/ into packages/extension/dist/mcp/. Then scripts/prepare-package-deps.mjs vendors patchright, patchright-core, and otpauth into dist/node_modules/ before vsce package runs. The VSIX is fully self-contained.


Support This Project

This project is built and maintained with the help of AI coding tools. If you find it useful and want to support continued development (new tools, updates, bug fixes), you can contribute by gifting Claude Code credits — the primary tool used to build this project.

Interested? Open an issue or reach out to discuss feature requests and sponsorship.


License

MIT

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