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:
README
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Airtable Formula
Formula editor, MCP server, and AI skills for VS Code
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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
.formulafiles - 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
McpServerDefinitionProviderAPI) - 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
msedgeon Windows andchromiumon 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.
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