Airtable's official hosted MCP server lets AI clients discover and create bases, modify schemas, read and write records, manage automations and interfaces, and add comments. It supports OAuth for end users and personal access tokens for scripts and CLI setups, and is available on all plans.
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- 1Connect it in ChatGPT
Turn on Developer mode in ChatGPT (Settings → Security and login), open Plugins, select + and paste https://mcp.airtable.com/mcp as the MCP server URL, then sign in with OAuth. Add it to a chat from the composer's tools menu.
- 2Or add it to Codex or the API
codex mcp add airtable --url https://mcp.airtable.com/mcp codex mcp login airtableThe login command opens a browser to finish OAuth.
Configs are generated from the publisher's documented endpoint. Check their docs for plan requirements and scopes. New to this? Read the step-by-step tutorial.
Things to ask
- “List all bases I have access to in Airtable”
- “Add a record to the Leads table for Acme Corp”
- “Find all tasks in the Content Calendar with status 'Blocked'”
- “Create a new base for tracking hiring with Candidates and Interviews tables”