# airtable-filters

Instructs the agent on structuring JSON filters for Airtable MCP tools. Useful for querying and narrowing down records by field values.

- skill · `type=skill` · Codex, ChatGPT · ★ 7604
- Author: airtable · official OpenAI repository
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/openai/plugins/tree/HEAD/plugins/airtable/skills/airtable-filters/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-08
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/airtable-filters

## What it does

The skill explains how to build the `filters` parameter accepted by Airtable MCP tools. When the user asks to find or narrow down records, the agent uses this specification to structure its query. Top-level conditions combine with AND by default unless an explicit OR operator is set.

Filtering requires checking the table schema first. The first operand in every condition must be an explicit field ID rather than a column name. Select fields also require choice IDs like `selABCDEFGHIJKLM` instead of plain text options. Dates require date objects with an explicit `timeZone`.

The guide directs the agent to send a single composed filter rather than splitting criteria across multiple API calls. It covers nested logic, such as placing OR inside AND or matching collaborator group members using `matchGroupsByMembership`.

## Install

### Codex (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openai/plugins --skill airtable-filters -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/airtable-filters/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Claude Code

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openai/plugins --skill airtable-filters -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/airtable-filters/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/airtable-filters/

### Cursor

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/airtable-filters/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install openai/plugins airtable-filters
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/airtable-filters/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/openai/plugins --path plugins/airtable/skills/airtable-filters
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/airtable-filters/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/openai/plugins/tree/HEAD/plugins/airtable/skills/airtable-filters/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- build structured MCP filter objects for Airtable records
- query Airtable fields using IDs and specialized operators
- combine nested AND and OR logic in a single call

## Example prompts
- Find all records in the Projects table where Status is Approved or priority exceeds 4
- Show Airtable entries containing image attachments and updated this month
- Filter customers with an active subscription and a non-empty phone number

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: airtable-filters
description: Use this skill when the user wants to find, filter, or narrow down Airtable records by field values, even when they don't explicitly say "filter."
license: MIT
metadata:
  version: '1.0.0'
  author: airtable
---

# Airtable MCP Filters

MCP tools that list or display records from tables or interface pages accept an optional `filters` parameter, using the same schema.

When querying records from an interface page, these filters are combined with the page's built-in filters using AND.

## Schema shape

When no top-level `operator` is specified, conditions are combined with AND. The first element in a condition's `operands` array is always a **field ID** — look up the table's schema to find field IDs before filtering.

## Field type categories

-   **Text-like**: singleLineText, multilineText, email, url, phoneNumber, richText, barcode
-   **Numeric**: number, percent, currency, rating, duration, autoNumber, count
-   **Date**: date, dateTime, createdTime, lastModifiedTime
-   **Single select**: singleSelect
-   **Multiple selects**: multipleSelects
-   **Single collaborator**: singleCollaborator
-   **Multiple collaborators**: multipleCollaborators
-   **Linked records**: multipleRecordLinks
-   **Attachment**: multipleAttachments
-   **Checkbox**: checkbox

Computed fields (formula, rollup, lookup) support whichever operators match their result type.

## Comparison operators

| Operator                | Second operand                     | Field categories                                                                                                                   |
| ----------------------- | ---------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `=`                     | string, number, boolean, choice ID | text-like, numeric, date, checkbox, single select, multiple selects, single collaborator, multiple collaborators, linked records   |
| `!=`                    | string, number, choice ID          | text-like, numeric, date, single select, single collaborator                                                                       |
| `<`, `>`, `<=`, `>=`    | number or date value object        | numeric, date                                                                                                                      |
| `contains`              | string                             | text-like, linked records                                                                                                          |
| `doesNotContain`        | string                             | text-like, linked records                                                                                                          |
| `doesNotContain`        | array of IDs                       | multiple selects, multiple collaborators                                                                                           |
| `isEmpty`, `isNotEmpty` | _(none)_                           | text-like, numeric, date, single select, multiple selects, single collaborator, multiple collaborators, linked records, attachment |
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