# airtable

This skill connects Claude Code to Airtable through the Membrane CLI, letting an agent find and manage records or call the Airtable API proxy.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 374 installs · ★ 270
- Author: membrane
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/membranedev/application-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/airtable/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-04-28
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/membrane-airtable

## What it does

The skill lets an agent work with Airtable bases: it can inspect schemas, find records, and create, update, or delete them. It first searches for an action suited to the current connection, then runs that action with the required parameters. For tasks without a matching action, requests can go through Membrane’s Airtable API proxy.

You need network access and a Membrane account; the free tier works. Install the CLI with `npm install -g @membranehq/cli@latest`, then sign in using `membrane login`. The user confirms the Airtable connection in a browser. Requests to a base depend on an active connection.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add membranedev/application-skills --skill airtable -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add membranedev/application-skills --skill airtable -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install membranedev/application-skills airtable
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add membranedev/application-skills --skill airtable -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/membranedev/application-skills --path skills/airtable
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add membranedev/application-skills --skill airtable -a opencode
```

### 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/membranedev/application-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/airtable/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- find table records using filters and sorting
- inspect an Airtable base schema and its tables
- create or update table records
- delete records by their IDs
- send Airtable API requests through the Membrane proxy

## Example prompts
- Find Airtable tasks marked In Progress and sort them by due date.
- Show me the Airtable base schema and list its tables.
- Create an Airtable record called Prepare release.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: airtable
description: |
  Airtable integration. Manage project management data, records, and workflows. Use when the user wants to interact with Airtable data.
compatibility: Requires network access and a valid Membrane account (Free tier supported).
license: MIT
homepage: https://getmembrane.com
repository: https://github.com/membranedev/application-skills
metadata:
  author: membrane
  version: "1.0"
  categories: "Project Management"
---

# Airtable

Airtable is a low-code platform for building collaborative databases and applications. It's used by a wide range of professionals, from project managers to marketers, to organize data and automate workflows. Think of it as a spreadsheet on steroids, with relational database capabilities.

Official docs: https://airtable.com/developers/web/api/introduction

## Airtable Overview

- **Base**
  - **Table**
    - **Record**
      - **Attachment**
- **View**

When to use which actions: Use action names and parameters as needed.

## Working with Airtable

This skill uses the Membrane CLI to interact with Airtable. Membrane handles authentication and credentials refresh automatically — so you can focus on the integration logic rather than auth plumbing.

### Install the CLI

Install the Membrane CLI so you can run `membrane` from the terminal:

```bash
npm install -g @membranehq/cli@latest
```

### Authentication

```bash
membrane login --tenant --clientName=<agentType>
```

This will either open a browser for authentication or print an authorization URL to the console, depending on whether interactive mode is available.

**Headless environments:** The command will print an authorization URL. Ask the user to open it in a browser. When they see a code after completing login, finish with:

```bash
membrane login complete <code>
```

Add `--json` to any command for machine-readable JSON output.

**Agent Types** : claude, openclaw, codex, warp, windsurf, etc. Those will be used to adjust tooling to be used best with your harness

### Connecting to Airtable

Use `membrane connection ensure` to find or create a connection by app URL or domain:

```bash
membrane connection ensure "https://www.airtable.com/" --json
```
The user completes authentication in the browser. The output contains the new connection id.

This is the fastest way to get a connection. The URL is normalized to a domain and matched against known apps. If no app is found, one is created and a connector is built automatically.

If the returned connection has `state: "READY"`, skip to **Step 2**.

#### 1b. Wait for the connection to be ready

If the connection is in `BUILDING` state, poll until it's ready:

```bash
npx @membranehq/cli connection get <id> --wait --json
```

The `--wait` flag long-polls (up to `--timeout` seconds, default 30) until the state changes. Keep polling until `state` is no longer `BUILDING`.

The resulting state tells you what to do next:

- **`READY`** — connection is fully set up. Skip to **Step 2**.
- **`CLIENT_ACTION_REQUIRED`** — the user or agent needs to do something. The `clientAction` object describes the required action:
  - `clientAction.type` — the kind of action needed:
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