Airtable
productivity 25 tools availableAirtable merges spreadsheet functionality with database power, enabling teams to organize projects, track tasks, and collaborate through customizable views, automation, and integrations for data management
About this integration
Connect Airtable to Definable to capture notes by voice or chat, roll up daily activity, retrieve anything by description. Personas call Airtable's 25 tools (and react to 6 triggers) directly from chat or scheduled flows. Wire it to your assistant — capture, organise, and recall through one conversation.
Connect Airtable to Definable and it becomes a set of typed tools your agents plan with — triggered by events, run on schedules, or invoked mid-conversation. Every write is checked by the verifier before it lands.
Airtable · in workflows
What teams actually run.
Three patterns teams run with Airtable on day one. Each one is a plain-English prompt — no canvas, no glue code — and you can remix them into anything.
Daily roll-up
Smart retrieval
25 tools available
The Airtable toolbox.
Every Airtable capability your agents can call, each with a typed schema the planner reads. The router picks the right tool per step; the verifier checks the result.
Create base Creates a new Airtable base with specified tables and fields within a workspace.
Create Comment Tool to create a comment on a specific Airtable record. Use when adding comments to records, mentioning collaborators using @[userId] syntax, or creating threaded comment replies. Supports optional parentCommentId for threaded conversations.
Create Field Creates a new field within a specified table in an Airtable base.
Create multiple records (Deprecated) DEPRECATED: Use AIRTABLE_CREATE_RECORDS instead. Creates multiple new records in a specified Airtable table.
Create a record (Deprecated) DEPRECATED: Use CreateRecords instead. Creates a new record in a specified Airtable table; field values must conform to the table's column types.
Create Record From Natural Language Creates a new record in an Airtable table from a natural language description. Fetches the table schema, uses an LLM to generate the correct field payload, and creates the record with typecast enabled for automatic type conversion.
Create records Tool to create multiple records (up to 10) in a specified Airtable table. Use when you need to add new rows to a table with field values. Rate limit: 5 requests per second per base.
Create table Creates a new table within a specified existing Airtable base, allowing definition of its name, description, and field structure.
Delete Comment Tool to delete a comment from a record in an Airtable table. Use when you need to remove an existing comment. Non-admin users can only delete their own comments; Enterprise Admins can delete any comment.
Delete multiple records Tool to delete up to 10 specified records from a table within an Airtable base. Use when you need to remove multiple records in a single operation.
Delete Record Permanently deletes a specific record from an existing table within an existing Airtable base.
Get Base Schema Retrieves the detailed schema for a specified Airtable base, including its tables, fields, field types, and configurations, using the `baseId`.
Get Record Retrieves a specific record from an Airtable table by its record ID. Requires a known, valid record ID obtained from listing records or another API call - this tool cannot search or list records. Use the list records tool to find record IDs. Empty field values are not returned in the response.
Get user information Retrieves information, such as ID and permission scopes, for the currently authenticated Airtable user from the `/meta/whoami` endpoint.
List bases Retrieves all Airtable bases accessible to the authenticated user, which may include an 'offset' for pagination.
List Comments Tool to list comments on a specific Airtable record. Use when retrieving comments for a record, with optional pagination support for large comment threads.
List records Tool to list records from an Airtable table with filtering, sorting, and pagination. Use when you need to retrieve multiple records from a table with optional query parameters.
Update Comment Tool to update an existing comment on a specific Airtable record. Use when modifying comment text or updating user mentions using @[userId] syntax. API users can only update comments they have created.
Update Field Updates a field's name or description in an Airtable table. Use this action to modify field metadata without changing the field's type or options. At least one of 'name' or 'description' must be provided.
Update multiple records Tool to update up to 10 records in an Airtable table with selective field modifications. Use when you need to modify multiple existing records or perform upsert operations. Updates are not performed atomically.
Update multiple records (PUT) Tool to destructively update multiple records in Airtable using PUT, clearing unspecified fields. Use when you need to fully replace record data or perform upsert operations. Supports up to 10 records per request.
Update record Modifies specified fields of an existing record in an Airtable base and table; the base, table, and record must exist.
Update record (PUT) Updates an existing record in an Airtable base using PUT method. Use when you want to replace all field values, clearing any unspecified fields. For partial updates that preserve unspecified fields, use the PATCH-based update action instead.
Update Table Updates the name, description, and/or date dependency settings of a table in Airtable. Use this action to modify table metadata without changing the table's fields or views. At least one of 'name', 'description', or 'dateDependencySettings' must be provided.
Upload attachment Uploads a file attachment to a specified field in an Airtable record. Use when you need to add a file to an attachment field. The file must be provided as a base64-encoded string.
See it run
One prompt, start to finish.
A real prompt, the Airtable tools it calls, and what comes back. This is the whole interface — describe the outcome, agents handle the rest.
Run a real Airtable task end-to-end — plan it, execute across the API, and hand back a verified result.
airtable.create_base Creates a new Airtable base with specified tables and fields within a workspace. airtable.create_comment Tool to create a comment on a specific Airtable record. Use when adding comments to record airtable.create_field Creates a new field within a specified table in an Airtable base. · verified Done. Airtable responded across 3 calls, the verifier signed off, and the result is logged with every payload.
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FAQ · Airtable
Questions, answered.
What teams ask before connecting Airtable.
01 What can I automate with Airtable on Definable?
Anything Airtable exposes through its API. Common productivity workflows on Definable include capture notes by voice or chat, roll up daily activity, retrieve anything by description. Personas can call any of the 25 Airtable tools directly, or react to its 6 triggers, then chain the result into another integration without you writing code.
02 How does Airtable authentication work?
Airtable uses OAUTH2, API_KEY on Definable. You connect once from the integrations page, scoped to the permissions you choose, and from then on any persona that has the integration enabled can act on your behalf. Tokens are encrypted at rest and rotated automatically.
03 Is the Airtable integration included in my Definable plan?
Yes — every Definable plan, including Starter, includes access to all 25 Airtable tools. You only need a separate Airtable subscription if Airtable itself charges per seat or per API call.
04 Is using Airtable through Definable secure?
Every call from a persona to Airtable is logged with the user, persona, prompt, and response. Tokens never leave Definable's secrets vault, scopes are configurable per persona, and you can revoke access at any time from the integration page.
05 How do I get started with Airtable on Definable?
Sign up for Definable, open the integrations page, find Airtable, and connect via OAuth or API key. You can immediately attach Airtable to any persona and start running workflows. The free Starter plan includes 5,000 credits/month.
06 What Airtable actions does Definable expose?
Definable exposes all 25 Airtable actions as callable tools — including `Create base`, `Create Comment`, `Create Field`, plus 22 more. Each tool gets a typed parameter schema so personas know exactly how to call it.
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