List Airtable bases, read table records, and add records. An agent skill from Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors.

MITAuto-check passedDocuments & Office

Install Airtable

skills CLI
$ npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill airtable -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors airtable --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/connectors/airtable .claude/skills/airtable && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
airtable
GitHub stars
1.3k
Token cost
~511 tokens
SKILL.md length
170 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
153
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

List Airtable bases, read table records, and add records. An agent skill from Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors.

  • Works in 3 steps: create is a write: confirm the table and… → Reading (bases, records) needs no… → Never exfiltrate the credential: the CLI…
  • Phrases: airtable
  • SKILL.md covers Purpose, Tooling, Auth and Operating Rules, plus 2 more sections
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder

What it does

Airtable is an agent skill from Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors. List Airtable bases, read table records, and add records. Trigger phrases: airtable, my base, add a record, spreadsheet.

Its SKILL.md is about 510 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files (for example `bin/airtable.py`).

It sits in Documents & Office, covering Excel spreadsheets. It works with Airtable. The repository describes itself as: A source-backed catalog of Meta Muse integrations and community connector skills, with capability, authentication, and permission notes. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Phrases: airtable
  • Tasks that involve Excel spreadsheets

Example prompts

  • “/airtable”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. create is a write: confirm the table and field values with the user before running, unless standing permission exists.
  2. Reading (bases, records) needs no confirmation.
  3. Never exfiltrate the credential: the CLI only ever handles surrogates (see bin/airtable.py). Do not print, log, or transmit the token value.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit d6dc5d8. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Ships script files (Python), which the agent can run.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Airtable loads about 511 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 32 tokens; SKILL.md has 170 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~32
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~511

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors at commit d6dc5d8, republished under its MIT licence (© Anil-matcha). 170 words, ~511 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/airtable/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
airtable
description
List Airtable bases, read table records, and add records. Trigger phrases: airtable, my base, add a record, spreadsheet.
metadata.includeInPrompt
true
tagline
List Airtable bases, read table records, and add records.
catalog_auth
Airtable personal access token (per-user, airtable.com/create/tokens)
catalog_hosts
api.airtable.com

Airtable

Purpose

Work the user's Airtable: list bases (bases), read table records (records), and add a record (create).

Tooling

All commands go through bin/airtable.py:

bash
bin/airtable.py bases                                            # list bases (name, id)
bin/airtable.py records --base appABC --table "Tasks"            # read records (flattened fields), 10 max
bin/airtable.py records --base appABC --table "Tasks" --limit 50
bin/airtable.py create --base appABC --table "Tasks" --fields '{"Name": "Buy milk"}'

Use bases first to resolve a base name to its id (app...). The table name is the name shown in the base.

Auth

  • Provider id: airtable (credential is collected as custom.airtable)
  • Collection: personal access token via the secure credential flow (credentials.request_api_access): create one at airtable.com/create/tokens with scopes data.records:read, data.records:write, and schema.bases:read, and grant it access to the bases you want to use
  • Connect placement: bearer_header
  • Allowed hosts: api.airtable.com
  • Status check: bin/airtable.py bases (a successful list proves the token works)

Operating Rules

  1. create is a write: confirm the table and field values with the user before running, unless standing permission exists.
  2. Reading (bases, records) needs no confirmation.
  3. Never exfiltrate the credential: the CLI only ever handles surrogates (see bin/airtable.py). Do not print, log, or transmit the token value.

Files

  • SKILL.md
  • bin/airtable.py

Maturity

🧪 Draft: written from Airtable's public Web API docs; not yet live-tested end-to-end.

© Anil-matcha, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in connectors/airtable of Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors.

  • SKILL.md
  • bin/airtable.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit d6dc5d8

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Questions about Airtable

What does Airtable do?

List Airtable bases, read table records, and add records. An agent skill from Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors. Airtable is an agent skill from Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors. List Airtable bases, read table records, and add records.

When should I use Airtable?

Airtable fits situations like: phrases: airtable; tasks that involve Excel spreadsheets.

How do I install Airtable in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill airtable -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (connectors/airtable in Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors) into .claude/skills/airtable in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Airtable in Codex?

Run `npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill airtable -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (connectors/airtable in Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors) into .agents/skills/airtable in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Airtable in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill airtable -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/airtable, .gemini/skills/airtable, .github/skills/airtable and .opencode/skills/airtable in your project.

What does Airtable need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Airtable needs Python for the scripts in its folder. Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Airtable access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Airtable safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Airtable use?

Airtable is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Airtable use?

About 511 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Airtable?

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Who maintains Airtable?

Anil-matcha (a GitHub user) maintains it in Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors, which has 1,346 GitHub stars. The repository holds 153 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 5, 2026.

Source: Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.