Agent skill

Airtable Automation

by claude-office-skills in claude-office-skills/skills

Airtable database automation - views, automations, integrations, and workflow triggers

MITAuto-check passedProductivity & Automation

Install Airtable Automation

skills CLI
$ npx skills add claude-office-skills/skills --skill airtable-automation -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install claude-office-skills/skills airtable-automation --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/claude-office-skills/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/airtable-automation .claude/skills/airtable-automation && 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-automation
GitHub stars
505
Token cost
~2.7k tokens
SKILL.md length
123 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
12
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Airtable database automation - views, automations, integrations, and workflow triggers

  • Tasks that involve Workflow automation
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, Database Design, Automations and Formula Reference, plus 3 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Airtable Automation is an agent skill from claude-office-skills/skills. Airtable database automation - views, automations, integrations, and workflow triggers

Its SKILL.md is about 2.7k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Productivity & Automation, covering Workflow automation. It works with Airtable and n8n. The repository describes itself as: A curated collection of practical Claude Skills for real-world office tasks. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Workflow automation

Example prompts

  • “/airtable-automation”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9c4c7d5. 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

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are yaml and markdown).

    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 Automation loads about 2.7k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 27 tokens; SKILL.md has 123 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~27
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2.7k

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 claude-office-skills/skills at commit 9c4c7d5, republished under its MIT licence (© claude-office-skills). 123 words, ~2,679 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/airtable-automation/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
airtable-automation
description
Airtable database automation - views, automations, integrations, and workflow triggers
version
1.0.0
author
claude-office-skills
license
MIT
category
productivity
tags
airtable, automation, database, workflow, n8n
department
Operations
models.recommended
claude-sonnet-4
mcp.server
airtable-mcp
mcp.tools
airtable_create_record, airtable_update_record, airtable_query
capabilities
database_automation, view_creation, integration_workflows, formula_design, reporting

Airtable Automation

Automate Airtable bases with views, automations, integrations, and cross-platform workflows. Based on n8n's Airtable integration templates.

Overview

This skill covers:

  • Database design and views
  • Built-in automations
  • n8n integration workflows
  • Formula and rollup design
  • Reporting and dashboards

Database Design

Base Structure Template
yaml
base: "Project Management"

tables:
  Projects:
    fields:
      - Name: single_line_text (primary)
      - Status: single_select [Planning, Active, On Hold, Complete]
      - Priority: single_select [P0, P1, P2, P3]
      - Owner: collaborator
      - Start Date: date
      - Due Date: date
      - Budget: currency
      - Tasks: link_to_records (Tasks)
      - Progress: rollup (Tasks.Status, COUNTIF(Done)/COUNT)
      - Days Remaining: formula (DATETIME_DIFF(Due Date, TODAY(), 'days'))
      
  Tasks:
    fields:
      - Task Name: single_line_text (primary)
      - Project: link_to_records (Projects)
      - Status: single_select [To Do, In Progress, Review, Done]
      - Assignee: collaborator
      - Due Date: date
      - Hours Estimated: number
      - Hours Actual: number
      - Attachments: attachment
      
  Team:
    fields:
      - Name: single_line_text (primary)
      - Email: email
      - Role: single_select [PM, Developer, Designer, QA]
      - Current Projects: link_to_records (Projects)
      - Capacity: number (hours/week)
      - Utilization: rollup (calculate from Tasks)
Views Configuration
yaml
views:
  Projects:
    - Grid: All Projects
        fields: [Name, Status, Owner, Due Date, Progress]
        sort: Due Date (ascending)
        
    - Kanban: By Status
        group_by: Status
        card_fields: [Name, Owner, Due Date]
        
    - Calendar: Timeline
        date_field: Due Date
        
    - Gallery: Project Cards
        cover: Attachments
        
  Tasks:
    - Grid: My Tasks
        filter: Assignee = {Current User}
        sort: Due Date
        
    - Kanban: Sprint Board
        group_by: Status
        
    - Calendar: Task Calendar
        date_field: Due Date

Automations

Built-in Airtable Automations
yaml
automation_1:
  name: "New Task Notification"
  trigger:
    when: record_created
    table: Tasks
  actions:
    - send_slack:
        channel: "#project-updates"
        message: |
          📋 New task created!
          Task: {Task Name}
          Project: {Project}
          Assignee: {Assignee}
          Due: {Due Date}

automation_2:
  name: "Overdue Task Alert"
  trigger:
    when: record_matches_conditions
    table: Tasks
    conditions:
      - Status: not "Done"
      - Due Date: before today
  actions:
    - send_email:
        to: "{Assignee.email}"
        subject: "⚠️ Overdue Task: {Task Name}"
        body: "Your task '{Task Name}' was due on {Due Date}."
    - update_record:
        field: Status
        value: "Overdue"

automation_3:
  name: "Project Complete"
  trigger:
    when: record_updated
    table: Projects
    field: Progress
    condition: equals 100%
  actions:
    - update_record:
        field: Status
        value: "Complete"
    - send_slack:
        channel: "#wins"
        message: "🎉 Project '{Name}' completed!"
n8n Integration Workflows
yaml
workflow: "Form to Airtable to CRM"

trigger: typeform_submission

steps:
  1. create_airtable_record:
      base: "Leads"
      table: "Contacts"
      fields:
        Name: "{form.name}"
        Email: "{form.email}"
        Company: "{form.company}"
        Source: "Website Form"
        Created: "{timestamp}"
        
  2. enrich_data:
      clearbit: lookup_email
      update_record:
        Company Size: "{clearbit.company_size}"
        Industry: "{clearbit.industry}"
        
  3. sync_to_hubspot:
      create_contact:
        email: "{email}"
        properties: from_airtable
        
  4. notify_sales:
      slack:
        channel: "#new-leads"
        message: "New lead: {Name} from {Company}"

Formula Reference

Common Formulas
yaml
formulas:
  days_until_due:
    formula: "DATETIME_DIFF({Due Date}, TODAY(), 'days')"
    output: number
    
  is_overdue:
    formula: "IF(AND({Status}!='Done', {Due Date}<TODAY()), 'Yes', 'No')"
    output: text
    
  full_name:
    formula: "CONCATENATE({First Name}, ' ', {Last Name})"
    output: text
    
  progress_bar:
    formula: |
      REPT('▓', ROUND({Progress}/10, 0)) & 
      REPT('░', 10-ROUND({Progress}/10, 0)) & 
      ' ' & ROUND({Progress}, 0) & '%'
    output: text (visual progress)
    
  status_emoji:
    formula: |
      SWITCH({Status},
        'To Do', '⬜',
        'In Progress', '🔵',
        'Review', '🟡',
        'Done', '✅',
        '❓'
      )
    output: text
    
  workdays_remaining:
    formula: "WORKDAY_DIFF(TODAY(), {Due Date})"
    output: number
    
  quarter:
    formula: |
      'Q' & CEILING(MONTH({Date})/3) & ' ' & YEAR({Date})
    output: text
Rollup Examples
yaml
rollups:
  task_count:
    linked_field: Tasks
    aggregation: COUNT(values)
    
  total_hours:
    linked_field: Tasks
    rollup_field: Hours Estimated
    aggregation: SUM(values)
    
  completion_rate:
    linked_field: Tasks
    rollup_field: Status
    aggregation: |
      COUNTALL(IF(values='Done', 1)) / COUNT(values) * 100
      
  average_rating:
    linked_field: Reviews
    rollup_field: Rating
    aggregation: AVERAGE(values)

Integration Patterns

Airtable + Slack
yaml
slack_integration:
  new_record_notification:
    trigger: record_created
    action: post_to_channel
    template: |
      *New {Table} Record*
      {Field1}: {value1}
      {Field2}: {value2}
      <{record_url}|View in Airtable>
      
  daily_digest:
    schedule: "9am weekdays"
    query: records_due_today
    action: post_summary
    
  slash_command:
    command: /airtable-add
    action: create_record_from_slack
Airtable + Calendar
yaml
calendar_sync:
  airtable_to_google:
    trigger: record_with_date_created
    action: create_calendar_event
    mapping:
      title: "{Name}"
      start: "{Date}"
      description: "{Notes}"
      
  google_to_airtable:
    trigger: calendar_event_created
    action: create_airtable_record
    mapping:
      Name: "{event.title}"
      Date: "{event.start}"
      Type: "Meeting"
Airtable + Zapier/n8n
yaml
multi_step_workflow:
  name: "Lead Processing Pipeline"
  
  trigger:
    platform: airtable
    event: new_record
    table: Raw Leads
    
  steps:
    - enrich:
        service: clearbit
        input: email
        output: company_data
        
    - score:
        service: ai_scoring
        criteria: [company_size, industry, title]
        output: lead_score
        
    - route:
        condition: lead_score
        high: assign_to_sales
        medium: add_to_nurture
        low: mark_as_cold
        
    - update_airtable:
        table: Qualified Leads
        fields: [enriched_data, score, assignment]
        
    - notify:
        if: high_score
        slack: dm_sales_rep

Reporting Templates

Weekly Status Report
yaml
report_automation:
  schedule: "Friday 5pm"
  
  queries:
    completed_this_week:
      table: Tasks
      filter: 
        - Status: Done
        - Completed Date: this_week
        
    in_progress:
      table: Tasks
      filter:
        - Status: In Progress
        
    overdue:
      table: Tasks
      filter:
        - Status: not Done
        - Due Date: before today
        
  output:
    format: markdown
    destination: [slack, email]
    template: |
      # Weekly Status Report - {week}
      
      ## Completed ({completed_count})
      {completed_list}
      
      ## In Progress ({in_progress_count})
      {in_progress_list}
      
      ## Overdue ({overdue_count}) ⚠️
      {overdue_list}
      
      ## Metrics
      - Completion rate: {rate}%
      - On-time delivery: {on_time}%
Dashboard View
yaml
dashboard:
  name: "Project Dashboard"
  
  widgets:
    - summary_bar:
        metrics:
          - Total Projects: COUNT(Projects)
          - Active: COUNT(Status='Active')
          - At Risk: COUNT(Days Remaining < 7)
          
    - progress_chart:
        type: bar
        data: Projects grouped by Status
        
    - upcoming_deadlines:
        type: list
        query: Projects where Due Date in next 14 days
        sort: Due Date ascending
        limit: 10
        
    - team_utilization:
        type: horizontal_bar
        data: Team members by task count

Output Example

Request: "Design an Airtable base for content marketing"

Output:

markdown
# Content Marketing Base

## Tables

### 1. Content Calendar
| Field | Type | Purpose |
|-------|------|---------|
| Title | Text | Content title |
| Status | Select | Idea → Draft → Review → Published |
| Type | Select | Blog, Video, Social, Email |
| Author | Collaborator | Assigned writer |
| Publish Date | Date | Target publish date |
| Platform | Multi-select | Blog, LinkedIn, Twitter |
| Keywords | Multi-select | SEO keywords |
| Performance | Link | → Analytics |

### 2. Analytics
| Field | Type | Purpose |
|-------|------|---------|
| Content | Link | → Content Calendar |
| Views | Number | Page views |
| Engagement | Number | Likes + comments |
| Conversions | Number | CTAs clicked |
| Date | Date | Measurement date |

## Automations

**1. New Content Idea**

Trigger: Record created Action: Slack to #content-ideas


**2. Ready for Review**

Trigger: Status → Review Action: Email editor + set due date


**3. Published**

Trigger: Status → Published Action:

  • Post to social scheduler
  • Add analytics tracking row
  • Celebrate in Slack 🎉

## Views
- 📅 Calendar View (by Publish Date)
- 📊 Kanban (by Status)
- 👤 My Content (filtered by Author)
- 📈 Performance Dashboard

Airtable Automation Skill - Part of Claude Office Skills

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

Files

Just SKILL.md in airtable-automation of claude-office-skills/skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9c4c7d5

Compare with similar skills

Airtable Automation next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

Airtable Automation compared with similar skills
SkillStarsUsed inTokensAuto-checkLicenceRepo updated
Airtable Automation this skillclaude-office-skills/skills505—~2.7kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
N8n Docs Assistantn8n-io/n8n207k—~550Automated safety check: PassCustom licence
Planningn8n-io/n8n207k—~2.5kAutomated safety check: PassCustom licence
Suggest Automationsn8n-io/n8n207k—~2kAutomated safety check: PassCustom licence
N8n Add Workflowkhanhduyvt0101/workflows110—~1.3kAutomated safety check: PassNone
Intent Recognitionn8n-io/n8n207k—~7.1kAutomated safety check: PassCustom licence

Similar skills

  • Official

    Answers n8n product, setup, credential, node, hosting, API, and usage questions from current n8n docs.

    207k GitHub stars~550 tokensUpdated today
    Productivity & AutomationAuto-check passed
  • Planning

    n8n-io/n8n

    Official

    ONLY for coordinated multi-artifact work: multiple workflows with dependencies, shared data-table schema/migration across tasks, or the user explicitly asked to review a plan first.

    207k GitHub stars~2.5k tokensUpdated today
    Productivity & AutomationAuto-check passed
  • Official

    Offer the three most common automations for a user as a single-choice card, from your own knowledge of their team and their apps, then build the one they choose once they confirm, or offer more.

    207k GitHub stars~2k tokensUpdated today
    Productivity & AutomationAuto-check passed
  • N8n Add Workflow

    khanhduyvt0101/workflows

    Add a new n8n workflow template to the repository. An agent skill from khanhduyvt0101/workflows.

    110 GitHub stars~1.3k tokensUpdated 5 mo ago
    Productivity & AutomationAuto-check passed
  • Official

    Classifies automation requests using two decisions: anchor (which primitive owns the top-level control flow — workflow-anchored, agent-anchored, needs-clarification, or out-of-scope) and embedsother…

    207k GitHub stars~7.1k tokensUpdated today
    Productivity & AutomationAuto-check passed
  • Official

    Load when the request depends on what is already on this instance rather than on what the user just typed: a short or ambiguous opener ("fix it", "carry on", "what should I look at"), a reference to…

    207k GitHub stars~1.4k tokensUpdated today
    Productivity & AutomationAuto-check passed

More from claude-office-skills/skills

All 12 skills in this repo
  • Academic Search

    claude-office-skills/skills

    Search and analyze academic literature. An agent skill from claude-office-skills/skills.

    505 GitHub stars~2.2k tokensUpdated 8 mo ago
    Auto-check passed
  • Ads Copywriter

    claude-office-skills/skills

    Multi-platform ad copy generation for Google Ads, Meta/Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn with A/B testing variants

    505 GitHub stars~2.1k tokensUpdated 8 mo ago
    Auto-check passed
  • AI Agent Builder

    claude-office-skills/skills

    Build AI agents with tools, memory, and multi-step reasoning - ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini integration patterns

    505 GitHub stars~3.1k tokensUpdated 8 mo ago
    Auto-check passed
  • AI Slides

    claude-office-skills/skills

    Generate complete presentations with AI - from outline to polished slides

    505 GitHub stars~1.4k tokensUpdated 8 mo ago
    Auto-check passed
  • Batch Convert

    claude-office-skills/skills

    Batch convert documents between multiple formats using a unified pipeline

    505 GitHub stars~3.8k tokensUpdated 8 mo ago
    Auto-check passed
  • Batch Processor

    claude-office-skills/skills

    Process multiple documents in bulk with parallel execution. An agent skill from claude-office-skills/skills.

    505 GitHub stars~1.1k tokensUpdated 8 mo ago
    Auto-check passed

Works with

Questions about Airtable Automation

What does Airtable Automation do?

Airtable database automation - views, automations, integrations, and workflow triggers. Airtable Automation is an agent skill from claude-office-skills/skills.

When should I use Airtable Automation?

Airtable Automation fits situations like: tasks that involve Workflow automation.

How do I install Airtable Automation in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Airtable Automation in Codex?

Run `npx skills add claude-office-skills/skills --skill airtable-automation -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (airtable-automation in claude-office-skills/skills) into .agents/skills/airtable-automation in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Airtable Automation 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 claude-office-skills/skills --skill airtable-automation -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-automation, .gemini/skills/airtable-automation, .github/skills/airtable-automation and .opencode/skills/airtable-automation in your project.

What does Airtable Automation need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Airtable Automation is instructions for the agent only.

Does Airtable Automation 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 Automation 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 Automation use?

Airtable Automation is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Airtable Automation use?

About 2.7k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 11k 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 Automation?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Airtable Automation: N8n Docs Assistant (n8n-io/n8n, 207k stars), Planning (n8n-io/n8n, 207k stars), Suggest Automations (n8n-io/n8n, 207k stars) and N8n Add Workflow (khanhduyvt0101/workflows, 110 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Airtable Automation?

claude-office-skills (a GitHub organization) maintains it in claude-office-skills/skills, which has 505 GitHub stars. The repository holds 12 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on January 31, 2026.

Source: claude-office-skills/skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.