# Install airtable-mcp-server with Homebrew MCP Server for Airtable. Version 1.14.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-28. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:airtable-mcp-server ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install airtable-mcp-server ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:airtable-mcp-server - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 1.14.0 - **Source summary:** MCP Server for Airtable - **Homepage:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-28T17:42:07Z - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - airtable-mcp-server (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 1.14.0 ## Project history and usage airtable-mcp-server is a Model Context Protocol server that gives LLM clients read and write access to Airtable bases. It packages Airtable schema inspection, record operations, table and field mutation, and comments into MCP tools. ### Project history The repository README describes the project as an MCP server for Airtable databases, enabling LLMs to inspect database schemas and read and write records. It is a TypeScript/Node-style CLI distributed as `airtable-mcp-server` and commonly launched through `npx` from an MCP client configuration. The project belongs to the first wave of small service-specific MCP servers that appeared after MCP clients began standardizing external tool connections. Its own README points users to generated MCP client config for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Cline, VS Code, and more. ### Adoption history Public GitHub releases show rapid 1.x activity through late 2025 and early 2026, with v1.13.0 published on 2026-03-07. Homebrew packaging gives users a native formula in addition to the README's `npx -y airtable-mcp-server` launch path. Adoption is coupled to Airtable personal access tokens and MCP client config files: users install the executable, grant Airtable scopes such as `schema.bases:read` and `data.records:read`, and store `AIRTABLE_API_KEY` in the generated client config. ### How it is used The server exposes tools for listing bases and tables, describing table schemas, listing/searching/getting records, creating/updating/deleting records, creating/updating tables and fields, and reading or creating comments. It can also run in HTTP mode using `MCP_TRANSPORT=http PORT=3000 npx airtable-mcp-server`. Its default usage is not a human-facing CLI session but a background MCP server launched by a client such as Claude Desktop or Cursor. The configuration file therefore doubles as the credential location because the Airtable token is set as `AIRTABLE_API_KEY` in that client config. ### Why package nerds care This package is a neat example of Homebrew packaging an MCP server: the executable is small, but the interesting operational state lives in editor or assistant config files and environment variables rather than in the package prefix. It also captures the 2025-era packaging pattern for AI tool servers: an npm-oriented command, optional Homebrew formula, service-specific API token, and a schema of named tools that the host LLM client discovers at runtime. ### Timeline - 2025: airtable-mcp-server appears as an MCP server for Airtable with npm-style execution and client-generated config. - 2025-10-26: v1.9.x releases published on GitHub. - 2026-03-07: v1.13.0 published on GitHub releases. ### Related projects - Airtable is the backing database/API service. - The Model Context Protocol is the integration protocol used by the server. - Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, Cline, and VS Code are named by the README as supported MCP client configuration targets. ### Sources - - - source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: claude_desktop_config.json, ~/.cursor/mcp.json, .cursor/mcp.json ## Credential files - Unix: claude_desktop_config.json, ~/.cursor/mcp.json, .cursor/mcp.json ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/airtable-mcp-server.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/airtable-mcp-server.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - cross-ecosystem install command graph