> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://nango.dev/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Airtable (MCP)

> Connect AI tools to Airtable via the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to manage bases, records, and schemas

## 🚀 Quickstart

Connect to the Airtable MCP server with Nango and call MCP tools in minutes. Airtable MCP uses OAuth 2.0 with **dynamic client registration**, so no app registration is required.

<Steps>
  <Step id="create-integration" title="Create the integration">
    In Nango ([free signup](https://app.nango.dev)), go to [Integrations](https://app.nango.dev/dev/integrations) → *Configure New Integration* → *Airtable (MCP)*.
  </Step>

  <Step id="authorize-airtable" title="Authorize Airtable">
    Go to [Connections](https://app.nango.dev/dev/connections) → *Add Test Connection* → *Authorize*, then log in to your Airtable account and choose which bases and workspaces to connect. Later, you'll let your users do the same directly from your app.
  </Step>

  <Step id="call-airtable-mcp" title="Call the Airtable MCP API">
    Make your first MCP request (initialize handshake). Replace the placeholders below with your [API key](https://app.nango.dev/dev/environment-settings), [integration ID](https://app.nango.dev/dev/integrations), and [connection ID](https://app.nango.dev/dev/connections):

    <Tabs>
      <Tab title="cURL">
        ```bash theme={null}
        curl "https://api.nango.dev/proxy/mcp" \
          -X POST \
          -H "Authorization: Bearer <NANGO-API-KEY>" \
          -H "Provider-Config-Key: <INTEGRATION-ID>" \
          -H "Connection-Id: <CONNECTION-ID>" \
          -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
          -d '{
            "jsonrpc": "2.0",
            "id": 1,
            "method": "initialize",
            "params": {
                "protocolVersion": "2024-11-05",
                "capabilities": {},
                "clientInfo": {
                    "name": "nango-client",
                    "version": "1.0.0"
                }
            }
        }'
        ```
      </Tab>

      <Tab title="Node">
        Install Nango's backend SDK with `npm i @nangohq/node`. Then run:

        ```typescript theme={null}
        import { Nango } from '@nangohq/node';

        const nango = new Nango({ apiKey: '<NANGO-API-KEY>' });

        const res = await nango.post({
            endpoint: '/mcp',
            providerConfigKey: '<INTEGRATION-ID>',
            connectionId: '<CONNECTION-ID>',
            body: {
                jsonrpc: '2.0',
                id: 1,
                method: 'initialize',
                params: {
                    protocolVersion: '2024-11-05',
                    capabilities: {},
                    clientInfo: {
                        name: 'nango-client',
                        version: '1.0.0'
                    }
                }
            }
        });

        console.log(res.data);
        ```
      </Tab>
    </Tabs>

    ✅ You're connected! Check the [Logs](https://app.nango.dev/dev/logs) tab in Nango to inspect requests.
  </Step>

  <Step id="implement-nango" title="Implement Nango in your app">
    Follow our [Auth implementation guide](/docs/guides/auth/auth-guide) to integrate Nango in your app.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## 📚 Airtable (MCP) guides

Nango uses **dynamic client registration** with Airtable's MCP OAuth server. You do not need to register an MCP application — just create the integration in Nango and authorize with your Airtable account. During authorization, your users choose which bases, apps, and workspaces to grant access to, and the MCP server respects their existing Airtable permissions (e.g. read-only access stays read-only).

Official resources: [Airtable MCP server overview](https://airtable.com/developers/agents/mcp/getting-started)

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