# Install airtable-mcp-server with Homebrew MCP Server for Airtable. Version 1.13.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## 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 - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.13.0 - **Source summary:** MCP Server for Airtable - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - airtable-mcp-server (cli) - airtable-mcp-server (alias) ## Dependencies - node ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.13.0 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/domdomegg/airtable-mcp-server - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## 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 ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** airtable-mcp-server - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [MCP tool packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/mcp-tools/) - Mentions MCP or Model Context Protocol. - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [node](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/node/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [slack-mcp-server](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/slack-mcp-server/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, mcp, server. - [chrome-devtools-mcp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/chrome-devtools-mcp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, mcp. - [mcp-get](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mcp-get/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, mcp. - [mcp-inspector](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mcp-inspector/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, mcp. - [mcp-publisher](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mcp-publisher/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, mcp. - [mcp-remote](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mcp-remote/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, mcp. - [mcphost](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mcphost/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, mcp. - [mcpm](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mcpm/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, mcp. - [hf-mcp-server](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hf-mcp-server/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, mcp, node. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/airtable-mcp-server.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/airtable-mcp-server.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - cross-ecosystem install command graph