--- title: "Connect Airtable and Instapaper - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New or Updated Record\" fires in Airtable, your agent runs \"Add Page\" in Instapaper." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-instapaper" --- # Connect Airtable and Instapaper When **New or Updated Record** fires in [Airtable](https://apiant.ai/connections/airtable), your agent runs **Add Page** in [Instapaper](https://apiant.ai/connections/instapaper), or **New bookmark** in Instapaper to **Add Comment to Record** in Airtable. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Airtable **2** triggers Airtable **14** actions Instapaper **1** trigger Instapaper **14** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Airtable and Instapaper to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser. ### Set it up in your client ### Claude Code Run this in the directory you want to work in. `claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai` Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens. [Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code) ### Claude, web and desktop Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Cursor Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Zed Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Any other MCP client Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Airtable and Instapaper can do together ### From Airtable to Instapaper - When **New or Updated Record** in Airtable then **Add Page** in Instapaper - When **New Record** in Airtable then **Add folder** in Instapaper ### From Instapaper to Airtable - When **New bookmark** in Instapaper then **Add Comment to Record** in Airtable - When **New bookmark** in Instapaper then **Create or Update Record** in Airtable Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with Airtable and Instapaper ## Triggers and actions 3 triggers · 28 actions - Trigger **New or Updated Record** Triggers when a record is created or updated. - Trigger **New Record** Triggers when a new record is created or new or existing records when first added to a selected view. - Action **Add Comment to Record** Add a comment to an existing record in Airtable. - Action **Create Base** Create a new Airtable base in your workspace. - Action **Create or Update Record** Find and update an existing record, or create a new one. - Action **Create Record** Creates a new record with auto-populating fields. - Action **Create Table** Create a new table in an existing Airtable base. - Action **Delete Record** Delete a record in a table. - Action **Find Record** Find a record in a table. - Action **Find Record by ID** Find a specific record using its unique ID. - Action **Find Table** Find tables by searching for a keyword in table name or description. - Action **Get All Records** List all records from a table with pagination support. - Action **Get Base Schema** Retrieve the complete schema for a base, including all tables and their field definitions. - Action **List bases** Lists every Airtable base the connected account can see. Takes no search criterion. - Action **Update Multiple Records** Update up to 10 records at once in a specific table. - Action **Update Record** Update a record in a specific table. - Trigger **New bookmark** Triggers when a new bookmark is saved to your Instapaper account. - Action **Add folder** Creates a new folder in the user's Instapaper account for organizing bookmarks. - Action **Add highlight** Creates a highlight on an Instapaper bookmark, optionally with a note attached, and returns the new highlight. - Action **Add Page** Saves a web page (or private content) to the user's Instapaper library and returns the saved bookmark. - Action **Add tag** Creates a new tag in the Instapaper account that bookmarks can be labelled with. - Action **Add tags to bookmark** Adds tags to and/or removes tags from an Instapaper bookmark, and returns the bookmark's tags afterwards. Tag names that don't exist yet are created. - Action **Delete bookmark** Permanently deletes a bookmark from the user's Instapaper library. This is not the same as archiving it. - Action **Delete folder** Deletes a folder from the user's Instapaper account. The bookmarks in it are kept and move back to the home list. - Action **List bookmarks** Returns the bookmarks in a user's Instapaper home, archive, liked list, a folder or a tag, optionally only those changed since a given time. - Action **List folders** Returns the folders in the connected Instapaper account. - Action **List highlights** Returns every highlight (and its note) on one Instapaper bookmark. - Action **List tags** Returns the tags in the connected Instapaper account. - Action **Update bookmark** Updates a bookmark's title, description or reading progress. Fields left blank stay unchanged. - Action **Update bookmark folder** Moves a bookmark to the archive, back to the home list, or into one of the user's folders, and returns the moved bookmark. - Action **Update tag** Renames an existing tag in the connected Instapaper account. ## Each app on its own - [ **Airtable** Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone.](https://apiant.ai/connections/airtable) - [ **Instapaper** Instapaper saves web pages to read later on your iPhone, iPad, Android, computer, or Kindle.](https://apiant.ai/connections/instapaper) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Airtable - [ **Airtable to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-hubspot) - [ **Airtable to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-slack) - [ **Airtable to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-google-calendar) - [ **Airtable to Google Drive** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-google-drive) - [ **Airtable to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-shopify) - [ **Airtable to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-quickbooks-online) ## More into Instapaper - [ **HubSpot to Instapaper** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-instapaper) - [ **Google Sheets to Instapaper** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-instapaper) - [ **Gmail to Instapaper** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-instapaper) - [ **Google Calendar to Instapaper** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-instapaper) - [ **Google Drive to Instapaper** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-instapaper) - [ **ActiveCampaign to Instapaper** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-instapaper) Questions ## Airtable and Instapaper, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Airtable? Any of Airtable's 2 triggers in the catalog, including New or Updated Record and New Record. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Instapaper when something happens in Airtable? Any of Instapaper's 14 actions, including Update bookmark, Update bookmark folder, Update tag and Add folder. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Instapaper to Airtable? Yes. When something happens in Instapaper, your agent can act in Airtable too. This page covers both directions: Instapaper's triggers and Airtable's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Airtable or Instapaper? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use Airtable and Instapaper without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.