--- title: "Connect Airtable to scale up - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New or Updated Record\" fires in Airtable, your agent runs \"Set Metric Value by Name\" in scale up." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-scale-up" --- # Connect Airtable to scale up When **New or Updated Record** fires in [Airtable](https://apiant.ai/connections/airtable), your agent runs **Set Metric Value by Name** in [scale up](https://apiant.ai/connections/scale-up). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Airtable **2** triggers Airtable **14** actions scale up **3** 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 scale up 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 can start in scale up - When **New or Updated Record** in Airtable then **Set Metric Value by Name** in scale up - When **New Record** in Airtable then **Set Metric Value From Dropdown** in scale up 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 scale up ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 17 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. - Action **Get Metric** Returns a metric (KPI) with its current value, unit, interval and scope. - Action **Set Metric Value by Name** Sets a new value on a Scale Up metric (KPI), found by its name or title. - Action **Set Metric Value From Dropdown** Sets a new value on a metric you choose from a list of your scale up metrics. ## Each app on its own - [ **Airtable** Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone.](https://apiant.ai/connections/airtable) - [ **scale up** The scale up app is a tool that enables entrepreneurs to learn the scale up framework and to implement it...](https://apiant.ai/connections/scale-up) 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 scale up - [ **HubSpot to scale up** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-scale-up) - [ **Salesforce to scale up** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-scale-up) - [ **Slack to scale up** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-scale-up) - [ **Google Sheets to scale up** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-scale-up) - [ **Gmail to scale up** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-scale-up) - [ **Google Calendar to scale up** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-scale-up) Questions ## Airtable and scale up, 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 scale up when something happens in Airtable? Any of scale up's 3 actions, including Get Metric, Set Metric Value by Name and Set Metric Value From Dropdown. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from scale up to Airtable? scale up has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Airtable. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads scale up's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Airtable or scale up? 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 scale up 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.