--- title: "Connect Airtable and Smily - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New or Updated Record\" fires in Airtable, your agent runs \"Add payment\" in Smily." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-smily" --- # Connect Airtable and Smily When **New or Updated Record** fires in [Airtable](https://apiant.ai/connections/airtable), your agent runs **Add payment** in [Smily](https://apiant.ai/connections/smily), or **New And/Or Updated Client** in Smily 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 Smily **4** triggers Smily **19** 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 Smily 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 Smily can do together ### From Airtable to Smily - When **New or Updated Record** in Airtable then **Add payment** in Smily - When **New Record** in Airtable then **Create or Update Client** in Smily ### From Smily to Airtable - When **New And/Or Updated Client** in Smily then **Add Comment to Record** in Airtable - When **New And/Or Updated Payment** in Smily 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 Smily ## Triggers and actions 6 triggers · 33 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 And/Or Updated And/Or Canceled Booking** Trigger when a booking is created and/or updated and/or canceled (with line item support). - Trigger **New And/Or Updated Client** Trigger when a client is created and/or updated (with line item support). - Trigger **New And/Or Updated Payment** Trigger when a payment is created and/or updated. - Trigger **New Inquiry** Trigger when a new inquiry is created. - Action **Add booking** Creates a booking (reservation, tentative hold or unavailable block) on a rental's calendar in Smily. - Action **Add payment** Records a new payment against a booking in Smily. - Action **Add rental** Creates a new rental property in your Smily account. Note that each rental added increases the account's monthly fee. - Action **Create Inquiry** Creates an inquiry for a rental, recording a guest's contact details, requested dates and message. - Action **Create or Update Client** Creates a new Smily client (guest), or updates an existing one when a client ID is given. - Action **Delete booking** Cancels a booking in Smily so it no longer occupies the rental's calendar. - Action **Find Bookings in Date Range** Returns the bookings that overlap a date range, optionally filtered by status, rental or client. - Action **Find Client by Email** Finds Smily clients (guests) whose email address matches the one given, returning the matching client records. - Action **Find Payment** Finds payments by their order ID (one or more, comma-separated). - Action **Get booking** Returns a single booking (reservation) by its ID, including dates, status, guest counts, pricing and linked rental and client. - Action **Get client** Returns a single client (guest) by ID, including their addresses, emails and phone numbers. - Action **Get rental** Returns a single rental (property) by its ID, including its details, pricing, location and related record IDs. - Action **List bookings** Returns the bookings in your Smily account, optionally filtered by dates, status, rental, client or last update time. By default only future, non-canceled bookings are returned. - Action **List clients** Returns the clients (guests) in your Smily account, including their addresses, emails and phone numbers. - Action **List inquiries** Returns the inquiries on your Smily account, including guest contact details, requested dates and party size. - Action **List payments** Returns the payments recorded on your Smily account, optionally filtered by order ID. - Action **List rentals** Returns the rentals (properties) in your Smily account, with their names, locations, capacity and pricing details. - Action **Update Booking** Updates an existing booking (reservation) in Smily — dates, guest counts, prices, deposit, notes, tags and status flags — and returns the updated booking. - Action **Update rental** Updates an existing rental property in Smily. Only the fields you fill in are changed. ## Each app on its own - [ **Airtable** Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone.](https://apiant.ai/connections/airtable) - [ **Smily** Smily, top property management software for Short-Term Rental Managers and Concierges.](https://apiant.ai/connections/smily) 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. 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Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-smily) - [ **Google Sheets to Smily** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-smily) - [ **Gmail to Smily** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-smily) - [ **Google Calendar to Smily** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-smily) Questions ## Airtable and Smily, 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 Smily when something happens in Airtable? Any of Smily's 19 actions, including Create Inquiry, Create or Update Client, Update Booking and Update rental. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Smily to Airtable? Yes. When something happens in Smily, your agent can act in Airtable too. This page covers both directions: Smily's triggers and Airtable's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Airtable or Smily? 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 Smily 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.