Integration
Connect Shade and Airtable
When Asset Updated fires in Shade, your agent runs Add Comment to Record in Airtable, or New or Updated Record in Airtable to Copy a File in Shade. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.
What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.
Build solutions, not workarounds.
What do you want Shade and Airtable to do together?
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Connect your AI client
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https://mcp.apiant.aiOne 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.aiStart Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.
Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)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)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)Zed
Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)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)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)Example flows
What Shade and Airtable can do together
From Shade to Airtable
When Asset Updated in Shade
then Add Comment to Record in Airtable
From Airtable to Shade
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 Shade and Airtable
Triggers and actions 9 triggers ยท 21 actions
- Asset Updated
Triggers when an asset in the Shade drive and folder you select is added or changed.
- New Asset
Triggers when a new asset appears in the Shade drive and folder you select.
- New Collection
Triggers when a new collection is created in the Shade drive you select.
- New Drive
Triggers when a new drive is created in the Shade workspace you select.
- New Public Share Link
Triggers when a new public share link is created in the Shade drive you select.
- New Transcription
Triggers when an asset in the Shade drive and folder you select finishes transcription.
- Public Share Link Updated
Triggers when a public share link in the Shade drive you select is created or changed.
- Copy a File
Copies a file or folder to another location within the same Shade drive.
- Create Folder
Creates a folder at the path you supply in a Shade drive.
- Find an Asset
Returns the assets in a Shade drive that match the text you search for, optionally narrowed by precision filters.
- Get Public Links for a File or Folder
Returns the public share links that exist for a file or folder in a Shade drive.
- Search Asset Chunks
Search a Shade drive and get back matching assets together with the specific chunks (subclips, document passages, image regions) that matched, with a relevance floor you control per media type.
- Search for an Asset by Description
Searches a Shade drive with a plain-language description and returns the assets that match, using Shade's AI index.
- Share File or Folder
Shares a file or folder in a Shade drive with the people you list, at the role you choose. Each person is emailed an invitation.
- New or Updated Record
Triggers when a record is created or updated.
- New Record
Triggers when a new record is created or new or existing records when first added to a selected view.
- Add Comment to Record
Add a comment to an existing record in Airtable.
- Create Base
Create a new Airtable base in your workspace.
- Create or Update Record
Find and update an existing record, or create a new one.
- Create Record
Creates a new record with auto-populating fields.
- Create Table
Create a new table in an existing Airtable base.
- Delete Record
Delete a record in a table.
- Find Record
Find a record in a table.
- Find Record by ID
Find a specific record using its unique ID.
- Find Table
Find tables by searching for a keyword in table name or description.
- Get All Records
List all records from a table with pagination support.
- Get Base Schema
Retrieve the complete schema for a base, including all tables and their field definitions.
- List bases
Lists every Airtable base the connected account can see. Takes no search criterion.
- Update Multiple Records
Update up to 10 records at once in a specific table.
- Update Record
Update a record in a specific table.
No trigger or action matches that. Ask your agent to add it: it reads the API documentation and builds what you describe.
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Questions
Shade and Airtable, answered
What can start an automation from Shade?
Any of Shade's 7 triggers in the catalog, including Asset Updated, New Asset, New Collection and New Drive. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.
What can your agent do in Airtable when something happens in Shade?
Any of Airtable's 14 actions, including Create Base, Create or Update Record, Create Record and Create Table. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Airtable to Shade?
Yes. When something happens in Airtable, your agent can act in Shade too. This page covers both directions: Airtable's triggers and Shade's actions are listed here as well.
Do I have to build a connector for Shade or Airtable?
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 Shade and Airtable 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.