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An AI teammate for Airtable.

Connect Airtable and your Cicada agent works in it for you: 17 Airtable actions, from looking things up to making changes. Ask from iMessage, WhatsApp, Slack or the app, and keep it read-only if you only want it to look.

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300 free credits. No card. Read-only if you want.

Things to ask about Airtable
  • Add each new lead from the form to the Airtable base.
  • Which Airtable records are missing a status?
  • Pull the Airtable inventory table into a summary with a chart.
  • Text me when a record in Airtable moves to Urgent.
Text it, Slack it, or type it in the app. Swap in your own details.
What Cicada can do in Airtable

17 Airtable actions, picked for what you ask.

About Airtable: Airtable merges spreadsheet functionality with database power, enabling teams to organize projects, track tasks, and collaborate through customizable views, automation, and integrations for data management

Reads

6 in all · always allowed
  • List bases
    Retrieves all Airtable bases accessible to the authenticated user, which may include an 'offset'…
  • Get Record
    Retrieves a specific record from a table within an Airtable base.
  • List records
    Retrieves records from an Airtable table, with options for filtering, sorting, pagination, and…
  • List Comments
    Retrieves all comments for a specific record in an Airtable table, requiring existing `baseid`,…
  • Get Base Schema
    Retrieves the detailed schema for a specified Airtable base, including its tables, fields, field…
  • Get user information
    Retrieves information, such as id and permission scopes, for the currently authenticated Airtable…

Changes

11 in all · off when Airtable is read-only
  • Create base
    Creates a new Airtable base with specified tables and fields within a workspace;
  • Create Field
    Creates a new field within a specified table in an Airtable base.
  • Create table
    Creates a new table within a specified existing Airtable base, allowing definition of its name,…
  • Delete Record
    Permanently deletes a specific record from an existing table within an existing Airtable base.
  • Update record
    Modifies specified fields of an existing record in an Airtable base and table;
  • Create Comment
    Creates a new comment on a specific record within an Airtable base and table.
  • Delete Comment
    Deletes an existing comment from a specified record in an Airtable table.
  • Create a record
    Creates a new record in a specified Airtable table; field values must conform to the table's column…
  • Create multiple records
    Creates multiple new records in a specified Airtable table.
  • Delete multiple records
    Deletes up to 10 specified records from a table within an Airtable base.
  • Update multiple records
    Updates multiple existing records in a specified Airtable table;

Showing 17 of 17. Your agent can use every one of them; you don't pick them, you ask for the outcome.

How it works

Connected in a minute. In your control after that.

  1. Connect Airtable

    Open Connections, find Airtable and press Connect. You sign in on Airtable's own page; there's nothing to configure.

  2. Choose what it may do

    Full, Ask first or Read-only, for the whole workspace. Share Airtable with the team, or keep it under each person's own login.

  3. Ask from anywhere

    Text your agent on iMessage or WhatsApp, message it in Slack or the app, or put a Airtable job on a schedule: every morning, every Friday.

Works with your other tools

Airtable, together with the rest of your stack.

Ask for an outcome that spans apps and your agent pulls from each one, cross-checks them and sends back one answer.

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Questions

Airtable and Cicada, answered.

Does Cicada integrate with Airtable?

Yes. Airtable is one of the 888 apps with a page here, and it connects with one click. Once it's connected, every agent in your workspace can use it from any channel you talk to them on.

How do I connect Airtable?

Open Connections, find Airtable and press Connect. You sign in on Airtable's own page; there's nothing to configure.

What can Cicada do in Airtable?

17 actions: 6 that read from Airtable and 11 that change things in it, for example list bases, get record, list records. It picks the right ones for what you ask and chains them with your other apps.

Can I stop Cicada changing things in Airtable?

Yes. In Connections, set Airtable to Read-only and no agent in your workspace can create, change or delete anything in it; it can still read. Ask first lets it act but makes it check with you before each change.

Can I ask about Airtable from my phone?

Yes. Text your agent on iMessage or WhatsApp, or message it in Slack or the app. It answers in the same thread, and it can run Airtable jobs on a schedule, like every morning at 8.

Is my Airtable data safe?

Your Airtable login or key is stored on the server and never appears in a conversation. Disconnecting removes it. Every action an agent takes is in your activity log, and your data isn't used to train models.

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