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kris_vanhuysteeNew Participant
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New Airtable Course: Automate Slack & Gmail Messages

Hey everyone - my new Airtable course has just launched on Udemy. This is quite a specific niche, so honestly didn’t go into this thinking there would be too much interest; however, this is something I’m truly passionate about and wanted to share this knowledge with the world as I know how life-changing it can be once you’ve set up systems like the one we’re building in this course. Feel free to reach out to me on LinkedIn for more info: https://www.linkedin.com/in/krisvanhuystee/Still sending the same messages every week by hand?This course shows you how to build an internal communications system that writes and sends tailored messages for you—automatically, on schedule, and without the busywork.Using Airtable as your control hub and Slack and Gmail as your delivery engines, you’ll learn how to send dynamic, personalized messages to the right people at the right time—covering everything from onboarding and anniversaries to birthday shoutouts and team updates. No coding background is r

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ShortcutsFan
ShortcutsFanKnown Participant
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Built a Voice-Note-to-Airtable Shortcut That Actually Works

Just upgraded our favorite iOS shortcut and had to share this with you all!Many users have been using this "Save AI Audio Notes to Airtable" shortcut for months, and the new version is more simplified and easy to use. You literally just speak your thoughts, and it automatically transcribes, structures the data with ChatGPT, and saves everything to your Airtable base. What I love most:- Records your voice notes instantly- ChatGPT processes and structures the messy transcript- Saves both the clean data AND original audio file to Airtable- One-time setup, no monthly subscriptions (unlike those $100+/year apps)The setup takes maybe 10 minutes - you copy a sample base, create an access token, and install the shortcut. That's it.You can use it for everything now - grocery lists, meeting notes, random ideas. The fact that it keeps the original audio means I never lose context, and the AI formatting makes everything actually usable.If you're already using Airtable and want to capture thoughts

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xcatenaNew Participant
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AirDiff Schema Tracker [Devtools product for Airtable]

Hi all, I've been building an Airtable product called AirDiff over the last ~6 weeks and wanted to share with ya'll since it might be super useful for you. It's built by an Airtable power-user, for Airtable power-users! The tech stack is Next.JS, Typescript, and Tailwind CSS on the front-end, n8n on the back-end, and PostgreSQL on the database layer.I spent a lot of time on UX, design, and making it intuitive and useful so hopefully its reflected if/when using it. The product is like a mini version of Github and Datadog, but for Airtable. (version control, observability, monitoring, historical tracking, analytics).  You basically add a script to any Airtable base, and it'll track all of your schema changes through time (table creation/deletions, field creations/deletions, changing the condition of a field, the text, the choices, table view changes, etc)Some of the things you can do:Generate a developer style Changelog of all of the schema changes over you did on a base over the last da

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Taha-Jiruwala
Taha-JiruwalaInspiring
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Exporting Comments from Airtable (Small Tool I Built)

Airtable comments are super valuable. They capture quick discussions, context, or decisions that you don’t always want to put directly into fields.But I’ve noticed that when people actually want to review comments, they usually have to open records one by one. That makes it hard to see everything in one place, analyze discussions, or keep a record without a lot of manual work.I know there’s an API that can pull this data, but I ended up creating a small tool for people who aren’t very technical and find APIs difficult to use.The tool lets you filter comments (by table, author, date, or keyword) and export them into something more usable like CSV or JSON.If this fits your use case, you can check it out here: https://viewsandbases.com/comment-exporter

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Mike_AutomaticN
Mike_AutomaticNGenius
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How-to: Parse invoices using Airtable's AI

Hey! Some weeks ago I built a super simple, yet very very powerful automation, for helping a friend parse invoices, and thought it would be helpful for others to post a basic guide (and open the discussion for improvements) here. Proof of Concept: By uploading an Invoice to Airtable. An automation would use AI to extract, Invoice Line Item Descriptions, Quantity and Totals. Then the automation would create the corresponding records with precise information. Therefore my friend can now get all insights from the invoices his company receives (how much they’re spending, what they’re spending on, and a clear picture of overall finances).  Needs:Airtable paid plan for scripting and AI features.  Areas of improvement:Prompt for AI, as well as Json output would need some iterations to allow handling multiple different invoice formats. Prompt for AI should include an example Json. Many others for sure  High-level setup:Invoices Table Invoice Line Items tableAutomation: Triggers when atta

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Florian_Verdon2Inspiring
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Address autocomplete and validation

Hi all 👋🏼Really quick post to showcase a plugin I created on my tool AirPlugins. It lets you autocomplete and prefill an address right from Airtable — even if you only have a vague, messy starting point.Type something like:attorney st 2 (no city, no formatting)…and it instantly turns it into a perfectly formatted address. 👇🏼 Here is how it works step-by-step: (demo video here) You type your “raw” query (like : “attorney st 2”) and press a button (from your grid or interface). A popup opens up with a list of matching addresses (using Google Maps API) You pick the address that matches your query It updates your record (with clean & separate fields : street, number, city, postal, state, latitude, longitude, ...)🌱 Some use-cases that really benefited from this plugin:Real estate (property managers, agents, brokers, ...) Field service technicians (making sure you get the right address) CRMsYou can give it a try for free here : https://airplugins.com/plugins/address_autocompleteFlor

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Alex_Wolfe
Alex_WolfeInspiring
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Free PSN Avatar Codes public interface

Not sure how relevant to this audience this is, or if there are other Playstation <> Airtable nerds out there, but I made a public interface page for collecting and gathering user feedback for free PSN avatar codes that usually are floating out there in the ether. Since it’s gained some traction I figured I’d post here just to share ~ Check it out and submit any avatar codes you find out there, if you’d like! Free PSN Avatar Codes Gallery: https://airtable.com/appAjCCssSxTixJcb/shr82pwqYJCSegpFJ  

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A new extension "Link Record Helper" is now available

Hi Airtable community,My first extention is now available.Link Record Helper - Marketplace - AirtableIt is a simple function to copy and paste multiple selected records into one Link to other table field.Just copy, paste, click, and paste. Simple design, no settings needed.For example by displaying only the primary fields in the Grid View, you can freely select records using check boxes. Also, it is possible to convert a single Link to other table list to multiple records. (To tell the truth, I can't think of a use case for this one)I would be grateful if you could report bugs and reviews.Thanks.

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BaseFoundry
BaseFoundryParticipating Frequently
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Feedback on a new tool for managing multiple Airtable client bases

Hey everyone,I'm a developer exploring a new SaaS tool specifically for agencies and consultants who build on Airtable, and I'd be grateful for your expert feedback.From my research, a recurring pain point seems to be managing multiple client bases at scale. The manual process of updating formulas or adding fields across 15+ duplicated bases sounds like a maintenance nightmare, and Airtable's native sync has its limits.The solution I'm building is a simple utility called BaseFoundry. The concept is a dashboard where you can define a "master" base and then push structural updates (like a new field or a changed formula) to all your client "instances" in one click without us touching any of your unique data.For the agency owners and ultimate users here: Does this solve a real problem for you? Is this a "nice to have," or a "give it to me now" kind of tool? Am I missing a key feature that would make this indispensable? I've put up a one-page site explaining the idea here: https://subsc

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Brandi_Bullock
Brandi_BullockInspiring
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Add " and " to the end of a list of linked fields

Sharing here because obviously the team I’m working for can’t appreciate it as much as you all will!! And the Airtable community is amazing!! Took me a hot minute and it’s a bit convoluted with lots of helper fields (if you have a better/cleaner way, please share!!), but I finally figured out how to get a linked field into a nice list with comma separators and an “and” just before the last item. I use this in a template email. I may do a Loom video if anyone wants it, just let me know in the comments. Requirements: 2 tables linked :slightly_smiling_face: In table 1: First Name Field First Name Length Field - This is essentially a character count of the length of the first names. If your scenario may have more than 99 characters you’ll need to add two zeros in front of the numbers less than 10, and other formulas later may need to change. Thanks to Airtable forum for this formula: IF( LEN( {First Name} )<10, ‘0’ )&LEN( {First Name} ) In Table 2: Linked Records Field Rollup

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Justin_Barrett
Justin_BarrettInspiring
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Set Sequential Event Times

Early this year I wrote a script1 to help a user organize some sequential events, where one event would start when the previous event ended. Rather than continue to post updates to that original thread, I felt it would be best to start a new one. This script lets you go from this: …to this: Change durations and re-run the script to re-calculate the relevant start and end times (no need to clear fields first!) Choose as many fixed start times as you wish, and those times will remain untouched while the others calculate based on the end time of the previous record Tip: use record coloring to mark records with fixed start times, then hide the checkbox field for a cleaner view Download the latest version of the script here: gist.github.com https://gist.github.com/justinsbarrett/2ebae3bd1c0a1e3956bfb3338ac6aeda setSequentialEventTimes-scriptApp.js // Allow user to select the table and view to use, and which fields will be affected const config = input.config(

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Greg_F
Greg_FBrainy
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Practical no-code implementation of Airtable MCP server in combination with Claude

Hello there!There's been a lot of talk about AI agent and MCP servers lately.  I decided to cut through the buzz and figure out what if it can do something useful for my work with Airtable. I decided to spend a weekend researching this and honestly got frustrated with how not user friendly it all was. Make introduced MCP servers - but it was not very useful. Zapier was pretty good, but did not have ability to create tables and fields.There were 2 code projects for Airtable MCP servers (project 1, project 2). I can code but most of my clients or my channel viewers at first mention of installing coding environment locally will just check out. After some more digging I found a way how to set up remote MCP server that can be connected to a chat client (with Claude.ai being the most user friendly now) . This simple proof of concept that you can actually play with right now is here: https://airtable-mcp.business-automated.com/ This is obviously just a proof of concept to let people test thin

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ImperolNew Participant
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Airtable + N8N + AI integration = Blog Generating APP

Recently I tried out a few experiments using AI to do SEO analysis on competitor websites and formulate a strategy that can be used to beat them. This performed really well for most internal SEO teams as they got new and insightful strategies based on current data All you need is a keyword and a backend workflow scraps all the pages ranking for that keyword. The content and site structure is analysed by AI and a strategy on how to go about the strategy is providedThe next step is creating a new blog based on a combination of different strategies from the above steps to generate a unique high-quality blog postIf you would like to test it or have a custom AI integration feel free to PM or email me at zacharia@effibotics.com   

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ImperolNew Participant
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AUTOMATED SEO MANAGER USING AIRTABLE AND N8N

This a product I build on airtable, and automated the backed using n8n to create powerful SEO manager that can automate basically all your SEO tasks from keyword research, competitor research, write AI blogs and publish to wordpress.I liked Airtable as its much easier to use and manage with the free tier, and can be easily automated to create complex systemsYou can access the template here 

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typeflowKnown Participant
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Generate PDF based on Airtable data - Typeflow.us Extension

Hello everyone,I've built a document generation for Airtable, using Google Docs for templating. Today, this product, Typeflow.us, is available as an Airtable extension.Thanks to it, you can bulk generate PDFs directly in Airtable in a few clicks. I built this extension, because many of you struggle to generate PDFs automatically with Airtable Page Designer.It's also possible to generate PDFs using:Airtable Automation our API to generate PDFs with Make / Zapier just to generate PDFs directly with a button in Airtable.We have many features to cover your use case:line items => perfect for invoices, quotes, reports. nested line items => perfect for complex invoices loop table => perfect for Product Catalog Accessing Multi-Level Linked Records effortlessly (stop using hacks / rollup fields) E-Signature (still in beta)And many other features!You can try our product for free (30 docs per month for free):https://typeflow.us/  

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Milan_Automable
Milan_AutomableInspiring
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Automated Invoice Processing System with AI - built with Airtable interfaces!

 I need many subscriptions for my operations, and I need to collect the invoices every monthSo I have accurate reporting, and for my accountant of course.So I built this system to solve my own problem - hope it’s useful to others too! Download link to all material used is in the video description.

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MankoffsteinNew Participant
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Multimodal Airtable Editor Using ChatGPT Actions — No Code, All Conversation

TL;DR:I’m a non-technical cartoonist who built a fully chat-controlled editorial system using Airtable’s API and OpenAI Actions (via ChatGPT Teams). I can manage my entire cartoon workflow—images, captions, submissions, rights, and tagging—just by talking to it. No middleware, no third-party tools. It handles flexible inputs, reads image fields, and edits any table or field naturally. Happy to share details if anyone’s doing something similar.Why I built it:I draw single-panel, black-and-white gag cartoons (like what you’d find in The New Yorker). I needed a way to track and submit work, manage captions, analyze themes, and stay organized across multiple stages of a cartoon’s life. I had no editor or agent—so I built one.What it does:Reads and analyzes cartoon images alongside their captions Tags tone, subjectivity, and humor style Edits any field across multiple linked tables (submissions, rights, cooldowns, etc.) Works from vague or partial prompts like: “Update BalloonBomb’s caption

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Comunicaciones_New Participant
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SEO friendly file name formula

Includes spanish characters. LOWER( SUBSTITUTE( SUBSTITUTE( SUBSTITUTE( SUBSTITUTE( SUBSTITUTE( SUBSTITUTE( SUBSTITUTE( SUBSTITUTE( SUBSTITUTE( SUBSTITUTE( SUBSTITUTE( SUBSTITUTE( SUBSTITUTE( SUBSTITUTE( SUBSTITUTE( SUBSTITUTE( SUBSTITUTE( SUBSTITUTE( SUBSTITUTE( SUBSTITUTE( SUBSTITUTE( SUBSTITUTE( SUBSTITUTE( SUBSTITUTE( SUBSTITUTE( SUBSTITUTE( SUBSTITUTE( SUBSTITUTE( SUBSTITUTE({Título},"¿",""),"?",""), “!”,""), “¡”,""), “-”,""), " “,”"), “(”,""), “)”,""), “á”,“a”), “é”,“e”), “í”,“i”), “ó”,“o”), “ú”,“u”), “ñ”,“n”), “/”,""), “#”,""), “:”,""), “”",""), “””,""), “.”,""), ““”,""), “,”,""), “ª”,""), “º”,""), “Á”,“a”), “É”,“e”), “Í”,“i”), “Ó”,“o”), “Ú”,“u”))

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bustbrainlabsNew Participant
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Anyone building mini apps on top of Airtable?

We’ve been using Airtable as a backend for lightweight apps — like a project dashboard for clients, or a form submission portal that touches multiple tables.Interfaces help a bit, but they don’t quite support login, user-based permissions, or multi-table forms. We ended up building a role-aware portal layer that connects to Airtable and lets users view, edit, or create records based on their role — it’s now ClientlyBase, but it started as a personal workaround. Just curious if others here are building similar “mini apps” on Airtable. What tools are you using — Interfaces, Softr, Glide, or something else?

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W_Vann_HallInspiring
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Conditional Logic-ish Linked Records

TL;DR version: Airtable’s recently added capability to limit linked-record selection to a specific view allows users to incorporate, to a degree, conditional logic. The specifics: ‘Conditional logic’ can mean a lot of things: Any use of an IF() or SWITCH() statement is a form of conditional logic. Here, I’m using it in what’s become an increasingly common manner: to mean the limiting of available options based on an earlier choice. For example, take a look at the following diagram. The user selects one of five categories. Based on that selection, he or she is allowed to choose from a subset of five subcategories, taken from an overall population of 25 subcategories. This conditional restriction of choices not only helps reduce a potentially unwieldy array of options to a smaller, more manageable group, it also helps ensure the subcategory chosen is appropriate given the category already selected. Admittedly, a 25-element list may not present an insurmountable challenge to the user — e

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djseeds
djseedsInspiring
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New BaseQL Features: View Querying and Enhanced Relation Controls

Hey everyone! We recently shipped two features for BaseQL that I’m really excited about.For those that don’t know, BaseQL provides a GraphQL API for Airtable that makes it easier to build custom apps with your Airtable data.These new features came directly from user feedback about workflow pain points.TL;DR: You can now query Airtable views directly and have full control over filtering/sorting related records in a single API call.Querying Airtable ViewsBaseQL now supports querying specific Airtable views using the new _view argument. This feature leverages Airtable’s powerful ability to create custom views with specific sorting, filtering, and grouping configurations.Why this mattersMany BaseQL users were manually implementing sorting through rank columns or creating complex filter combinations to match what they had already configured in Airtable views. Now, you can simply:Configure your data organization visually in Airtable using drag-and-drop Query that exact configuration with a s

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ShortcutsFan
ShortcutsFanKnown Participant
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We're Showcasing Airtable and our App AirKit at Asia's Biggest Apple Expo

Just returned from Asia's largest Apple ecosystem expo where we showcased AirKit for Airtable. What an amazing experience connecting with so many passionate Airtable users across Asia! The energy was incredible as visitors from China, Korea and beyond stopped by our booth. We were genuinely surprised by how many people are using Airtable for everything from personal projects to enterprise solutions.  Many users shared their frustrations with the slowness and navigation complexity. It was validating to demonstrate how our AirKit app solves these exact pain points by enabling quick record additions and table access through Siri commands and Spotlight search. The conversations were enlightening - we learned so much about how people are using Airtable in different contexts and cultures. Several visitors even showed us their unique Airtable setups! I've created this vlog to share highlights from our experience. If you're an Airtable user struggling with the mobile experience, check out our

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TheTimeSavingCo
TheTimeSavingCoBrainy
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Bigger editable modal for multiline/rich text fields in Airtable!

Long text preview too small?  Not anymore!This script lets you resize the modal and set your own default width / height.  To use it, you’ll need to use Tampermonkey (https://www.tampermonkey.net/) Happy to fix any bugs or issues, please let me know about them and I’ll do what I can! Inspired by this post here:  // ==UserScript==// @name Resizable Airtable Multiline/RichText Modal// @namespace adam@thetimesaving.company// @version 0.1// @description Make multiline/richText modals resizable with default size// @match *://*.airtable.com/*// @grant none// ==/UserScript==(function () { 'use strict'; // === config === const DEFAULT_WIDTH = '500px'; const DEFAULT_HEIGHT = '500px'; const MAX_TEXTBOX_HEIGHT = '80vh'; const css = ` .cell.expanded.shadow-elevation-high[data-columntype="multilineText"] .contentEditableTextbox, .cell.expanded.shadow-elevation-high[data-columntype="richText"] .contentEditableTextbox { height: 100% !important; max-

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joseph_appsmith
joseph_appsmithNew Participant
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Address Validation Script using Radar.com API

Hey everyone, I just started learning Airtable scripts and I wanted to share my first project. This script uses the free Radar.com API to lookup a valid address from a partial address string, and saves the first matching result back to the table with individual fields for each component of the address.  Just add the Script extension and paste in this script, then fill out the settings pane with your API and field names.  FeaturesSkips rows that already have a complete addressCaches results while looping over the table, then performs a bulk update to increase performanceSplits bulk update into batches of 50 to avoid issues on large datasetAPI error handlingHere's the script:let cfg = input.config({ title: 'Radar.com API Address Validation', description: 'Validates addresses using Radar.com API. Requires an API Key from Radar.com.', items: [ input.config.text('radarApiKey', { label: 'Radar.com API Key' }), input.config.table('selectedTable', { label: 'Table to use', descri

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chrisbyrne
chrisbyrneParticipating Frequently
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chatGPT for Airtable automation.

Using chatGPT in an Airtable automation. In my use case, the automation triggers on when an Airtable record matches conditions,then follows with 2 actions, run script and update record. Adjust the first part of the promptwith your own use case. Tip: Use chatGPT to help you write a prompt for chatGPT (!) let inputConfig = input.config(); text = `${inputConfig.text}`; var key = "openai-api-key"; var url = "https://api.openai.com/v1/completions"; prompt = "Reword this text to grade 9 reading level: " + text; var gpt = { model : "text-davinci-003", prompt : prompt, temperature : 0, max_tokens : 1024 }; response = await fetch(url, { method: 'POST', body: JSON.stringify(gpt), headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + key, } }); answer= await response.json(); data=answer.choices[0].text; output.set('your-airtable-field',data); 

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