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Connect Airtable to VS Code

Give VS Code governed access to Airtable’s 46 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.

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Set up

Add Airtable to VS Code in four steps

Admins approve the server once. Everyone in VS Code then gets it through the same governed connection.

  1. 1

    Approve Airtable in Runlayer

    Add Airtable from the catalog and choose who can use it and which of its tools are allowed.

  2. 2

    Connect VS Code to Runlayer

    Runlayer’s CLI installs the Runlayer Plugin natively in VS Code; users can also add it over MCP. With direct tool listing turned on for your deployment, Airtable’s 46 tools show up in VS Code’s own tool list (VS Code 1.103 or newer).

    VS Code setup guide
  3. 3

    Sign in to Airtable

    Each user signs in to Airtable with OAuth. Runlayer keeps the tokens out of the client’s configuration.

  4. 4

    Use Airtable from VS Code

    Airtable’s approved tools appear in VS Code. Every call is checked against policy and recorded.

Tools

46 Airtable tools in VS Code

Runlayer policy decides which of these VS Code users can call. 6 read data only and 1 can change or delete data.

  • Analyze table

    Run statistical operations (count, sum, average, min, max, etc.) on an Airtable table, optionally grouped by columns and filtered.

  • Create automation

    Creates and validates one automation in a base: a trigger plus ordered nodes — action nodes, repeatingGroup (run inner nodes once per item), and conditionalGroup (if/else-if/else branches).

  • Create base

    Creates a new Airtable base with the specified tables and fields.

  • Create field

    Creates a new field in an existing Airtable table.

  • Create interface

    Creates a new interface within a base.

  • Create page

    Creates a new page.

  • Create record comment

    Creates a comment on a specific Airtable record.

  • Create records for table

    Creates new records in an Airtable table.

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Control

What Runlayer can see and stop in VS Code

Some controls apply to every client at the gateway. Others depend on what VS Code exposes to Runlayer.

  • Gateway policy (available)

    Every Airtable call from VS Code passes through Runlayer, where your policies can allow, alert, mask, or block it.

  • Audit trail (available)

    Each call is recorded with the user, VS Code as the client, the tool, and the policy and scanner decisions.

  • Client hooks (available)

    Capture supported prompts, reasoning, local and MCP tool calls, responses, and scanner decisions in real time.

  • Stop a call before it runs (available)

    Runlayer can deny a tool call before VS Code runs it.

  • Block output after it runs (available)

    Runlayer can block a tool’s output before VS Code’s model sees it.

  • Redact output in place (available)

    Runlayer can mask sensitive parts of a tool’s output in VS Code and pass the rest through.

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