Hermes and Airtable

Connect Hermes to Airtable

Give your Hermes agent access to Airtable in Melso — 24 tools it can call while it works through a task.

Set it up in Melso

1In Melso, open Settings → Agent Apps and hit Connect on Airtable.
2Finish the OAUTH2 / API_KEY sign-in in the window that opens. Melso stores the connection, not your credentials.
3Open your Hermes agent, go to its Agent Apps tab, and allow Airtable.
4Give the agent a task. It calls Airtable itself when the work needs it.

Get Melso

What you get

What Airtable gives your agent

The tools, permissions, and events Airtable exposes — the same ones your agent can use once the app is authorized.

What you sign in with

Airtable connects with OAUTH2 / API_KEY.

Client id
Client secret

Permissions

data.records:readdata.records:writedata.recordComments:readdata.recordComments:writeschema.bases:readschema.bases:writeuser.email:read

Tools Airtable exposes

AIRTABLE_CREATE_BASE

Create base

Creates a new Airtable base with specified tables and fields within a workspace.

AIRTABLE_CREATE_COMMENT

Create Comment

Tool to create a comment on a specific Airtable record. Use when adding comments to records, mentioning collaborators using @[userId] syntax, or creating threaded comment replies. Supports optional parentCommentId for threaded conversations.

AIRTABLE_CREATE_FIELD

Create Field

Creates a new field within a specified table in an Airtable base.

AIRTABLE_CREATE_MULTIPLE_RECORDS

Create multiple records (Deprecated)

DEPRECATED: Use AIRTABLE_CREATE_RECORDS instead. Creates multiple new records in a specified Airtable table.

AIRTABLE_CREATE_RECORD

Create a record (Deprecated)

DEPRECATED: Use CreateRecords instead. Creates a new record in a specified Airtable table; field values must conform to the table's column types.

AIRTABLE_CREATE_RECORD_FROM_NATURAL_LANGUAGE

Create Record From Natural Language

Creates a new record in an Airtable table from a natural language description. Fetches the table schema, uses an LLM to generate the correct field payload, and creates the record with typecast enabled for automatic type conversion.

AIRTABLE_CREATE_RECORDS

Create records

Tool to create multiple records (up to 10) in a specified Airtable table. Use when you need to add new rows to a table with field values. Rate limit: 5 requests per second per base.

AIRTABLE_CREATE_TABLE

Create table

Creates a new table within a specified existing Airtable base, allowing definition of its name, description, and field structure.

Events your agent can react to

AIRTABLE_BASE_METADATA_CHANGED_TRIGGER

Base Metadata Changed

Triggers when an existing Airtable base changes its name or permission level.

AIRTABLE_BASE_SCHEMA_CHANGED_TRIGGER

Base Schema Changed

Triggers when tables, fields, or views change in an Airtable base.

AIRTABLE_USER_PROFILE_CHANGED_TRIGGER

User Profile Changed

Triggers when the connected Airtable user's profile information changes.

AIRTABLE_VIEW_CREATED_TRIGGER

View Created

Triggers when a new view is created in an Airtable base.

AIRTABLE_VIEW_DELETED_TRIGGER

View Deleted

Triggers when a previously known Airtable view is deleted.

AIRTABLE_VIEW_METADATA_CHANGED_TRIGGER

View Metadata Changed

Triggers when an Airtable view changes its name or type.