Airtable Release Notes

Welcome to the May 2026 edition of The Airtable Effect —a monthly roundup of what’s new, what’s inspiring, and what’s possible with Airtable. Whether you're an everyday builder, a certified pro, or just getting started, this newsletter is for you.

In each rendition of the newsletter, we’ll bring you:

• New product and program launches and updates
• The latest educational content from Airtable Academy
• Highlights from the Airtable Community
• Upcoming events you won’t want to miss

You can find The Airtable Effect every month:

• In your inbox (are you opted into marketing emails?)
• On LinkedIn (make sure to subscribe to this newsletter!)
• In the Airtable Community (check the Onboarding Resources section)

Let’s take a look back at what happened in Airtable last month.

🛠️ Build with Us at #BOSTechWeek

Boston builders, this one's for you. Airtable is hosting a hands-on AI Hackathon as part of Boston Tech Week, and we'd love for you to join.

Spend the afternoon with fellow builders, operators, and founders prototyping AI-powered workflows in Airtable. Teams will design solutions that automate decisions, streamline operations, and power new workflows across product, marketing, operations, and startups, then demo what they built to the group.

Whether you're an operator scaling internal tools, a founder building your stack from scratch, or an Airtable enthusiast looking to level up your AI skills, you'll leave with new ideas, practical applications, and fresh connections across the builder community.

📍 Part of #BOSTechWeek
Register here →

🎨 AI-Generated Custom Elements: Now GA for Everyone

After a year in AI Labs, custom interface elements are generally available across every Airtable plan.

Describe what you need in plain language and Omni builds a fully custom element tailored to your workflow, with no templates or coding required. Since the beta, we've shipped multi-table support, version history, and the ability to revert and undo changes directly in Omni.

A few elements builders are already shipping:

• 🧱 3D asset review with annotated feedback
• 🎨 Interactive whiteboards connected to your base
• 🕸️ Network graphs that map record relationships
• 🌳 Dynamic, clickable org charts

Want full control? Edit the generated source in your browser, download it, or build from scratch with the Interface Extensions SDK (Teams, Business, and Enterprise Scale). Bonus: creating or updating AI-generated elements doesn't use AI credits.
Read the full announcement →

🤖 Claude is where you think. Airtable is where you execute.

Connect Airtable to Claude and turn AI conversations into real projects, structured data, and automated workflows your team can build on.

Connect Airtable to Claude and turn AI conversations into real projects, structured data, and automated workflows your team can build on. With Airtable MCP, you're up and running in two clicks: no API keys, no configuration files.

Over 1,000 Community members joined our live walkthrough to see exactly how Claude and Airtable work together.
Catch the recording →

Try any of the Claude prompts below to read, write, and analyze your Airtable bases:

• Identify which tasks in my project tracker are slipping
• Summarize what my team shipped this month
• Audit my base and suggest 5 improvements

No API keys. No configuration files.
Connect to Claude and go →

🤖 Change Makers: Transforming Customer Feedback Management With Stefanie Lukner

Change Makers is our recurring series highlighting customer stories and builders making an incredible impact with Airtable.
This month's Change Maker is Dr. Stefanie Lukner, Global Head of Digital Products at Waterdrop, who replaced a broken Google Sheets workflow with a dedicated Airtable app that manages every negative NPS response end-to-end.

Before Airtable, Waterdrop's detractor management ran on fragile spreadsheets with broken formulas, no permission controls, and inconsistent handling across markets. Stefanie's team built an Airtable app that automates the full workflow using AI in three key ways:

• Survey submissions sync automatically into the base, with AI translating free-text feedback into English
• AI-driven categorization maps every comment to a primary complaint driver and attributes feedback to the right product using order data
• Cases route to Customer Success for structured follow-up, eliminating manual tracking entirely

The results: ~6 hours saved every week, every negative response captured and handled consistently in a single workflow, and clearer visibility into root causes for both Customer Success and Product teams. The full post also includes the exact AI prompt her team uses for issue categorization, ready to copy into your own apps.
Read the full Change Maker spotlight →

📅 Community Event Calendar

We’re always planning an exciting calendar of live events, user group hangouts, and office hours. Here’s what’s coming up:

May 7 | From Intake to Invoice: How One Audio Team Runs Everything in Airtable
Virtual · 11:00 am PT · We're pulling back the curtain on how one builder manages her entire audio engineering team inside Airtable.
Register →

May 8 | Claude + Airtable for Marketing
Virtual · 12:00 pm PT · Curious about Claude + Airtable for marketing? In this session, we'll cover it live.
Register →

May 12 | Airspace LA
In-person · Los Angeles, CA · 8:00 am PT · Airtable's biggest customer event of the year. Keynote, Buildathon, breakouts, and 300+ builders.
Request your spot →

May 12 | Introducing Claude Connector for Airtable
Virtual · 10:00 am BST (EMEA) · Alex McDonnell (Director, Product Marketing) and Emily Houlihan (Product Manager) demo how to connect Claude and Airtable to turn ideas into execution.
Register →

May 14 | The Art of the Ask: Airtable, Claude, & Prompting that Actually Works
Virtual · 11:00 am PST · This session breaks down what’s actually working when it comes to prompting agents to run your workflows.
Register →

May 28 | Build with Airtable AI: Workflow Hackathon #BOSTechWeek
In-person · 1:00 pm EST · Join other Builders and founders using Airtable for an interactive Airtable AI Hackathon, where participants will design and prototype AI-powered workflows in Airtable.
Register →

May 28 | Product Operations Summit Amsterdam
In-person · Amsterdam, NL · 8:00 am CEST · Exclusive CPO network covering the biggest challenges in scaling strategy, aligning teams, and driving AI-era innovation.
Register →

June 2 | Build Agent-first Companies with Airtable #NYTechWeek
In-person · NYC · 3:00 - 6:00 pm EST · Join Airtable for a fireside chat and agent building challenge!
You'll get hands on with Hyperagent, Airtable's platform for building and deploying fleets of agents.
Register →

June 4 | Airtable BuilderBase Chicago
In-person · Chicago, IL · 2:30 pm CT · Join us in Chicago to learn how to streamline your workflows through AI-powered operations.
Register →

View all upcoming events →

🧑‍🏫 Academy Updates

AI is essential for interface users and builders alike, so it should live where you're already learning.

This past month, we wove AI directly into our two core role-based learning paths, Introduction to Airtable and Builder Essentials, instead of keeping it siloed in standalone courses. You'll now find Field Agents, AI in automations, and AI elements in interfaces as native parts of the curriculum you're already taking.

🆕 New Launches

Using AI in Automations: A new lesson in the Introduction to Airtable Automation course showing how to add AI-powered steps to your automations — generate text, categorise records, and route workflows using AI actions.
Explore the course →

AI in Airtable: A new lesson providing a bird's-eye view of AI features across the platform — from Field Agents to automations — giving builders a foundation for working with AI in Airtable.
Explore the course →

What are Field Agents: A new lesson introducing Field Agents — AI-powered fields that watch for changes and automatically generate summaries, categories, and extracted data right in your records.
Explore the course →

AI Elements in Interfaces: A new lesson covering how AI capabilities show up in Airtable's interface designer — helping builders understand where to surface AI-generated content in their apps.
Explore the course →

AI at Work: A Beginner’s Guide: A new course introducing the mindset, vocabulary, and a concrete first step to start building real AI skills at work.
Explore the course →

Orchestrating Agent Teams: A new course showing how to design, deploy, and manage custom agent teams — helping builders achieve their organizational goals.
Explore the course →

🔁 Content Updates

The Agentic Deep Dive has been become the Field Agent Deep Dive. We’ve renamed this learning path and the courses within to make it easier for users to navigate courses by field agent capability and get their AI use-cases unlocked faster.
Explore the Academy →

🚀 Product Launch Recap

Catch up on the latest features that launched this month—built to save you time, streamline workflows, and unlock new use cases.

✅ Custom Elements with Omni
Omni now generates fully custom interface elements from a plain-language prompt, so your team can build exactly the visualization or interaction your workflow needs. Go beyond standard Airtable components to create tailored experiences like 3D asset viewers, network graphs, org charts, and interactive whiteboards.
Use cases:

• Operations teams build custom warehouse layout views to track inventory placement in real time
• Marketing teams visualize campaign performance with branded dashboards tailored to each channel
• HR teams create interactive org charts that update automatically as headcount and reporting lines change

✅ Claude MCP Connector
Connect Airtable to Claude and ask about your data in plain language without leaving the conversation. Claude searches your bases, looks up records, browses your interfaces, and helps you take action on what it finds, bringing your operational data directly into the AI tools your team already uses.
Use cases:

• Customer success managers pull account health details and draft renewal outreach in a single Claude thread
• Product teams query roadmap bases to summarize shipped features for stakeholder updates
• Finance teams ask Claude to surface budget line items and flag variances against quarterly targets

✅ Admin Panel UX Improvements
The admin panel got a major refresh focused on speed and ease of navigation, including resizable sidesheets, paginated browsing, faster cached data on the Users page, and immediate search availability during load. A new Library section groups Managed Apps, Components, Data Sets, and HyperDB together, making it faster for admins to govern large workspaces.
Use cases:

• IT admins search and filter thousands of users while data loads in the background
• Workspace owners audit Managed Apps and Components from a single Library view during quarterly access reviews
• Security teams paginate through user lists and export filtered results for compliance reporting

✅ Skills for Airtable MCP
Skills give your AI agent the context it needs to work more accurately with Airtable. The airtable-overview skill teaches your agent how bases, tables, and fields relate, while the airtable-filters skill sharpens record retrieval so queries return the right results more reliably.
Use cases:

• Operations teams deploy agents that pull accurate cross-table reports without manual prompt engineering
• Customer success agents retrieve filtered account records to answer support questions in seconds
• Product teams power internal copilots that reason over complex base structures with fewer errors

View “What’s new in Airtable” →

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Hi everyone, I'm Akshar Patel (AP), a Product Manager here at Airtable. As we close out Q1, I wanted to share a few quality of life improvements we've been working on. These are the kinds of updates that make your Airtable experience meaningfully better every day.

Comment Resolution & File Attachments

Earlier this quarter we launched the ability to resolve comments and attach files to comments on records. Now, we're bringing those same capabilities to our proofing viewer (attachments set to “versions” mode). If your team reviews creative assets in Airtable, you can now resolve comments and attach files directly within the attachment viewer keeping all your feedback organized and actionable right where the review happens.

Date Dependencies Auto-Calculate Start Date

For my fellow date dependency fans, we've updated the date calculation logic for Fixed dependency mode to auto-calculate the Start Date of a record when its predecessor is selected. As soon as a predecessor is linked to a record the start date will be calculated as the next valid day. No more manually setting start dates every time you link a predecessor. We also added the ability to set a default value on Duration fields, which means end dates can now be auto-calculated as well when a predecessor is added.

Grid View in Dashboards

You can now add a grid view directly into Interface dashboard layouts, right alongside your charts, timelines, kanban boards, and other elements. This is especially helpful when you need to freeze columns on super wide grid elements.

Prevent Inline Select Option Creation

Builders can now prevent end users from adding new options to single and multi select fields inline on List and Grid interface pages. This gives you more control over your data and your carefully curated dropdown options stay exactly the way you set them up.

Reorder Linked Records Without Enabling Link/Unlink

We've added a new setting to Linked Records (in Card style) that lets end users reorder records without needing link/unlink to be turned on. Previously, the only way to allow users to reorder Linked Records was to also enable link/unlink. Now builders can separate those permissions and give users the flexibility to rearrange without the risk of accidentally unlinking records.

Linked Records with Conditions Work in Pre-fill Form Links

Prefilled form links now support Linked Record fields that have selection conditions set. If you've been using selection conditions to control which records can be linked, those same conditions will now be respected when a form is opened via a pre-fill link.

We're going to keep releasing quality of life improvements throughout the year. If there's something that's been bugging you, drop it in the comments.

Thanks for being part of this community!

~AP

AP@Airtable

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Welcome to the April 2026 edition of The Airtable Effect

Welcome to the April 2026 edition of The Airtable Effect —a monthly roundup of what’s new, what’s inspiring, and what’s possible with Airtable. Whether you're an everyday builder, a certified pro, or just getting started, this newsletter is for you.

In each rendition of the newsletter, we’ll bring you:

• New product and program launches and updates
• The latest educational content from Airtable Academy
• Highlights from the Airtable Community
• Upcoming events you won’t want to miss

You can find The Airtable Effect every month:

• In your inbox (are you opted into marketing emails?)
• On LinkedIn (make sure to subscribe to this newsletter!)
• In the Airtable Community (check the Onboarding Resources section)

Let’s take a look back at what happened in Airtable last month.

🤖 Airtable is live in the Claude Connector directory

Connect Airtable to Claude and turn AI conversations into real projects, structured data, and automated workflows your team can build on.

With Airtable MCP, you’re up and running with a connection to Claude in just two clicks: no API keys and no configuration required.

With a connection to Claude, you can ask questions, create and update records, and analyze your data—all through conversation. Use the data in Airtable as input to the work you're doing in Claude, like:

• Content strategy: Claude runs deep research on your niche, then suggests fresh content ideas. Airtable brings each piece to life with interactive pages and infographics.
• Competitive analysis: Claude scans for intel from web and internal sources. Trusted competitive resources stay fresh in Airtable, complete with custom visuals.
• Campaign readiness: Claude reads your Airtable campaign tracker, traces blocking chains, checks team availability via Google Calendar, and writes a readiness report.
• Product feedback analysis: Airtable captures rich customer feedback including images and unstructured text. Claude finds the signal and delivers beautiful reports.

Connect to Claude (+ get started) here →

🥇 The first ever Airtable BUILDATHON $50K grand prize winner has been crowned

Last month, hundreds of Airtable builders descended on HALO 28 in New York City for the first-ever Airtable Buildathon, a one-day, high-energy competition where 300+ builders solved real business problems with AI and competed for over $100K in prizes.

The energy was electric. Tables of strangers became teammates. Builders swapped ideas, pressure-tested workflows, and showed in real time that there are no limits to what you can create with Airtable AI. WWE-style championship belts were awarded to bounty winners. Golden tickets were found under chairs. And the AirCoin swag shop was a hit.

🥇 Meet the Builder Who Took Home the $50,000 Grand Prize: Zach Nagin

Zach built an end-to-end creative agency system that wowed our judges, leveraging Airtable AI across field agents, automations, image generation, Omni, and custom interfaces, all in one seamless workflow. The build was so compelling that several internal Airtable teams have already started adapting it into their own workflows.

Huge congrats to all of our bounty winners too — shout out to ​@matthewsk, ​@nas, ​@dnn31, ​@zfried, and Zach Nagin!

See the full Buildathon recap →

🌴 Request your seat at Airspace LA

Mark your calendars — Airspace LA is coming on May 12! 🎉

Airspace LA is a one-day, immersive event for anyone building the future of work with Airtable and AI. Whether you've been shipping agentic workflows since day one or you're just starting to explore what's possible, this is the room you want to be in.

The day features an executive keynotes, live product showcases, ample networking opportunities with other leaders and Airtable builders, and two afternoon tracks to chose from:

• 🛠️ Track 1: Buildathon: Three hours of heads-down build time. Create an end-to-end agentic workflow, compete against fellow builders, and ship something real. Prizes and swag on the line.
• 🎤 Track 2: Customer Studio: Hear from customers leading AI adoption. Deep-dive into real use cases and ask Airtable experts anything.
• ⚡ Closing Keynote, Awards & Happy Hour: Leave with a fresh blueprint for how humans and agents work together

Spots are limited, so make sure to request yours →

🛠️ Change Makers: Streamlining Capital Calls Processing With Sonia Alonso

Change Makers is our recurring series highlighting customer stories and builders making an incredible impact with Airtable.

This month's Change Maker is Sonia Alonso (@Sonia_AV), Investment Operations & Compliance Manager, who used Airtable AI to transform her team's Capital Call process from a 2–3 day manual workflow into same-day execution with full compliance audit trails.

Before Airtable, Sonia's team managed Capital Calls through email chains and manual tracking — creating missed notifications, delayed approvals, and compliance risks at every stage. She built an integrated Capital Call management system in Airtable that leverages AI in two powerful ways:

• Field Agents automatically extract 10 critical data points from uploaded Capital Call PDFs, eliminating 15–20 minutes of manual data entry per call and boosting accuracy
• AI-powered formula fields intelligently generate record IDs, assign the correct CFO based on legal entity, and create dynamic interface URLs for stakeholders

The results speak for themselves: payment processing time dropped from 2–3 working days to same-day, with over 90% of requests handled within one hour. The system now provides centralized notifications, robust audit trails meeting SOX compliance standards, and a single source of truth for all requests.

Check out her app →

🤖 Q2 Airtable MVP Applications Are Open

The Airtable MVP Program recognizes and rewards our most advanced, expert builders and passionate advocates. If you're an advanced Airtable builder, a vocal advocate, or a community leader who loves helping others level up… we want to hear from you!

Apply by April 30th, to join our next cohort of builders shaping how the Airtable community grows and thrives.

MVPs gain exclusive benefits designed to recognize their contributions, enhance their expertise, and support long-term success, including:

• Early visibility and access to new features
• Private AMAs with Airtable leadership
• Free Airtable AI credit packs
• A private MVP space in the Community
• Recognition across Airtable events (and invites to attend and/or speak)
• Exclusive advocacy missions
• Exclusive MVP swag
• And more!

Learn more and apply here →

📅 Community Event Calendar

We’re always planning an exciting calendar of live events, user group hangouts, and office hours. Here’s what’s coming up:

April 16 | Media and Entertainment Forum

Discover how leading media organisations use Airtable AI to power production-ready workflows, streamline content operations, and drive measurable impact across fast-moving teams.

(Register here →)

April 16 | Airtable BuilderBase San Francisco

Walk away with a live Claude + Airtable integration, a personalized AI strategy playbook, and real inspiration from peers who've already moved from AI experiments to AI-powered operations.

(Register here →)

April 21 | Get to Know Airtable: Your AI App Builder

Join Alex McDonnell, Director of Product Marketing, for a session designed for anyone looking to understand what Airtable is and how it works.

(Register here →)

April 22 | New Feature Spotlight: April 2026

Airtable now connects directly to Claude via MCP. Join our product experts for a live walkthrough of what that unlocks, plus the latest updates across AI, app building, and automation.

(Register here →)

April 22 | Airtable AI Forum (München, Germany)

Learn how European brands use Airtable AI to power smarter, faster, and more autonomous workflows.

(Register here →)

April 23 | AI User Group: Claude + Airtable

Claude is changing how teams build in Airtable—this live session shows you exactly how. Join us to see real workflows in action and learn how to automate, generate insights, and build faster with AI.

(Register here →)

April 27 | Airtable MVPs: Exclusive AMA w/ Airtable’s CTO David Azose

Hear directly from David about Airtable's evolving vision, the product roadmap, and how the team is empowering builders like you. Questions submitted in advance through the registration form will be prioritized, so don't wait.

(MVPs, check the MVP group for the event reg page!)

April 29 | Set the Table: Builder Basics

Check out this live session built specifically for people who are just getting started with Airtable. No jargon, no assumptions, just the essentials you need to start building with confidence.

(Register here →)

May 12 | Airspace LA

Join us at Airspace LA, a high-energy, one-day event where you'll connect with fellow builders, hear from executives scaling AI-powered operations, and compete for cash prizes at the Buildathon.

(Request your spot →)

View all upcoming events →

🧑‍🏫 Academy Updates

We’re always evolving Airtable Academy to reflect your feedback and learning goals:

🆕 New Launches

Introduction to Airtable MCP

Learn how to connect AI assistants to your Airtable bases using the Model Context Protocol (MCP) from setup to practical use cases.

Getting Started with App Building

Explore three ways to build apps in Airtable: create with Omni using natural language, build on your own, or start from the App Library. Learn when to use each approach.

🔁 Content Updates

The Data Layer Deep Dive course is now two courses!

We've split this into Data Layer Foundations (importing, organizing, and managing data) and Advanced Data Features (record templates, date dependencies, Sync, and the Enterprise App Library) so you can focus on what's relevant to you.

Explore the Academy →

🚀 Product Launch Recap

Catch up on the latest features that launched this month—built to save you time, streamline workflows, and unlock new use cases.

✅ New Ways to Collaborate on Records

We’ve introduced three powerful upgrades to record-level collaboration: attach files directly to comments, resolve comments to track progress, and search notifications to quickly find what matters. Together, these updates make it easier to manage conversations, feedback, and decisions without leaving Airtable.

Use cases:

• Share design files, contracts, or screenshots directly in comments for faster feedback loops
• Track which feedback has been addressed by resolving comments in review workflows
• Quickly find past discussions, decisions, or mentions using notification search

✅ Sync from Databricks and Snowflake with SQL

You can now sync data from Databricks and Snowflake using custom SQL queries—giving you full control over exactly what data comes into Airtable and how often it updates.

Use cases:

• Pull curated datasets (e.g., filtered customer segments or aggregated metrics) directly into Airtable
• Sync only the most relevant data for dashboards and operational workflows
• Automate reporting pipelines with scheduled syncs from your data warehouse

✅ Custom Interfaces in Packages

Custom interface extensions (blocks) can now be included in managed apps and components, allowing builders to develop and distribute more powerful, reusable app experiences across teams.

Use cases:

• Build and distribute standardized internal tools with advanced custom UI components
• Extend managed apps with tailored functionality for specific team workflows
• Maintain and update shared components centrally while rolling out improvements across all instances

View “What’s new in Airtable” →

Did you find the Airtable Effect helpful? Any suggestions or recommendations for future editions? Want to learn more about the Airtable Academy and/or Community programs?
Or do you want to be featured in an upcoming rendition? Reach out on LinkedIn and/or on the Airtable Community (@kev) and show us what you've built in Airtable!

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AI-generated interface elements are now available to everyone and out of beta

Since launching in AI Labs last year, this feature has become one of the most popular ways builders unlock entirely new ways to visualize, interact with, and act on their Airtable data. It's now fully supported across all plans.

Just describe what you need in plain language, and Omni builds a fully custom element tailored to your exact workflow. Go beyond what's available out of the box to create exactly what your team needs. No templates to configure, no coding required. Since the initial launch, we've shipped major improvements based on your feedback, including multi-table support, version history, and the ability to revert and undo changes directly in Omni.

There are two ways to get started:

1. From Interfaces: Create a new interface, select "Generate with Omni," and either type a prompt describing what you want or choose from Omni's suggestions.
2. From Omni chat: Ask Omni to "Create a custom element" and then describe what you want to build.

Example elements

Here are some of the elements builders have created:

• 3D asset review and feedback: Create and inspect interactive 3D product models right inside your interface, and leave feedback without leaving Airtable. "Create a custom element with a 3D viewer for our product models with annotation and feedback tools."
• Interactive whiteboard: Brainstorm, sketch, and map out ideas on a freeform canvas connected to your base. "Create a custom element with an interactive whiteboard where my team can visually map out project ideas."
• Wedding seating chart: Drag and drop guests around a floorplan, track RSVPs, and manage dietary restrictions all in one visual layout. "Create a custom element with a seating chart where I can assign guests to tables and see their RSVP status."
• Movie tier list: Rank and sort items into custom tiers with a drag-and-drop interface your team (or friends) can debate over. "Create a custom element with a tier list where I can rank movies by dragging them into tiers."
• Network graph: See how records in your base connect to each other as an interactive, explorable web of relationships. "Create a custom element with a network graph that shows how our contacts are connected to companies and deals."
• Org chart: Visualize your team's reporting structure as a dynamic, clickable chart that stays in sync with your people data. "Create a custom element with an org chart from our employees table using the manager field."

You can also build Figma embeds, Google Docs viewers, custom calendars, Gantt-style timelines, and more. Browse examples in our Built with Omni showcase.

To get started, just open Omni and describe the element you want to build. Reference the data you want to use (e.g., projects, tasks, and teams) and Omni will take it from there.

For builders who want more control over the code, you can edit the generated source code directly in your browser or download it. Custom elements can also be built from scratch in your favorite IDE using the Interface Extensions SDK (available for Teams, Business, and Enterprise Scale plans).

Limitations

• AI-generated elements are not viewable on mobile devices. They are supported on web/browser, Mac app, and Windows app.
• Elements can only be used on dashboard or standalone pages, not on blank layout or record detail pages.
• Elements cannot securely store login credentials for third-party services. Any credentials used are visible to all element users.
• Only Anthropic and OpenAI models are supported. Enterprises that have restricted these models will not be able to generate custom elements.

Highlights

• Out of beta and now available to everyone across all plans, no longer requires AI Labs to be enabled.
• Go from idea to a fully working interface element in minutes, just by describing what you need.
• Pull in data from multiple tables so your teams can see the full picture without switching views.
• Creating or updating AI-generated interface elements does not use AI credits.

Links

• Introduction to Custom Interfaces (Airtable Academy)
• Build Custom Interfaces with Omni (Airtable Academy)

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Available in AI Labs for Free and Teams customers as of April 23, 2026

Hey Airtable Community,

Today we're rolling out more 3rd party connectors for Field Agents — a major expansion that lets your agents read and write data from the tools your team already uses, right from within Airtable.

Field Agents now support 16 integrations, including 13 new ones:

Gmail · Outlook · Google Calendar · Google Sheets · Microsoft Teams · Notion · Zoom · Linear · HubSpot · GitHub · Amplitude · People Data Labs · Zendesk

...along with existing support for Google Drive, OneDrive, and JIRA Cloud.

How customers are using connectors

• Daily briefing: Each morning, pull the day's meetings and associated docs from Google Calendar and Google Drive to generate a prep brief with context and talking points for every call.
• Product launch readiness: Pull the latest status from Linear issues tagged to a launch, the PRD from Notion, and open customer requests from Zendesk to generate a launch readiness scorecard every week.
• Customer support escalation briefs: When a Zendesk ticket hits "escalated," pull the customer's recent support history, product usage data from Amplitude, and related Linear issues to assemble a full context brief for the escalation team.

How to get started

Workspace admins can enable AI Labs from Account > Workspace Settings. Once enabled, create a Field Agent and choose the connectors you need from the Tools menu. You'll authenticate your account to each service, and your agent can start pulling and pushing data right away.

Important details

• Connectors are launching in AI Labs for Free and Teams customers. Business and Enterprise Scale support will follow shortly.
• These integrations are built differently from those used in sync and automations, so you'll need to re-authenticate even if you've previously connected an account.
• A single field agent can use multiple connectors, but they must all be associated with the same user account.
• Field agents consume credits per run based on the volume of content sent to and received from the LLM. Data pulled from 3rd party sources counts toward that input.

We can't wait to see what workflows you build with connectors. Let us know what you think — your feedback while this is in AI Labs will help shape what comes next.

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Hey Builders!

We’re launching two updates to AI Labs that give you more control over how and when your field agents run, and that make them easier to configure.

Field agent generation triggers

Until now, field agents could only run in two ways: automatically whenever referenced fields changed, or manually when you clicked to generate. Now you have the option to run field agents automatically on a schedule or when a condition is met.

Trigger types

• [new] On a schedule: Runs at a particular time
  • Scheduled triggers can also have conditions applied to the schedule, to only run a subset of records on the schedule
• [new] When a condition is met: Runs when a record meets the specified condition(s)
• [existing] Run automatically: Runs when the field agent’s referenced fields change

Example use cases

• Competitive price monitoring: Run every morning to pull updated competitor news via internet search.
• Contract renewal warnings: Fire when days-until-expiry crosses 60, generating a renewal strategy from contract terms and customer history.
• Conference attendee enrichment: Run when an individual is marked as “Attending”, pulling info about their bio automatically.
• Weekly PM digest: Every Monday morning, pull comments from GDrive PRDs and surface a summary of open issues.

A few things to know

• Triggers are a part of field agents — they do not show up in Automations and do not count against your automations budget.
• Scheduled and conditional triggers can be paused and resumed. When you resume, your previous settings will be pre-populated.

Redesigned field agent config

Alongside triggers, we've shipped an updated config experience for all field agents.

What's new:

• More space for your prompt — We've expanded the prompt writing surface based on your feedback. The prompt area can now be expanded to give you more space for drafting.
• @ symbol for field references — In addition to the existing { shortcut, you can now use @ to reference fields in your prompt.
• Clearer settings organization — Field agent configuration is grouped into 3 sections:
  • Inputs: Field agent name, type, tools, and model are grouped at the top of the config
  • Prompt and preview: You can view the prompt and preview in the config, or expand to see the larger prompt/ preview surface
  • Outputs and triggers: The bottom section contains output-related settings - select options, formatting options, etc. It also contains the triggers listed above.

We're excited to see how you put triggers to work. Have a use case you're building toward? Drop it in the comments below 👇

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Hey Airtable Community,

We're excited to announce two key updates for Enterprise Scale customers: a brand-new Databricks sync integration and expanded custom SQL support for both Databricks and Snowflake.

What's new

Databricks is now available as a native sync source. And for both Databricks and Snowflake, you can now sync the result of any custom SQL query, not just predefined views or tables, directly into Airtable.

This means any user with permission to execute queries within a warehouse can write precise queries to sync data to Airtable tables on a schedule, ready for automations, interfaces, and cross-functional workflows.

Why this matters

Data warehouses hold your company's most trusted data, but that data has historically been locked behind SQL and BI dashboards. With these syncs, you can operationalize warehouse data directly in Airtable: users can enrich warehouse data with local context, trigger automations on data thresholds, surface prioritized records for sales and ops teams, and power reporting interfaces and dashboards for leadership.

Some use cases we're seeing:

• Lead prioritization: Sync a curated ML lead-scoring dataset from Snowflake to surface high-intent accounts for BDRs, enriched with AI-drafted outreach in Airtable
• Performance monitoring: Sync performance monitoring to operational teams. Use Databricks to calculate SLA violations or usage anomalies and trigger escalation workflows automatically. Databricks powers the analysis, Airtable is where support, engineering, and leadership teams action on the results.
• Marketing and ops tracking: Pull aggregated metrics from Databricks into Airtable to power campaign management, approval workflows, and stakeholder reporting

What you need to know

• Available on Enterprise Scale plans only
• Record limit: 100,000 records per sync
• Requires a one-time admin setup

Admin setup required

Both Snowflake and Databricks sync require admin setup from both Airtable and data warehouse admins. We use OAuth to connect to both platforms, so after this one-time configuration, all users within your organization will be able to connect from Airtable.

See full instructions here.

If you already have the existing Snowflake integration configured, the new custom SQL and scheduling options are available to existing Snowflake connections with no re-configuration required. All you need to do is start setting up a new sync table from Databricks or Snowflake.

What are you planning to build on top of your warehouse data? We'd love to hear what use cases you're unlocking.

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Hi everyone,

I'm Akshar Patel (AP), a Product Manager here at Airtable. Today I'm excited to share three updates that make it easier to collaborate with your team directly inside Airtable, so you don't have to jump across tools to keep conversations moving.

Whether you're giving feedback on a record, tracking what's been addressed, or trying to find that one notification from last week, these updates are for you.

1. Attach files directly to comments

You can now attach files (images, PDFs, videos, documents, and more) right inside your comments on a record.

Instead of describing what you're referring to or linking out to another tool, drop the file directly into the conversation. Think design mockups, screenshots of bugs, signed contracts, or reference docs.

How to use it:

• Click the paperclip icon in the comment input area, or drag and drop files directly in
• Each comment supports up to 5 attachments (max 10 MB per file)
• Click any attachment thumbnail to open it in a full-screen viewer with preview, navigation, and download

You can then filter your activity feed to only show comments with attachments, which is handy when tracking down a fileshared a few weeks back.

Note: Adding attachments to comments is not currently supported when attachments are configured for "versions mode," but this functionality is planned for a future update.

2. Resolve comments when you're done with them

This one has been a long time coming.

If you've ever used a record's comment thread to track feedback or action items, you know the pain of scrolling through old comments trying to figure out what's still outstanding. Now, once something has been addressed, just resolve it. It's a small action that makes a big difference towards keeping your team aligned.

How to use it:

• Hover over any comment and click the Resolve button
• Resolved comments can be filtered in the activity feed so you can quickly see what's been handled vs. what still needs attention
• You can reopen a comment if it needs to be revisited

Note: Comment resolution is not yet available with attachment comments, but support for that is coming soon.

3. Search your notifications

Your notification inbox now has a search bar.

If you're someone whose notification bell permanently reads "99+", help has arrived. You can now search by the person who tagged you, the base name, or even the primary field value of the record. No more scrolling through hundreds of notifications trying to find the one you're looking for.

How to use it:

• Open the notification panel and type your search in the search bar at the top
• Search works across notification content, including person names, base names, record names, and comment text

Try it out

These three updates are all about reducing the friction from how your team communicates within Airtable. We want the conversations happening to be useful, organized, and easy to find.

We'd love to hear how you're using these features. Drop a comment below with your thoughts or feedback — it helps us prioritize what to build next.

Thanks for being a part of this community!

— AP

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We're launching the Airtable Creator Club

We're launching the
Airtable Creator Club, a program to amplify builders who create short-form video content showing the AI use cases they've built on Airtable.

We're not necessarily looking for people with massive followings. We're looking for people who actually use Airtable to solve real problems and are willing to show off their work on camera.

(FYI: the Creator Club is the “always-on” extension of the one-time
Community Creator Challenge we ran in December/January)

Who we're looking for:

1. Airtable builders who are already posting video content
2. Airtable builders who are eager to learn content creation
3. Content creators who are eager to learn Airtable deeply

We're specifically interested in use cases that centrally feature our AI capabilities such as agents, Omni, and custom interfaces.

What you’ll be doing:

Creating 2-4 vertical short-form videos per month showing AI use cases you've built. Talk to the camera, show what you’ve built, say why it’s such a big deal. The kind of thing that makes someone watching think, "wait, I need to try that." See examples at the bottom of this post.

What you get:

• Unlimited AI credits in a dedicated workspace for you to build and experiment
• Early previews of new features before they're public
• Direct access to the Airtable team for help building your AI use cases
• Gear and production support to make your content look great
• Amplification from Airtable's brand channels
• Exclusive swag
• Compensation for videos we run as ads

Apply now:

» Fill out the short application form here «

Don’t spend more than 5 minutes on it! We simply need to see you’re either deep on Airtable or deep on video content creation, and ready to learn the other half if needed.

We'll review applications on a rolling basis. First cohort kicks off soon. Spots are limited.

Drop questions in the comments. And if you know a builder who should apply, share this post with them.

Examples:

• Audio engineer management
• Product cost analysis

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Today we're rolling out the deep match field agent, a new type of field agent that finds and links the most relevant records from your data.

What is the deep match field agent?

This field agent intelligently surfaces the most relevant records from across your tables and links them together — automatically. Instead of manually hunting for connections between records, deep match reads your data, understands the context, and makes the match for you.
Whether you're connecting related products, routing feedback to the right team, or pairing opportunities with the best fit, deep match field agent does the heavy lifting so you don't have to.

How teams are using the deep match field agent

• Match sponsors to podcasts: Podcast networks are using deep match field agent to pair new sponsors with the right shows in their catalog — based on audience, content themes, and more.
• Route customer feedback to product owners: Analyze free-text feedback forms and automatically link responses to the relevant product areas, so the right people see the right input without any manual triage.
• Benchmark new work against historical data: Retailers are using deep match field agent to identify similar products from historical records to find cost benchmarks — all within the same table.

A few things to know

• Deep match field agent can currently search across plain text fields only.
• The agent can choose to read any fields in the target table. If you want it to ignore certain fields, you can specify that in the prompt.
• When linking to or from large tables, initial matches may take a few minutes to appear. Subsequent matches should come through more quickly.

We can't wait to see what you build with deep match field agent. Have a use case you're excited about? Drop it in the comments below! 👇

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Introducing Google Drive and OneDrive connectors for Field Agents

NEWS

Today we’re excited to announce the launch of Google Drive + OneDrive connectors in field agents—a powerful new way to connect your files directly to your Airtable workflows. You can now direct field agents to search, reference, and summarize content from your Google Drive and OneDrive documents. Key use cases:

• Get up to speed with context: Instantly search for background information and insights from your Drive or OneDrive to ramp up on new projects—no more digging through folders or old documents.
• Summarize comment threads: Quickly generate overviews of conversations on a document, such as a product requirements doc, so you can drive alignment.
• Search knowledge bases to answer questions: Surface answers from documentation or support articles stored in your cloud drives to resolve questions faster and keep your team moving.
• Refer to specif

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