Use Airtable as a trigger or a set of actions in your Workflows . Start a Workflow when records are created, updated, or deleted — and use Airtable actions to read and write records as part of any automation.
Airtable Workflow actions and triggers require a paid Cassidy plan.
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Open an Airtable trigger or action in the Workflow builder .
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Click Add all resources to grant access to all your bases, or Add a base to select specific ones.
Triggers
Record created
Starts a Workflow when a new record is added to a table.
Configuration
Field Description Base The Airtable base to watch Table The table to watch for new records
Output variables
Variable Description Created Record ID The unique identifier of the new record Created Time Timestamp when the record was created Values List of field IDs and values on the new record
Record updated
Starts a Workflow when an existing record is modified. Optionally, limit the trigger to fire only when specific fields change.
Configuration
Field Description Base The Airtable base to watch Table The table to watch for updates Watched fields (Optional) Specific fields to watch. Leave empty to trigger on any field change.
Output variables
Variable Description Updated Record ID The unique identifier of the updated record Updated Time Timestamp when the record was last modified Record Values All field IDs and their current values on the record
Record deleted
Starts a Workflow when a record is removed from a table.
Configuration
Field Description Base The Airtable base to watch Table The table to watch for deletions
Output variables
Variable Description Deleted Record ID The unique identifier of the deleted record Deleted Time Timestamp when the record was deleted
Actions
List records
Retrieves records from an Airtable table. Use this to look up data in a base and pass it to later steps in your Workflow.
Configuration
Field Description Base The base containing the table Table The table to retrieve records from Max records (Optional) Maximum number of records to return. Defaults to 100.
Output variables
Variable Description Records List of records, each with a Record ID, Created Time, and a list of field names and values
Add record
Creates a new record in a table with the field values you specify.
Configuration
Field Description Base The base containing the table Table The table to add the record to Fields One or more field–value pairs to populate on the new record. Values support variables from previous steps.
Output variables
Variable Description Record ID The unique identifier of the created record Created Time Timestamp when the record was created Fields List of field names and values on the created record
Update record
Updates one or more fields on an existing record.
Configuration
Field Description Base The base containing the table Table The table containing the record Record ID The ID of the record to update. Reference this from a trigger or a previous List Records step. Fields One or more field–value pairs to update. Values support variables from previous steps.
Output variables
Variable Description Record ID The unique identifier of the updated record Fields List of field names and values after the update
Delete record
Permanently removes a record from a table.
This action cannot be undone. The record will be permanently deleted from Airtable.
Configuration
Field Description Base The base containing the table Table The table containing the record Record ID The ID of the record to delete
Output variables
Variable Description Record ID The unique identifier of the deleted record
Add attachment
Uploads a file to an attachment field on an existing record. Use this to attach AI-generated documents, processed files, or outputs from earlier steps directly to an Airtable record.
Configuration
Field Description Base The base containing the table Table The table containing the record Record ID The ID of the record to attach the file to Field The attachment field to add the file to File The file to attach — reference a file variable from a previous step
Output variables
Variable Description Record ID The unique identifier of the updated record Created Time Timestamp when the record was last modified
Next steps
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