Skills

Pp Airtable

Airtable REST API CLI with offline cross-base search, CSV merge-upserts, field-level...

Install

npx skills add mvanhorn/printing-press-library --skill pp-airtable -g -a claude-code -y
Category
Engineering
Updated
4d ago
License
Apache-2.0
Context cost
Mediumabout 3,000 tokens
Runs scripts
No, instructions only

What it does

Airtable REST API CLI with offline cross-base search, CSV merge-upserts, field-level diffs before bulk writes, and schema drift detection. Trigger phrases: `query my Airtable base`, `sync this CSV into Airtable`, `search across my Airtable bases`, `check Airtable schema changes`, `upsert records into Airtable`, `use airtable-cli`, `run airtable-pp-cli`.

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Airtable, Printing Press CLI

Prerequisites: Install the CLI

This skill drives the airtable-pp-cli binary. You must verify the CLI is installed before invoking any command from this skill. If it is missing, install it first:

  1. Install via the Printing Press installer. It defaults binaries to $HOME/.local/bin on macOS/Linux and %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\PrintingPress\bin on Windows:
    npx -y @mvanhorn/printing-press-library install airtable --cli-only
    
  2. Verify: airtable-pp-cli --version
  3. Ensure the reported install directory is on $PATH for the agent/runtime that will invoke this skill.

If the npx install fails (no Node, offline, etc.), fall back to a direct Go install (requires Go 1.26.9 or newer). This installs into $GOPATH/bin (default $HOME/go/bin), so add that directory to $PATH instead:

go install github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library/library/productivity/airtable/cmd/airtable-pp-cli@latest

If --version reports "command not found" after install, the runtime cannot see the binary directory on $PATH. Do not proceed with skill commands until verification succeeds.

Airtable's wrappers are libraries, and its official MCP is an online-only tool surface without delete, comments, webhooks, attachments, or a local store. This CLI mirrors your bases into local SQLite for full-text search across every base at once, runs CSV-to-merge-upserts, shows field-level diffs before bulk writes, and serves the whole API to agents over stdio or HTTP MCP.

When to Use This CLI

Read the whole SKILL.md on GitHub

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