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Create Field

Create a new field in a table. See the documentation
  • Action
  • Writes data
  • OAuth
  • SDK
  • MCP

IMPLEMENTATION

Call this tool

Connect a user's Airtable account once, then configure and run Create Field from your backend or agent.

import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const result = await pd.actions.run({
  id: "airtable_oauth-create-field",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    airtable_oauth: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    baseId: "Base",
    tableId: "Table",
  },
})

console.log(result)

SCHEMA

Inputs

Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.

Create Field inputs
Property Type Description
baseId Base string
The ID of the base to use, e.g. appXXXXXXXXXXXXXX. Use List Bases to look one up.
Required
tableId Table string
The ID of the table to use, e.g. tblXXXXXXXXXXXXXX. Use List Tables to look one up.
Required
name Field Name string
The name of the field
Required
type Field Type string
The field type. See the documentation for more information.
Required
description Field Description string
The description of the field
Optional
options Field Options object
The options for the field as a JSON object, e.g. { "color": "greenBright" }. Each type has a specific set of options - see the documentation for more information.
Optional

REFERENCE

Tool details

Behavior hints are published with the component in the Pipedream registry and surface as MCP tool annotations, so an agent can reason about a tool before it calls it.

Registry key
airtable_oauth-create-field
Version
0.1.7
App
Airtable
Authentication
OAuth
Read-only
No
Destructive
No
Open world
Yes