airtable-user-lsp

Airtable language server for formula, script, and automation files. Works with any LSP-capable editor — Neovim, Zed, OpenCode, Claude Code, and more.

Features

• Diagnostics — syntax errors and unknown function names in Airtable formulas
• Completions — all Airtable formula functions, scripting globals, and automation APIs
• Hover documentation — function signatures and descriptions on hover
• Signature help — parameter hints while typing formula function arguments
• Supports .formula / .fx, .ats / .script, .ata / .automation files

Quick Start

No installation required:

npx airtable-user-lsp --stdio

Or install globally:

npm install -g airtable-user-lsp
airtable-user-lsp --stdio

Requirements: Node.js >= 20

Editor Configuration

Neovim (nvim-lspconfig)

require('lspconfig').airtable_formula.setup({
  cmd = { 'npx', 'airtable-user-lsp', '--stdio' },
  filetypes = { 'formula', 'airtable-formula', 'airtable-script', 'airtable-automation' },
  root_dir = function(fname)
    return require('lspconfig').util.find_git_ancestor(fname) or vim.fn.getcwd()
  end,
})

Zed

In .zed/settings.json or ~/.config/zed/settings.json:

{
  "lsp": {
    "airtable-formula": {
      "binary": {
        "path": "npx",
        "arguments": ["airtable-user-lsp", "--stdio"]
      }
    }
  }
}

OpenCode (Claude Code)

In ~/.config/claude-code/settings.json or project .claude/settings.json:

{
  "languageServers": {
    "airtable-formula": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["airtable-user-lsp", "--stdio"],
      "filetypes": [".formula", ".fx", ".ats", ".script", ".ata", ".automation"]
    }
  }
}

Helix

In ~/.config/helix/languages.toml:

[[language]]
name = "airtable-formula"
language-servers = ["airtable-lsp"]

[language-server.airtable-lsp]
command = "npx"
args = ["airtable-user-lsp", "--stdio"]

Supported File Types

| Extension | Language ID | Engine | |-----------|-------------|--------| | .formula, .fx | airtable-formula | Formula engine | | .ats, .script | airtable-script | Scripting Extension engine | | .ata, .automation | airtable-automation | Automation Script engine |

Daemon TCP Mode (Advanced)

When the airtable-user-mcp daemon is running, it automatically starts airtable-user-lsp --tcp as a subprocess and writes the TCP port to ~/.airtable-user-mcp/daemon.lock as port_lsp.

Multiple editor sessions can share the same LSP server instance by connecting to this TCP port:

# Read port from lockfile
PORT=$(node -e "const f=require('fs').readFileSync(require('os').homedir()+'/.airtable-user-mcp/daemon.lock','utf8'); console.log(JSON.parse(f).port_lsp)")
# Connect your LSP client to 127.0.0.1:$PORT

License

MIT