# Airtable and Volty > Volty reads, adds and updates Airtable records from customer conversations, connected with one sign-in. Volty answers from the records in your Airtable bases and adds or updates records when clients change their plans. Talk to Volty · Free trial Updated 2 Nov 2026 ## A guest count change A couple changes their numbers. Volty reads the event record and proposes the update. PH Priscilla Hayes WhatsApp · Client Hi! We have 12 more guests confirmed. Can we go from 180 to 192? And what time is the florist setting up? Read Airtable · Hayes & Ortiz wedding · 14 Dec · 180 guests · florist 1pm Volty Congratulations on the extra guests! I've asked the team to update your count to 192, and the florist sets up at 1pm on 14 December. Waiting for approval Airtable Events: Hayes & Ortiz wedding, guests 180 to 192 Approve · Edit · Decline Google Sheets Events · December | | Event | Date | Venue | Guests | Florist | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2 | Lee 50th birthday | 7 Dec | Sausalito | 60 | 4pm | | 3 | Brennan corporate dinner | 12 Dec | Sonoma | 240 | 2pm | | 4 | Hayes & Ortiz wedding | 14 Dec | Botanical Garden | 192 | 1pm | Row 4 added by Volty ## What Volty does with Airtable Airtable is where many agencies and small teams keep their projects, clients and schedules as bases of linked records. Volty connects to Airtable with one sign-in. It reads the records you point it to and answers from them, and when a client changes something it can update the record or add a new one. - Answers from the record · Volty reads the client's event, booking or project before it replies. - Changes go back in · A new guest count or date updates the record, with approval if you like. - Enquiries as records · A qualified enquiry adds a row with what was asked. - The team keeps its base · Nobody moves out of Airtable. Connects with One Airtable sign-in Volty reads The bases you grant Volty can change Add and update records, when turned on Setup A few minutes Category Spreadsheets & databases Every event, vendor and timeline in the Airtable base the team already uses. ### A new enquiry becomes a record Volty asks what the planner needs, then adds the lead to the base. WV Website visitor Web chat · Website visitor Do you plan corporate retreats? Around 40 people in March. Volty We do. Which dates are you looking at, and do you have a location in mind? Mid March, Napa or Lake Tahoe Added a record to Airtable · Leads · Corporate retreat · 40 guests · Mar · Napa or Lake Tahoe Volty Thanks! I've passed this to our planner, who will reply with options this week. ## As an automation Describe it to Volty in a sentence; it drafts the automation and an admin turns it on. Day-before check-in - When · Every day at 10am · A scheduled automation - Step 1 · Reads tomorrow's events · From the Events table - Step 2 · Messages each client · An approved template - Step 3 · Handles the replies · And updates the record Changes from the couple go back into the record. ## How Volty connects to Airtable An admin signs in to Airtable from the Sources page and picks the tools Volty may use. - 01 · Sign in to Airtable · And grant the bases Volty should use. - 02 · Turn on the reads · Bases, tables and records. - 03 · Allow adding and updating · Turn them on, with approval if you like. ### The tools Volty gets Each one is a switch on the Sources page in Volty. - List bases and tables · Reads - Read records · Reads - Search records · Reads - Add a record · Changes - Update a record · Changes Reading tools can be turned on straight away. Anything that changes Airtable starts Off, and once on it can be set to check with staff, so each change waits for a colleague. ## Common questions ### Can Volty change records in Airtable? Only when an admin allows it. Every tool has its own switch: tools that only read can be turned on, and tools that change a record start Off. A tool that is on can be set to check with staff, so each change waits for a colleague to approve it. ### How much does it cost to connect Airtable with Volty? Every Volty plan includes seats, active contacts and AI credits and starts with a free 7-day trial, and the plan prices are on voltade.com/pricing. Meta bills message charges separately for WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger. ## Related integrations - Google Sheets Spreadsheets & databases - Microsoft Excel Spreadsheets & databases - Notion Docs & knowledge - monday.com Projects & tasks - Google Calendar Calendar & booking All integrations ## Start your free trial Talk to Volty · Start your free trial Sign up for our 7-day trial. No credit card needed. ## Not convinced? Hear more from our CEO and Volty The Leonard and Volty Show · 8 October 2026 ### Meta now charges for WhatsApp replies The Leonard and Volty Show · 1 October 2026 ### Too busy to hire? The Leonard and Volty Show · 21 September 2026 ### From $500 chatbot jobs to agentic AI The Leonard and Volty Show · 10 September 2026 ### Your AI is a new employee The Leonard and Volty Show · 4 September 2026 ### Trust in the AI world The Leonard and Volty Show · 29 August 2026 ### Does the AI model matter? The Leonard and Volty Show · 19 August 2026 ### What are AI agents? Meta now charges for WhatsApp replies. Here's what it means for your business, 8 October 2026 ## Links - [Spreadsheets & databases](https://voltade.com/integrations?category=data) - [Google SheetsSpreadsheets & databases](https://voltade.com/integrations/google-sheets) - [Microsoft ExcelSpreadsheets & databases](https://voltade.com/integrations/microsoft-excel) - [NotionDocs & knowledge](https://voltade.com/integrations/notion) - [monday.comProjects & tasks](https://voltade.com/integrations/monday) - [Google CalendarCalendar & booking](https://voltade.com/integrations/google-calendar) - [All integrations](https://voltade.com/integrations)