Via Zapier, Make, or n8n — no direct app yet

Send mail from Airtable

Move an Airtable record into a "Ready to Mail" view and paperplane’s Zapier, Make, or n8n action sends it — Certified Mail with Return Receipt for legal notices, from $12.99, address fields mapped straight from the record.

From $0.99 · postage included · no account needed

What the action sends for a certified noticeExample

{
  "mail_class": "certified_err",
  "sandbox": true,
  "text": "Dear Ms. Alvarez, ...",
  "to":   { "name": "Maria Alvarez", "line1": "1 Main St",
            "city": "Richmond", "state": "VA", "zip": "23220" },
  "from": { "name": "Alex Rivera", "line1": "12 Grove Ave",

paperplane · Airtable

Mail this deliverable to the client, certified.

Here’s the draft. I’ll get a quote before anything is sent.

Total, postage included$12.99

Sandbox free · holds 30 minApprove to send

Nothing prints until you approve. Order ord_8k2d.

Instead of an Airtable automation that emails

Airtable can email a record but cannot serve a notice. A record entering a view can become Certified Mail with a Return Receipt, and the order id written back keeps the base as the audit trail.

How it works

Set up Airtable in three steps.

Via Zapier, Make, or n8n — no direct app yet

Step 01
Keep records ready
Rows with a status field: recipient, address fields, letter text or a linked PDF, and a “Ready to Mail” view.
Step 02
Trigger on the view
In Zapier, Make or n8n, trigger on a record entering that view, then add the Send Letter action.
Step 03
Sandbox, go live, write back
Set mail_class to certified_err for legal notices, sandbox-test, then go live and write the order id back to the record.

Copy the config.

What the action sends for a certified notice

{
  "mail_class": "certified_err",
  "sandbox": true,
  "text": "Dear Ms. Alvarez, ...",
  "to":   { "name": "Maria Alvarez", "line1": "1 Main St",
            "city": "Richmond", "state": "VA", "zip": "23220" },
  "from": { "name": "Alex Rivera", "line1": "12 Grove Ave",
            "city": "Richmond", "state": "VA", "zip": "23221" },
  "email": "alex@example.com"
}

Under the hood

Airtable’s view-based status changes are a well-supported Zapier/Make/n8n trigger, paired here with the same Send Letter action every other integration uses — no paperplane-specific Airtable app exists yet. If the letter body lives in an attachment field, pull its share URL into pdf_url instead of composing text.

Supported action fields

Every integration maps into the same fixed set of fields, the ones the REST API and MCP tools take directly.

Field	What it does
mail_class	first_class, certified, certified_err (Certified with electronic Return Receipt), or priority
text or pdf_url	the letter body as plain text, or a fetchable PDF to print as-is
to	recipient name + street/city/state/zip, verified against USPS data
from	return address, printed on the envelope and used for undeliverable mail
email	where the receipt and status updates go — no account required

Popular Airtable workflows

Airtable → certified legal notice

A record enters a "Ready to Mail" view, or a status field changes.

Or skip the automation tool: ask Claude or ChatGPT

Every integration here sits on the same MCP endpoint agents use directly. Instead of wiring a trigger to an action, ask Claude or ChatGPT to draft and mail the letter. Same mailing tools (quote_letter, send_letter, get_letter_status), same price, same free sandbox.

Send mail from Claude Send mail from ChatGPT

Send your first letter from Airtable.

Sandbox runs the whole pipeline for free and mails nothing. Live sends start at $0.99, one all-in price.

Send a letter

curl -X POST https://sendpaperplane.com/v1/orders \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "mail_class": "first_class",
    "sandbox": true,
    "text": "Dear Ms. Alvarez, ...",
    "to":   { "name": "Maria Alvarez", "line1": "1 Main St",
              "city": "Richmond", "state": "VA", "zip": "23220" },
    "from": { "name": "Alex Rivera", "line1": "12 Grove Ave",
              "city": "Richmond", "state": "VA", "zip": "23221" },
    "email": "alex@example.com"
  }'

Common questions

Why Certified Mail with Return Receipt specifically for Airtable?

It’s the mail class legal and compliance notices typically need — proof the letter was mailed (Certified) plus electronic proof it was delivered (Return Receipt) — but any mail_class works the same way from a record.

Can a base track many recipients for the same notice?

Yes — one record per recipient, each becoming its own order with its own receipt and status; a linked view keeps the whole run auditable in one place.

What if a record’s address is incomplete?

USPS verification runs before payment on every order; a bad or incomplete address returns a structured error instead of mailing, so the automation can flag that record instead of silently failing.