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Quickbase API and MCP server

Quickbase's API covers records, reports and tables, but it takes a user token and code you write and host. Sign in to Quickbase once in your own Cloud Browser, and your AI agent does the work there for you. The same tools work over MCP for agents and as a REST API for scripts.

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Quickbase's own API leaves this out. So we run one for you.

Quickbase's own API, a GitHub MCP server and Cotlet compared
What you need Quickbase's APIGitHub MCP serverCotlet
Use without an API key or code No Partly Yes, 14 tools
Acts as you, signed in 24/7 No No Yes, Cloud Browser
Fixed for you when Quickbase changes N/A No Yes, tested every 6h
Runs with your laptop off N/A No Yes, hosted

Checked Oct 23, 2026. Sources: Quickbase Help: Welcome to the Quickbase API Guide · Quickbase Help: Rate limiting overview · Quickbase Help: Authentication and secure access · Quickbase: Intelligence Pack

Your own Cloud Browser, on 24/7. Sign in once. We keep it connected.

  1. 01Sign in to Quickbase in your own Cloud Browser

  2. 02Connect it for your agents

  3. 03Cotlet keeps it signed in and working

How do I connect Quickbase to Claude, ChatGPT or my code?

AI agents connect over MCP, scripts call the REST API. Both reach the same 14 tools with one API key.

For AI agents: MCP

Add Cotlet to your agent once. Quickbase and every other app you connect show up as its tools.

  • Claude
  • ChatGPT
  • OpenClaw
  • Hermes
  • GrokBot
  • Cursor
  • n8n
  • Any MCP client
  1. 1

    Add Cotlet to your agent

    Claude Code
    claude mcp add --transport http cotlet \
  https://cotlet.dev/mcp/v1 \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $COTLET_API_KEY"
    Cursor
    {
  "mcpServers": {
    "cotlet": {
      "url": "https://cotlet.dev/mcp/v1",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${COTLET_API_KEY}"
      }
    }
  }
}
    Codex
    # ~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.cotlet]
url = "https://cotlet.dev/mcp/v1"
bearer_token_env_var = "COTLET_API_KEY"

    Paste the snippet for your client. The same server and key serve every app you connect, so you do this once.

For scripts: REST API

Every tool is an endpoint under /api/v1/quickbase with its own method and path, such as POST /api/v1/quickbase/records, with the same API key. Our open-source repo has ready scripts to start from.

REST API docs

What can the Quickbase API and MCP server do?

14 tools on your own Quickbase account. Agents call them as operations of the MCP tools quickbase_read and quickbase_write; scripts call each one at its own REST endpoint, with the same inputs and answers.

API reference
Quickbase tools in Cotlet's MCP server and REST API
Tool What it does Access
list_apps Quickbase apps you can open, with your role in each. read
list_tables Tables in an app, as listed in the app's sidebar. read
list_reports Reports of a table that your role can see. read
list_fields Fields of the Add record form of a table, with type and whether each is required. read
run_report Rows of a table report with their Record ID#, in the report order. read
search_records Records whose searchable report fields contain your text. read
get_record All fields of one record as the View record page shows them. read
list_users Users of an app with their role, as the Users page lists them. read
export_report The CSV that the report's Download report as CSV icon gives. read
create_record Adds a record through the table Add record form. write
update_record Changes fields of one record and returns the old values. write
delete_record Deletes one record. Quickbase cannot bring it back. writeasks first
share_app Adds a person to an app with a role, with or without an invitation email. writeasks first
change_user_role Moves one user of an app to another role. writeasks first

Scroll the table for all 14 tools.

Ask in plain words. Your agent does the rest.

All Quickbase use cases

Is it safe to connect Quickbase?

You sign in yourself in your own Cloud Browser, we never save your password, and anything that reaches your readers waits for your OK. The browser profile is encrypted in the EU. Independent scanners grade cotlet.dev A+.

Security overview

How much do the Quickbase API and MCP server cost?

One price for both: a tool call costs the same over MCP or REST. Free 7-day trial with 2,000 credits, no card needed. Then one-time credit packs, no subscription, valid 12 months. Each call uses 10 credits, and your Cloud Browser uses 50 credits a day while Quickbase is enabled for agents, so 20 calls a day come to 250 credits.

See full pricing
Cotlet credit packs: price, credits and calls at 10 credits each
Credits Price, one time Calls at 10 credits Per 1,000 credits
5,000 $29 500 $5.80
15,000 $79 1,500 $5.27
32,000 $149 3,200 $4.66
60,000 $249 6,000 $4.15

Only successful calls use credits; failed calls and timeouts cost nothing. At a balance of 0 calls pause, never a surprise charge. Authenticate with the Authorization: Bearer header.

Questions

Does Quickbase have an API?

Quickbase has a full RESTful API and an older XML API, but no official MCP server (checked 23 Oct 2026). The API adds, edits, deletes and searches records and builds tables and fields, and you call it with a user token that inherits your role. Quickbase's own AI, the Intelligence Package from April 2026, is a paid add-on that works inside Quickbase.

How do I get access?

Sign up free, open Quickbase under Integrations in the console and press Request access. Your free trial starts with your account, no card needed.

Is the MCP server different from the API?

No, only the way in. Cotlet builds each integration as a REST API and puts an MCP server on top, so both have the same 14 tools, the same inputs and answers, one API key and one price. AI agents such as Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor use MCP; scripts, cron jobs and HTTP steps in n8n, Make or Zapier use the REST API.

What is the Cloud Browser?

Your own Chrome that Cotlet runs for you in the EU, around the clock. You open it from the console, sign in to Quickbase yourself and press Enable for agents. Your agent's calls go through it, from its IP with its cookies, so Quickbase sees the browser you signed in with. Password saving is off and the profile is stored encrypted with AES-256-GCM.

Can my agent act without asking me?

Not on anything that reaches other people: delete_record, share_app, change_user_role wait for your OK by default. You can switch that off per tool for scheduled runs.

Which Quickbase role does my agent need?

Your agent works as you, so your role in each app decides what it can do. Quickbase shows the Delete record button only if you have permission to delete records, and the Users page needs an App Admin or App Manager role or the 'Manage users and share the app' permission. A call without the right role fails with APP_PERMISSION_DENIED. list_apps shows your role in each app.

Does Quickbase's own AI do the same?

Quickbase's Intelligence Package, an add-on sold as one bundle, has an AI Agent that helps users make edits, build reports and manage workflows inside Quickbase (checked 23 Oct 2026). Its page describes no way to connect an outside AI agent. Cotlet works from the agent you already use, such as Claude Code, n8n or a script.

Can my agent create tables or fields?

No. The tools read apps, tables, reports and records, write records, and manage app users. Building tables and fields stays in Quickbase's builder or its API, which does cover them.

Should I use a Quickbase MCP server from GitHub instead?

Pick one if you want the code on your own computer and do not mind the upkeep: you install it, sign it in and fix it when Quickbase changes. Pick Cotlet if you want it hosted and kept working for you.

Can I use it in n8n, Make or Zapier?

Yes. Add https://cotlet.dev/mcp/v1 in n8n's MCP Client node, or call the REST endpoints from an HTTP step in Make or Zapier.

Who runs Cotlet?

Cotlet is run by Take Group, a Polish software company working since 2019. Take Group runs about 3,200 websites on its own systems and has its own DevOps team for infrastructure security. We built and used integrations like this inside the company for years before opening them as Cotlet.

Is Cotlet affiliated with Quickbase?

No. Cotlet is independent and not affiliated with Quickbase.

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