Airtable → certified legal notice
Move an Airtable record into "Ready to Mail" and paperplane’s Send Letter action mails it Certified with Return Receipt — from $14.99, proof of both mailing and delivery, address pulled straight from the record.
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Supported triggers and actions
| Trigger | Action |
|---|---|
| Record enters a "Ready to Mail" view | Send Letter, Certified + Return Receipt ($14.99) |
| Status field set to "Notice sent" | Send Letter for the newly-flagged record only |
How to set it up
- 1Keep the notices as records with a status field: recipient, address fields, notice text or a linked PDF attachment, and a "Ready to Mail" view.
- 2In Zapier, Make, or n8n, trigger on a record entering that view, then add the paperplane Send Letter action.
- 3Map the record’s fields into the action and set mail_class to certified_return_receipt for the electronic proof of delivery legal notices typically need.
- 4Sandbox-test the mapping, then go live — write the returned order id and status back to the record for the audit trail.
What the action sends for a certified notice
{
"mail_class": "certified_return_receipt",
"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
This is the general-purpose version of the Notion → certified mail pairwise page, for teams that track notices in Airtable instead — same underlying Send Letter action, same mail class, different source of the trigger. If the notice text lives in a linked document or attachment field, pull its share URL into pdf_url instead of composing text.
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 three tools (quote_letter, send_letter, get_letter_status), same price, same free sandbox.
Send your first letter from Airtable.
Sandbox runs the whole pipeline for free and mails nothing. Live sends start at $1.99, one all-in price.
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"
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Common questions
Why Certified Mail with Return Receipt here specifically?
Legal notices typically need proof both that the letter was mailed (Certified) and that it was delivered (an electronic Return Receipt) — the two together are what most compliance and legal workflows require.
Can one base track a batch of notices going out at once?
Yes — one record per recipient, each becoming its own order with its own tracking number and receipt; the "Ready to Mail" view keeps the whole run visible 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.