Dropbox for AI agents

Dropbox is a cloud storage service for syncing, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices and teams, used broadly across businesses to keep shared work in one place. Connect it once through Arc0, and your agent, or Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor, can use it through one MCP endpoint, limited to what each user approved.

Connect Dropbox See the 178 actions ↓

Files and storageOAuth 2.0MCP + RESTdropbox.com

AUDIT LOG · DROPBOXPOLICY: acme-support

09:41:07 · claude · u_8f2read

dropbox.list_folders

List folder contents (Deprecated)✓ allowed · 212ms

09:41:08 · claude · u_8f2read

dropbox.get_jwks

Get JWKS✓ allowed · 164ms

09:41:09 · claude · u_8f2write

dropbox.create_folder

Create folder✓ approved · approved by user

09:41:12 · claude · u_8f2destructive

dropbox.delete_file

Delete file or folder✕ blocked · policy: deny

EVERY DROPBOX CALL, ON THE RECORD

01 · USE CASES

What agents do in Dropbox.

Share a file with a teammate

Add a folder member so a colleague gets access to a shared project folder.

Check a batch job's status

Poll a copy or move batch job's status to confirm a bulk file operation finished.

Confirm before removing team members

Require approval before removing users from space limits or team access, since it changes what they can reach.

02 · ACTIONS

178 Dropbox actions, graded by risk.

Every Dropbox action is tagged read, write or destructive, so one policy covers the whole app and new actions inherit the right default.

read

Look things up. Allowed by default.

dropbox.get_jwks
Get JWKS
dropbox.get_account
Get account
dropbox.get_about_me
Get about me
dropbox.get_metadata
Get file or folder metadata
dropbox.list_folders
List folder contents (Deprecated)
dropbox.get_file_tags
Get file or folder tags
dropbox.get_team_info
Get team info
dropbox.get_thumbnail
Get thumbnail
dropbox.get_space_usage
Get space usage
dropbox.list_paper_docs
List Paper docs
dropbox.search_continue
Continue Dropbox Search
dropbox.get_file_preview
Get file preview
dropbox.get_file_request
Get file request details
dropbox.get_thumbnail_v2
Get thumbnail v2
dropbox.list_team_groups
List team groups
dropbox.get_account_batch
Get account batch

+ 75 MORE

write

Create and change things. Allow, or ask the user first.

dropbox.add_file_tags
Add tag to file or folder
dropbox.create_folder
Create folder
dropbox.add_file_member
Add file member
dropbox.add_team_members
Add team members
dropbox.create_team_group
Create team group
dropbox.update_team_group
Update team group
dropbox.create_shared_link
Create shared link
dropbox.create_team_folder
Create team folder
dropbox.update_file_member
Update file member
dropbox.add_file_properties
Add file properties
dropbox.create_file_request
Create file request
dropbox.create_folder_batch
Create multiple folders
dropbox.create_paper_folder
Create Paper folder
dropbox.update_file_request
Update file request
dropbox.update_folder_member
Update folder member
dropbox.update_folder_policy
Update folder policy

+ 47 MORE

destructive

Delete, cancel or archive. Ask first, or deny outright.

dropbox.delete_file
Delete file or folder
dropbox.delete_batch
Delete multiple files/folders
dropbox.remove_file_tag
Remove tag from file or folder
dropbox.delete_team_group
Delete team group
dropbox.remove_file_member
Remove file member
dropbox.archive_team_folder
Archive team folder
dropbox.delete_file_requests
Delete file requests
dropbox.remove_folder_member
Remove folder member
dropbox.remove_group_members
Remove group members
dropbox.delete_file_or_folder
Delete file or folder (Deprecated)
dropbox.remove_file_properties
Remove File Properties
dropbox.remove_sharing_allowlist
Remove sharing allowlist
dropbox.delete_manual_contacts_batch
Delete manual contacts batch
dropbox.delete_team_folder_permanently
Permanently delete archived team folder
dropbox.delete_all_closed_file_requests
Delete all closed file requests
dropbox.remove_team_member_custom_quota
Remove team member custom quota

+ 8 MORE

03 · HOW IT WORKS

Dropbox in three steps.

01Your users connect DropboxThey sign in to Dropbox on Arc0 Connect, under your brand, and approve the access you ask for.
02You set the rulesReads run, writes like “create folder” can wait for the user, and “delete file or folder” can be denied outright.
03Any agent can actYour agent calls Dropbox through the Arc0 SDK or MCP, and so can Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor. Every call lands on the audit log.

POLICY.TS

await arc0.policies.set('dropbox', {
  read: 'allow',
  write: 'ask',        // create_folder
  destructive: 'deny',  // delete_file
})

# Claude Code: the same connection, one URL
$ claude mcp add --transport http arc0 \
    https://mcp.arc0.ai/u/u_8f2

04 · AUTH AND DATA

How Dropbox connects.

Users sign in to Dropbox on Arc0 Connect and approve the scopes you request. Build with Arc0’s Dropbox OAuth app, or bring your own so the Dropbox consent screen names you. Tokens refresh automatically, and you can export them whenever you want.

The same Dropbox connection serves your agent over MCP and your own backend over REST and the proxy, so a user connects once. How Arc0 handles credentials →

AUTH: OAuth 2.0
CREDENTIALS: Per-tenant encrypted vault
MODEL SEES: Results only, never credentials
AUDIT LOG: Every call, on every plan

05 · WORKS WITH

Use Dropbox from any agent.

Claude

ChatGPT

Cursor

Codex

VS Code

OpenAI Agents SDK

Claude Agent SDK

Vercel AI SDK

Mastra

LangGraph

06 · RELATED

More files and storage apps.

Google Drive104 actions

Archive.org26 actions

Flotiq10 actions

WordPress.com10 actions

ALL FILES AND STORAGE APPS →

07 · FAQ

Dropbox and Arc0, answered.

Q01

Can I use Dropbox with Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor?

Yes. Connect Dropbox to Arc0 once, then add your Arc0 MCP URL to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code or any other remote-MCP client. Each assistant only gets the Dropbox actions you allow.

Q02

How do users connect Dropbox?

Q03

Which Dropbox actions can my agent take?

178 in total: 91 read, 63 write and 24 destructive, such as “create folder”. Your policies decide which of them each agent may call.

Q04

Can I stop my agent from deleting things in Dropbox?

Yes. Actions like “delete file or folder” are graded destructive. Set destructive actions to deny, or to ask so the user approves each one, and blocked calls still show up on the audit log.

Q05

Can my own backend call Dropbox too?

Yes. The same Dropbox connection is available over REST and through the Arc0 proxy, so your product and your agent share one connection per user.

Get started

Plug Dropbox into your agent.

Your users connect Dropbox once, under your brand. Your agent gets 178 actions behind your policies, with every call on the record.

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Free to build · MCP + REST · Audit log on every plan