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Box MCP for AI Agents. Find, organize, and audit every file in your company's content library.

Box MCP connects your AI client directly to the Box cloud content management system. It lets you manage files, folders, permissions, and metadata using natural conversation instead of navigating complex UIs or digging through folder IDs. You can search company-wide for documents, check who has access, or create new structure elements—all hands-free.

Box MCP is compatible with Claude Claude
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Box MCP is compatible with Cursor Cursor
Box MCP is compatible with Gemini Gemini
Box MCP is compatible with Windsurf Windsurf
Box MCP is compatible with VS Code VS Code
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Box MCP is compatible with Vercel Vercel
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Give Claude and any AI agent real-world access

Audit folder contents

The agent lists all items inside a specific Box folder, providing names, sizes, and dates modified.

Manage folder structure

You can ask the agent to create new folders within your account or retrieve details about existing ones.

Search across all files

The system performs a full-text search, filtering results by file type (like PDF or DOCX) and specific metadata tags.

Check access permissions

You can list who has been given access to a folder and what their current permission level is.

List company users

The agent pulls an up-to-date roster of all enterprise users within your Box account, including group memberships.

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What AI agents can do with Box MCP: 7 Available Tools

Use these tools to orchestrate complex file management tasks, from navigating deep folder structures to auditing user access across the entire content library.

Make your AI actually useful.

Add this MCP to Claude, Cursor, or Windsurf and your AI stops guessing. It gets real tools to look things up, take action, and handle the stuff you keep doing by hand.

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List Folder Items

Retrieves a detailed listing of every file or folder contained within a specified Box directory.

Get Folder Info

Fetches specific details about an entire folder, such as its total size and creation...

Create Folder

Allows you to build out your company's structure by generating a brand new folder at...

Get File Info

Pulls specific metadata, size, and details for any individual file within Box.

Search Content

Searches through documents and files using keywords, narrowing results by file type...

Get Folder Collaborations

Lists every person or group who has been granted access to a specific folder and what rights they possess.

List Users

Generates an up-to-date list of all active employee accounts within the Box organization.

Security and governance baked right in.

Pick your AI client below to get set up. Just create a Vinkius account, subscribe, and you're instantly up and running. We handle the entire backend infrastructure, delivering out-of-the-box support for HTTPS Streamable, SSE, and OAuth2—zero messy routing required.

Box MCP is compatible with Claude

Claude AI

1

Open Claude Settings

Go to claude.ai, click your profile icon, then navigate to Customize → Connectors.

2

Add Custom Connector

Click the "+" button and select Add custom connector. Paste your Vinkius endpoint URL:

https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp

Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your token from cloud.vinkius.com. For OAuth-protected servers, expand Advanced settings to add credentials.

3

Start a conversation

Open a new chat. The Box integration is available immediately — no restart needed.

Choose How to Get Started

Build a custom MCP for your own tools, or connect a ready-made integration from our catalog.

Build Your Own

Turn any API into an MCP. Import a spec, define Agent Skills, or deploy with MCPFusion.

  • Import from OpenAPI, Swagger, or YAML specs
  • Create Agent Skills with progressive disclosure
  • Deploy to edge with MCPFusion framework
  • Built in DLP, auth, and compliance on each call
  • Real time usage dashboard and cost metering
  • Publish to catalog or keep private
Start building

Make Your AI Do More

Start with Box, then connect any of our 5,200+ other servers whenever your AI needs more. One click, no limits.

  • Use this MCP plus 5,200+ others, all in one place
  • Add new capabilities to your AI anytime you want
  • Connections are secured and governed automatically
  • Track usage and costs across all your servers
  • Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and more
  • New servers added to the catalog weekly
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The Struggle of Manual Content Discovery Solved with Vinkius AI Gateway

Today, finding a specific file feels like archaeology. You open Box, click through the main departmental folders, then into subfolders that might have been renamed months ago. If you need to check permissions for 50 different documents, you're opening 50 tabs and clicking 'Manage Access' repeatedly. It’s slow, tedious, and easy to miss a key document buried three levels deep.

With this MCP, the process changes entirely. You just tell your agent what you need—like 'Show me all final marketing reports from last quarter.' The system instantly runs `search_content` across all relevant areas and presents a filtered list, complete with metadata, saving you the headache of manual folder navigation.

Get Full Control Over Content Access

Before this MCP, checking who could view 'Board Minutes' required opening the folder and clicking into the collaboration settings. If you wanted to know if an external auditor had access *and* what their specific role was, it meant multiple manual steps.

Now, running `get_folder_collaborations` gives you a single, clean readout of every user, their group membership, and their exact permissions level—all in seconds. You get immediate visibility into your content governance.

What your AI can actually do with this

This MCP gives your agent direct control over your Box enterprise account. Think of it as having a virtual assistant that knows the exact location and details of every document in your organization’s cloud storage.

Instead of manually opening folders, navigating directory trees, or remembering file IDs, you just talk to your AI client. You can ask it to list all documents related to 'Q3 marketing' or check if a specific folder needs restricted access. The agent handles the deep dives, whether that means listing contents inside a shared folder, running full-text searches across years of files, or applying custom metadata tags.

Because this MCP manages everything from user rosters to complex collaboration rules, you get a complete picture of your company's knowledge base without ever leaving your chat window. It makes the huge catalog of content manageable, letting you focus on answering questions instead of finding the right file first.

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Score 100/100
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Questions you might have

How do I use the Box MCP to find all documents? +

You run search_content by telling your agent what you are looking for and specifying filters like file type or date range. This searches across everything in the account, not just one folder.

Can I use Box MCP to list all employees? +

Yes, calling list_users pulls an up-to-date roster of everyone in your organization and their basic group memberships for auditing purposes.

Is the Box MCP better than just browsing folders? +

Absolutely. Browsing requires you to know the folder path; using this MCP allows you to ask natural language questions (e.g., 'Show me Q3 legal files') and lets the agent figure out the path for you.

What if I want to create a new project area? +

You use create_folder to build it. You simply tell your agent where it should go, and it handles creating the folder structure in Box.