Box MCP | OAuth Box connector for AI agents

Tools your document agent reaches for on Box, scoped per user.

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Search files, get metadata, list folders, create shared links, and upload documents.

box_collaboration_create

Create collaboration

Grants a user or group access to a file or folder.

Parameters

Name

Type

Required

Description

accessible_by_id

string

Required

ID of the user or group to collaborate with.

accessible_by_type

string

Required

Type: user or group.

item_id

string

Required

ID of the file or folder.

item_type

string

Required

Type of item: file or folder.

role

string

Required

Collaboration role: viewer, previewer, uploader, previewer_uploader, viewer_uploader, co-owner, or editor.

can_view_path

string

Optional

Allow user to see path to item (true/false).

expires_at

string

Optional

Expiry date in ISO 8601 format.

notify

string

Optional

Notify collaborator via email (true/false).

box_collaboration_delete

Delete collaboration

box_collaboration_get

Get collaboration

box_collaboration_update

Update collaboration

box_collection_items_list

List collection items

box_collections_list

List collections

box_comment_create

Create comment

box_comment_delete

Delete comment

box_comment_get

Get comment

box_comment_update

Update comment

box_events_list

List events

box_file_collaborations_list

List file collaborations

box_file_comments_list

List file comments

box_file_copy

File Copy

box_file_delete

Delete file

box_file_get

Get file

box_file_metadata_create

Create file metadata

box_file_metadata_delete

Delete file metadata

box_file_metadata_get

Get file metadata

box_file_metadata_list

List file metadata

box_file_representations_get

Get file representations

box_file_tasks_list

List file tasks

box_file_thumbnail_get

Get file thumbnail

box_file_update

Update file

box_file_versions_list

List file versions

box_folder_collaborations_list

List folder collaborations

box_folder_copy

Folder Copy

box_folder_create

Create folder

box_folder_delete

Delete folder

box_folder_get

Get folder

For more tools, view docs.

Build your Agent

Drop the toolkit in, point it at the user, and your document agent can use Box from the first run.

import { ScalekitClient } from "@scalekit-sdk/node";
import { DynamicStructuredTool } from "@langchain/core/tools";
import { createReactAgent } from "@langchain/langgraph/prebuilt";
import { z } from "zod";

const sk = new ScalekitClient(envUrl, clientId, clientSecret);

const { tools } = await sk.tools.listScopedTools("user_123", {
  filter: { connectionNames: ["box"], toolNames: ["box_files_search", "box_file_get", "box_file_download"] },
  pageSize: 100,
});

const lcTools = tools.map((t) => new DynamicStructuredTool({
  name: t.tool.definition.name,
  description: t.tool.definition.description,
  schema: z.object({}).passthrough(),
  func: async (args) => {
    const { data } = await sk.tools.executeTool({
      toolName: t.tool.definition.name,
      identifier: "user_123",
      params: args,
    });
    return JSON.stringify(data);
  },
}));

const agent = createReactAgent({ llm, tools: lcTools });

import { ScalekitClient } from "@scalekit-sdk/node";
import OpenAI from "openai";

const sk = new ScalekitClient(envUrl, clientId, clientSecret);
const openai = new OpenAI();

const { tools } = await sk.tools.listScopedTools("user_123", {
  filter: { connectionNames: ["box"], toolNames: ["box_files_search", "box_file_get", "box_file_download"] },
  pageSize: 100,
});

const llmTools = tools.map((t) => ({
  type: "function",
  function: {
    name: t.tool.definition.name,
    description: t.tool.definition.description,
    parameters: t.tool.definition.input_schema,
  },
}));

const resp = await openai.responses.create({
  model: "gpt-4o", input: prompt, tools: llmTools,
});

import { ScalekitClient } from "@scalekit-sdk/node";
import Anthropic from "@anthropic-ai/sdk";

const sk = new ScalekitClient(envUrl, clientId, clientSecret);
const anthropic = new Anthropic();

const { tools } = await sk.tools.listScopedTools("user_123", {
  filter: { connectionNames: ["box"], toolNames: ["box_files_search", "box_file_get", "box_file_download"] },
  pageSize: 100,
});

const llmTools = tools.map((t) => ({
  name: t.tool.definition.name,
  description: t.tool.definition.description,
  input_schema: t.tool.definition.input_schema,
}));

const msg = await anthropic.messages.create({
  model: "claude-sonnet-4-6", max_tokens: 1024,
  tools: llmTools,
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: prompt }],
});

import { Agent } from "@google/adk/agents";
import {
  MCPToolset, StreamableHTTPConnectionParams,
} from "@google/adk/tools/mcp";

const toolset = new MCPToolset({
  connectionParams: new StreamableHTTPConnectionParams({
    url: "https://mcp.scalekit.com/box",
    headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${userScopedToken}` },
  }),
});

const agent = new Agent({
  name: "agent", model: "gemini-2.0-flash",
  tools: await toolset.getTools(),
});

Try these prompts

Paste any prompt into your agent to start using Box.

Search & recall

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Find all files matching [keyword] in Box.

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List files in folder [folder name].

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Get the metadata for [file name].

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Show me all files shared with [email].

Action & sharing

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Create a shared link for [file] with company access.

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Upload [filename] to [folder].

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Move [file] to [folder].

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Add a comment to [file]: [text].

Folders & audits

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List all subfolders in [folder].

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Which files were edited this week?

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Show file owners across [folder].

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Find files older than 1 year in [folder].

SEE HOW AUTH WORKS

Users authorize Box once. Their credentials stay vaulted, every call is checked, and every action is logged.

Authorize

Your user connects

Box

once. We tie it to their identity and the meetings they approved — no shared bot account, no org-wide access

Who:

user ‘A’

when:

Once per user

access:

Limited to user

Store

Their

Box

token lives in a vault scoped to them. User A's meetings are never reachable by an agent acting for user B, even on the same connection

vault:

encrypted

scope:

per-user

tokens:

auto-refreshed

Resolve

When your agent calls a

Box

tool, we fetch the right token server-side. It never touches your agent, never appears in the LLM context, never shows up in your logs

speed:

~40ms

check:

before every call

seen by:

nobody

Audit

Every

Box

tool call is logged — who triggered it, which meeting was fetched, what came back. 90 days of history, tied to the user who authorized it

history:

90 days

export:

SIEM-ready

logged:

every call

Test other agents

Same per-user auth pattern across other document agents and MCP connectors. Working code, live demos, fork what fits.

SUPPORT

Support triage agent

Read Zendesk tickets, fetch runbooks from Notion, and route to the right Slack channel with a drafted response.

SUPPORT

Support ticket automation (Google ADK)

Google ADK agent that classifies Zendesk tickets, pulls Notion context, and posts to Slack. End-to-end ticket handoff.

Why Scalekit

Secure your agent's access. Connectors ship in minutes

Other connector libraries treat auth as a demo afterthought. Scalekit starts with user identity, scope enforcement, and audit.

01.

File downloads bypass folder ACLs

A shared Box service account looks fine in a demo. In production, every file download and folder search runs with admin-level access that bypasses collaboration scope and folder ACLs. Scalekit resolves the actual user's token so every Box action respects their real permissions.

// shared token
 audit → bot_service_account
 user_filter → broken

 // scalekit
 audit → user_abc
 scope → enforced ✓

02.

Authentication is not authorization

03.

Multi-tenancy is architectural

04.

Box today. Google Drive, Dropbox, SharePoint tomorrow.

“Our agents act across Salesforce, Gong, Google Drive, and more, on behalf of every customer. Scalekit behind the scenes meant we can keep adding tools without ever rebuilding how credentials or tool calling work.”

Venu Madhav Kattagoni

Head of Engineering / Von

FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

Does the agent access Box as the user or as a shared key?

As the user. Each workspace member authorizes once and Scalekit resolves their credential at request time. Audit logs attribute every action to that user, not a shared service account.

Where is the Box oauth 2.0 stored?

In Scalekit's managed AES-256 token vault, namespaced per tenant. Refresh is automatic. Revocation is a single dashboard action. Tokens never appear in prompts, logs, or LLM context.

Can I limit what the agent is allowed to do in Box?

Yes. Pass a tool name filter to listScopedTools so the document agent only sees the subset you authorize. Pre-API-call scope checks block out-of-policy actions before the request reaches Box.

What happens when a user revokes Box access?

The connection is invalidated on the next tool call. Subsequent requests for that user fail closed with a clear error. Other users in the tenant remain unaffected. The event is logged for audit.

Can the agent download files outside the user's folders?

No. File search, downloads, and shared links all run with the authorizing user's Box permissions. Collaboration scope, folder ACLs, and Box-level security policies are honored.

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