# Box (MCP Server)

> Search, read, and organize Box content and ask Box AI questions about files

- Type: MCP server
- Publisher: Box (official)
- Categories: Productivity, Business
- Website: https://developer.box.com/guides/box-mcp
- Docs: https://developer.box.com/guides/box-mcp/tools
- Source: https://github.com/box/mcp-server-box-remote
- Transport: streamable-http
- Server URL: https://mcp.box.com
- Sign-in: oauth
- Listed: 2025-06-01

## About

Box's hosted remote MCP server lets AI agents search files and folders, read content, manage metadata, upload and move files, and use Box AI for Q&A and extraction. It uses OAuth and must be enabled by a Box admin. A self-hosted server also exists but is now labeled legacy.

## Install

1. **Connect it in ChatGPT** Turn on Developer mode in ChatGPT (Settings → Security and login), open Plugins, select + and paste https://mcp.box.com as the MCP server URL, then sign in with OAuth. Add it to a chat from the composer's tools menu.

2. **Or add it to Codex or the API**

   Codex CLI:

   ```bash
   codex mcp add box --url https://mcp.box.com
   codex mcp login box
   ```

   config.toml:

   ```toml
   [mcp_servers.box]
   url = "https://mcp.box.com"
   ```

   Responses API:

   ```python
   import os
   from openai import OpenAI
   
   client = OpenAI()
   
   response = client.responses.create(
       model="gpt-6-astra",
       tools=[{
           "type": "mcp",
           "server_label": "box",
           "server_url": "https://mcp.box.com",
           "authorization": os.environ["BOX_API_KEY"],
           "require_approval": "never",
       }],
       input="Find the latest signed MSA in Box",
   )
   print(response.output_text)
   ```

## Tools

- `who_am_i`
- `search_files_keyword`
- `get_file_content`
- `get_file_details`
- `list_folder_content_by_folder_id`
- `create_folder`
- `upload_file`
- `move_file`
- `copy_file`
- `set_file_metadata`
- `get_download_url`
- `ai_qa_single_file`

## Example prompts

- "Find the latest signed MSA in Box"
- "Ask Box AI what the termination clause says in this contract"
- "List the contents of the Marketing Assets folder"
- "Move the Q2 report into the Archive folder"

## Also available as

- app: [Box](https://chatgptplugins.directory/apps/box.md)

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