--- title: "Connect 5pm and Dropbox - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Progress\" fires in 5pm, your agent runs \"Upload file\" in Dropbox, or \"New File in Folder\" in Dropbox to \"Add Task Progress\" in 5pm." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/5pm-to-dropbox" --- # Connect 5pm and Dropbox When **New Progress** fires in [5pm](https://apiant.ai/connections/5pm), your agent runs **Upload file** in [Dropbox](https://apiant.ai/connections/dropbox), or **New File in Folder** in Dropbox to **Add Task Progress** in 5pm. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. 5pm **7** triggers 5pm **21** actions Dropbox **1** trigger Dropbox **21** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want 5pm and Dropbox to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser. ### Set it up in your client ### Claude Code Run this in the directory you want to work in. `claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai` Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens. [Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code) ### Claude, web and desktop Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Cursor Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser. 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What 5pm and Dropbox can do together ### From 5pm to Dropbox - When **New Progress** in 5pm then **Upload file** in Dropbox - When **New Project** in 5pm then **Upload File from URL** in Dropbox ### From Dropbox to 5pm - When **New File in Folder** in Dropbox then **Add Task Progress** in 5pm - When **New File in Folder** in Dropbox then **Create Task **in 5pm Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with 5pm and Dropbox ## Triggers and actions 8 triggers · 42 actions - Trigger **New Progress** Triggers when a new task progress is created. - Trigger **New Project** Fires when a new project is created in 5pm. - Trigger **New Task** Triggers when a new support task is created. - Trigger **New User** Triggers when a new support user is created. - Trigger **Updated Project** Fires when a project is updated in 5pm. - Trigger **Updated Task** Triggers when a new support task is updated. - Trigger **Updated User** Triggers when a new support user is updated. - Action **Add Task Progress** Add Task Progress (progress in percent and house down). - Action **Add User** Create a new user in the 5pm account (UsersService add). - Action **Create Note** Creates a new note in task. - Action **Create Project** Creates a new project. - Action **Create Task** - Action **Delete Note** Remove an activity note/progress message (ActivityService remove). - Action **Delete Project** Remove a project (ProjectsService remove). - Action **Delete Task** Remove a task from a 5pm project (TasksService remove). - Action **Delete User** Remove a user from the account (UsersService remove). - Action **Find Project by Id** Retrieve a single project by its id (ProjectsService getById). - Action **Find Task** Finds a task in the application. - Action **Find Task by Id** Finds a task by Id in the application. - Action **Find User by Email** Retrieve a user by their email address (UsersService getByEmail). - Action **Find User by Id** Finds a user by Id in the system. - Action **List Notes** List activity notes/progress messages on a task (ActivityService getList). - Action **List Projects** List all projects in the account (ProjectsService getAll/getList). - Action **List Users** List all users in the account (UsersService getAll). - Action **Update Note** Update an activity note/progress message (ActivityService update). - Action **Update Project** Update a project's fields (ProjectsService update). - Action **Update Task** Update task in the application. - Action **Update User** Update a user's fields (UsersService update). - Trigger **New File in Folder** Triggers when a new file appears in the folder you choose. - Action **Add folder member** Invites one or more people or groups to a Dropbox shared folder with the access level you choose. The caller must be an owner or editor of the shared folder. - Action **Copy File or Folder** Copy a file or folder from one path to another. - Action **Create Folder** Create a folder at the given path. - Action **Create Shared Link** Create a shareable link for a file or folder. - Action **Delete File or Folder** Delete a file or folder at the given path. - Action **Download file** Download a file from the connected Dropbox account. - Action **Get Current Account** Get information about the connected Dropbox account. - Action **Get File Metadata** Get metadata for a file or folder. - Action **Get space usage** Returns the connected Dropbox account's storage usage and allocation. - Action **Get Temporary Link** Get a temporary direct-download link for a file (valid ~4 hours). - Action **List file revisions** Lists the revisions of a Dropbox file, newest first, by file path or file id. - Action **List Folder** List the contents of a folder. - Action **List Folder Members** Returns the members of a shared folder: users, groups and pending invitees with their access levels. - Action **List Shared Links** List shared links for the account, optionally filtered by path. - Action **Move File or Folder** Move a file or folder from one path to another. - Action **Restore file** Restores a specific earlier revision of a file to the given path in Dropbox. - Action **Revoke shared link** Revoke a Dropbox shared link so it no longer grants access. - Action **Search Files** Search for files and folders matching a query. - Action **Share folder** Share a Dropbox folder so collaborators can be added to it. Creates the folder if the path does not exist yet. - Action **Upload file** Uploads a file (up to 150 MiB) to a path in the connected Dropbox account. - Action **Upload File from URL** Save a file from a public URL directly into Dropbox at the given path. ## Each app on its own - [ **5pm** 5pm is an online project management tool for teams.](https://apiant.ai/connections/5pm) - [ **Dropbox** Dropbox cloud file storage. Upload, download, move, copy, delete, and search files and folders; create...](https://apiant.ai/connections/dropbox) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from 5pm - [ **5pm to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/5pm-to-hubspot) - [ **5pm to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/5pm-to-salesforce) - [ **5pm to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/5pm-to-gmail) - [ **5pm to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/5pm-to-google-calendar) - [ **5pm to Google Drive** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/5pm-to-google-drive) - [ **5pm to Mailchimp** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/5pm-to-mailchimp) ## More into Dropbox - [ **BigML to Dropbox** BigML is a machine learning platform for building, evaluating, and running predictive models.](https://apiant.ai/connect/bigml-to-dropbox) - [ **ActiveCampaign to Dropbox** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-dropbox) - [ **Airtable to Dropbox** Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-dropbox) - [ **Asana to Dropbox** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-dropbox) - [ **ClickUp to Dropbox** ClickUp is an all-in-one app to plan, track, and manage your work in a beautifully intuitive environment.](https://apiant.ai/connect/clickup-to-dropbox) - [ **Discord to Dropbox** Discord is an all-in-one voice and text chat for gamers.](https://apiant.ai/connect/discord-to-dropbox) Questions ## 5pm and Dropbox, answered ### ### What can start an automation from 5pm? Any of 5pm's 7 triggers in the catalog, including New Progress, New Project, New Task and New User. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Dropbox when something happens in 5pm? Any of Dropbox's 21 actions, including Create Folder, Create Shared Link, Upload file and Upload File from URL. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Dropbox to 5pm? Yes. When something happens in Dropbox, your agent can act in 5pm too. This page covers both directions: Dropbox's triggers and 5pm's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for 5pm or Dropbox? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use 5pm and Dropbox without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.