--- title: "Connect Dropbox and Order Desk - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New File in Folder\" fires in Dropbox, your agent runs \"Change Folder\" in Order Desk, or \"New Order Added\" in Order Desk to \"Upload file\" in Dropbox." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/dropbox-to-order-desk" --- # Connect Dropbox and Order Desk When **New File in Folder** fires in [Dropbox](https://apiant.ai/connections/dropbox), your agent runs **Change Folder** in [Order Desk](https://apiant.ai/connections/order-desk), or **New Order Added** in Order Desk to **Upload file** in Dropbox. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Dropbox **1** trigger Dropbox **21** actions Order Desk **2** triggers Order Desk **16** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Dropbox and Order Desk 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 Dropbox and Order Desk can do together ### From Dropbox to Order Desk - When **New File in Folder** in Dropbox then **Change Folder** in Order Desk - When **New File in Folder** in Dropbox then **Add Order Item** in Order Desk ### From Order Desk to Dropbox - When **New Order Added** in Order Desk then **Upload file** in Dropbox - When **Order Folder Changed** in Order Desk then **Create Folder** in Dropbox 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 Dropbox and Order Desk ## Triggers and actions 3 triggers · 37 actions - 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. - Trigger **New Order Added** Triggered when a new order is added in Order Desk. - Trigger **Order Folder Changed** Triggered when an order moves to a different folder in Order Desk. - Action **Add Order Item** Adds a line item to an existing order in Order Desk. - Action **Add Order Note** Adds a note to an order's history in Order Desk. - Action **Add Shipment** Records a shipment with tracking details against an order in Order Desk. - Action **Change Folder** Moves an order into a different folder in Order Desk. - Action **Change Tag** Sets the tag on an order in Order Desk. Reads the order first and writes it back with the new tag so no other order details are lost. - Action **Create Inventory Item** Creates a product in the Order Desk store's inventory. - Action **Create New Order** Creates a new order in Order Desk with its line items, addresses and totals. - Action **Delete Inventory Item** Deletes a product from the Order Desk store's inventory. - Action **Delete Order** Deletes an order from Order Desk. - Action **Delete Order Item** Removes a line item from an order in Order Desk. - Action **Get Inventory Item** Returns one product from the Order Desk store's inventory, including its stock level and your own metadata. - Action **Get Order** Returns one order from Order Desk with its line items, addresses, shipments, notes and your own metadata. - Action **List Orders** Returns orders from Order Desk, with optional folder, source, customer and date filters. - Action **Set Order Data** Updates fields on an existing Order Desk order. Reads the order first and writes it back with only the fields you filled in, so nothing else is lost. - Action **Set Order Item Data** Updates a line item on an Order Desk order. Reads the item first and writes it back with only the fields you filled in, so nothing else on the item is lost. - Action **Update Inventory Item** Updates a product in the Order Desk store's inventory. Reads the item first and writes it back with only the fields you filled in, so nothing else is lost. ## Each app on its own - [ **Dropbox** Dropbox cloud file storage. 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Any of Dropbox's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New File in Folder. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Order Desk when something happens in Dropbox? Any of Order Desk's 16 actions, including Create Inventory Item, Create New Order, Update Inventory Item and Add Order Item. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Order Desk to Dropbox? Yes. When something happens in Order Desk, your agent can act in Dropbox too. This page covers both directions: Order Desk's triggers and Dropbox's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Dropbox or Order Desk? 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 Dropbox and Order Desk 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.