# Connect Dropbox to PDF Vector

When **New File in Folder** fires in [Dropbox](https://apiant.ai/connections/dropbox), your agent runs **Ask About Invoice** in [PDF Vector](https://apiant.ai/connections/pdf-vector). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

Dropbox **1** trigger Dropbox **21** actions PDF Vector **9** 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 PDF Vector to do together?

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### Set it up in your client

### Claude Code

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Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.

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### 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.

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### Cursor

Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser.

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### Zed

Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.

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### Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app

Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in.

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### Any other MCP client

Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection.

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Example flows

## What Dropbox can start in PDF Vector

- When **New File in Folder** in Dropbox then **Ask About Invoice** in PDF Vector
- When **New File in Folder** in Dropbox then **Extract Data From Invoice** in PDF Vector

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 PDF Vector

## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 30 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.

- Action

**Ask About Document**

Answers a question about the content of a document (PDF, Office, image, text and more) using AI, given a public URL or base64 file content.

- Action

**Ask About Identity Document**

Answers a question about an identity document (passport, driver's license, ID card) supplied by URL or base64 content, using AI.

- Action

**Ask About Invoice**

Answers a question about an invoice document (PDF, image, Word and more) using AI, provided by URL or base64 content.

- Action

**Extract Data From Document**

Extracts structured data from a document (PDF, Word, Excel, image and more) according to your instructions and JSON schema.

- Action

**Extract Data From Identity Document**

Extracts structured data from an identity document (passport, driver's license, ID card) according to a JSON Schema you provide.

- Action

**Extract Data From Invoice**

Extracts structured data from an invoice (PDF, image or office file) into the shape you describe with a JSON Schema.

- Action

**Parse Document**

Parses a document (PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, images and more) and returns its content as markdown.

- Action

**Parse Identity Document**

Parses an identity document (passport, driver's license, ID card) and returns its content as markdown.

- Action

**Parse Invoice**

Parses an invoice (PDF, image or office document) into markdown text.

## Each app on its own

- [ **Dropbox** Dropbox cloud file storage. Upload, download, move, copy, delete, and search files and folders; create...](https://apiant.ai/connections/dropbox)
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Reviews

## What our customers say

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Questions

## Dropbox and PDF Vector, answered

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### What can start an automation from Dropbox?

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.

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### What can your agent do in PDF Vector when something happens in Dropbox?

Any of PDF Vector's 9 actions, including Ask About Document, Ask About Identity Document, Ask About Invoice and Extract Data From Document. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

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### Can it also run from PDF Vector to Dropbox?

PDF Vector has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Dropbox. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads PDF Vector's API documentation and adds it.

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### Do I have to build a connector for Dropbox or PDF Vector?

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.

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### 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.

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### Is there a free plan?

Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.
