---
title: "Connect Dropbox and Pics.io - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"New File in Folder\" fires in Dropbox, your agent runs \"Add assets to collection\" in Pics.io."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/dropbox-to-pics-io"
---

# Connect Dropbox and Pics.io

When **New File in Folder** fires in [Dropbox](https://apiant.ai/connections/dropbox), your agent runs **Add assets to collection** in [Pics.io](https://apiant.ai/connections/pics-io), or **Assets Added to Collection** in Pics.io 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 Pics.io **10** triggers Pics.io **11** 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 Pics.io 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.

[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp)

### Zed

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

[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp)

### 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.

[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp)

### 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.

[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp)

Example flows

## What Dropbox and Pics.io can do together

### From Dropbox to Pics.io

- When **New File in Folder** in Dropbox then **Add assets to collection** in Pics.io
- When **New File in Folder** in Dropbox then **Add keyword** in Pics.io

### From Pics.io to Dropbox

- When **Assets Added to Collection** in Pics.io then **Upload file** in Dropbox
- When **Assets Color Changed** in Pics.io then **Upload File from URL** 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 Pics.io

## Triggers and actions 11 triggers · 32 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

**Assets Added to Collection**

Triggers when an asset is added to the selected Pics.io collection (including its nested collections).

- Trigger

**Assets Color Changed**

Triggers when the color label on an asset in your Pics.io library is set or changed.

- Trigger

**Assets Flag Changed**

Triggers when an asset's flag changes to flagged, unflagged or rejected in your Pics.io library.

- Trigger

**Assets Metadata Changed**

Triggers when an asset's metadata (title, description, keywords, custom fields and other details) is changed in Pics.io.

- Trigger

**Assets Moved to Collection**

Triggers when assets are moved into the chosen collection (or any collection inside it).

- Trigger

**Assets Raiting Changed**

Triggers when an asset's star rating is changed in your Pics.io library.

- Trigger

**Metadata Processing Completed**

Triggers when Pics.io finishes processing an asset's file metadata, including when metadata is reprocessed for an existing asset.

- Trigger

**New Asset**

Triggers when a new asset is added to your Pics.io library, optionally limited to a collection, inbox, lightboard, type or other filters.

- Trigger

**New Collection**

Triggers when a new collection is created directly inside the collection you choose (pick the root to watch top-level collections).

- Trigger

**New Comment**

Triggers when a new comment is added to an asset in your Pics.io library.

- Action

**Add assets to collection**

Adds one or more Pics.io assets to a collection, or moves them into it so they leave their other collections.

- Action

**Add keyword**

Creates a new keyword in the Pics.io keyword tree, optionally nested under a parent keyword.

- Action

**Create Collection**

Creates a new collection in Pics.io, optionally nested inside an existing parent collection.

- Action

**Delete collection**

Deletes a collection from your Pics.io library.

- Action

**Find assets**

Returns the assets in your Pics.io library that match a text search and optional filters such as collection, type, flag, rating, color or creation date.

- Action

**Find collections**

Returns the collections whose name or description contains the text you search for.

- Action

**Find keywords**

Returns the keywords in your Pics.io account whose name matches the search text.

- Action

**Get assets**

Returns the full details of one or more Pics.io assets by their IDs.

- Action

**List custom fields**

Returns every custom field defined in your Pics.io workspace, including each field's title, type, visibility and allowed options.

- Action

**Update asset**

Updates an existing Pics.io asset by ID — its file name, title, description, rating, flag and color label — and returns the updated asset. Fields left blank are not changed.

- Action

**Update custom field values on assets**

Sets the value of one custom field on one or more Pics.io assets at once.

## 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)
- [ **Pics.io** Pics.io is a cloud service for digital assets management built on top of Google Drive.](https://apiant.ai/connections/pics-io)

Reviews

## What our customers say

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Questions

## Dropbox and Pics.io, 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.

###

### What can your agent do in Pics.io when something happens in Dropbox?

Any of Pics.io's 11 actions, including Create Collection, Update asset, Update custom field values on assets and Add assets to collection. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

###

### Can it also run from Pics.io to Dropbox?

Yes. When something happens in Pics.io, your agent can act in Dropbox too. This page covers both directions: Pics.io's triggers and Dropbox's actions are listed here as well.

###

### Do I have to build a connector for Dropbox or Pics.io?

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 Pics.io 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.
