--- title: "Connect Dropbox and QuickBase - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New File in Folder\" fires in Dropbox, your agent runs \"Query records\" in QuickBase." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/dropbox-to-quickbase" --- # Connect Dropbox and QuickBase When **New File in Folder** fires in [Dropbox](https://apiant.ai/connections/dropbox), your agent runs **Query records** in [QuickBase](https://apiant.ai/connections/quickbase), or **New or updated record** in QuickBase to **Download file** in Dropbox. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Dropbox **1** trigger Dropbox **21** actions QuickBase **2** triggers QuickBase **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 Dropbox and QuickBase 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) QuickBase holds the records your team works from, and Dropbox holds the files those records point to. Connecting them means a new or changed row in a QuickBase table can create a shared Dropbox folder, push a file up, pull one down, or pull back access when work closes. The agent builds the setup, tests every scenario and keeps it running. Example flows ## What Dropbox and QuickBase can do together ### From Dropbox to QuickBase - When **New File in Folder** in Dropbox then **Query records** in QuickBase - When **New File in Folder** in Dropbox then **Insert or update records** in QuickBase ### From QuickBase to Dropbox - When **New or updated record** in QuickBase then **Download file** in Dropbox - When **New record** in QuickBase then **List file revisions** 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 QuickBase ## Triggers and actions 3 triggers ยท 42 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 or updated record** Polling trigger. Fires for each record added or modified in the specified Quickbase table, ordered by Date Modified. Records are deduped by their Record ID# (field 3). - Trigger **New record** Polling trigger. Fires for each new record added to the specified Quickbase table, ordered by Record ID#. Records are deduped by their Record ID# (field 3). - Action **Add app** Creates a new Quickbase application in the connected realm, optionally with a description, app variables and security properties. - Action **Add field** Creates a new field in a Quickbase table, optionally with display settings, type-specific properties and per-role permissions. - Action **Add table** Create a new table in a QuickBase app. - Action **Delete app** Delete a QuickBase app by id. - Action **Delete field** Delete one or more QuickBase fields from a table. - Action **Delete records** Delete records from a Quickbase table that match a query (Quickbase query language in the where clause). - Action **Delete table** Deletes a table from a Quickbase app, including all of the data within it. - Action **Get app** Get the properties of a Quickbase application by its app ID. - Action **Get field** Get a single QuickBase field by id. - Action **Get report** Get metadata for a single QuickBase report. - Action **Get table** Get the properties of a single Quickbase table by table ID and app ID. - Action **Get table fields** List all fields (columns) for a Quickbase table, including field IDs, labels, and types. - Action **Get tables for app** List all tables belonging to a Quickbase application. - Action **Insert or update records** Insert new records or update existing ones in a Quickbase table. Pass data as an array of record objects keyed by field ID. Include the table's key field (or record ID field 3) to update; omit to insert. - Action **List reports** Lists all reports defined on a Quickbase table. - Action **Query records** Query records from a Quickbase table. Optionally pass select (array of field IDs), where (Quickbase query language), sortBy, groupBy, and options (skip/top). - Action **Run formula** Runs a Quickbase formula against a table (and optionally a record) and returns the result as text. - Action **Run report** Run a Quickbase report by report ID and table ID and return its result rows. - Action **Update app** Updates an app's name, description, app variables and/or security properties. Properties left blank stay unchanged. - Action **Update field** Updates the properties and per-role permissions of an existing field in a Quickbase table. Properties left blank stay unchanged. - Action **Update table** Update an existing QuickBase table's properties. ## 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) - [ **QuickBase** Quickbase is a low-code database platform. 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Create forms, integrate them into your site, and collect...](https://apiant.ai/connect/jotform-to-quickbase) Questions ## Dropbox and QuickBase, answered ### ### Can a Dropbox file change start the automation? No, the trigger has to come from QuickBase, using either New record or New or updated record on a table you pick. Dropbox is where the actions happen, such as Upload file, Download file, Share folder or Revoke shared link. ### ### Can the shared folder link be saved back into QuickBase? Yes. After Share folder runs in Dropbox, the agent uses Insert or update records in QuickBase to write the link onto the same record, and it tests each scenario before the setup goes live. ### ### 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 QuickBase when something happens in Dropbox? Any of QuickBase's 21 actions, including Query records, Update app, Update field and Update table. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from QuickBase to Dropbox? Yes. When something happens in QuickBase, your agent can act in Dropbox too. This page covers both directions: QuickBase's triggers and Dropbox's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Dropbox or QuickBase? 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 QuickBase 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.