--- title: "Connect Dropbox to RotaCloud - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New File in Folder\" fires in Dropbox, your agent runs \"Create User\" in RotaCloud." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/dropbox-to-rotacloud" --- # Connect Dropbox to RotaCloud When **New File in Folder** fires in [Dropbox](https://apiant.ai/connections/dropbox), your agent runs **Create User** in [RotaCloud](https://apiant.ai/connections/rotacloud). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Dropbox **1** trigger Dropbox **21** actions RotaCloud **23** 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 RotaCloud 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 can start in RotaCloud - When **New File in Folder** in Dropbox then **Create User** in RotaCloud - When **New File in Folder** in Dropbox then **Update User** in RotaCloud 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 RotaCloud ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 44 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 **Assign User to Location** Adds a RotaCloud user to a location, keeping the locations they are already assigned to. - Action **Assign User to Role** Adds a role to a RotaCloud user's roles, keeping the roles they already have. - Action **Create Leave** Creates leave within RotaCloud. - Action **Create Location** Creates a location within RotaCloud. - Action **Create Role** Creates a role within RotaCloud. - Action **Create Shift** Creates a shift within RotaCloud. - Action **Create User** Creates a user within RotaCloud. - Action **Delete Location** Deletes a location from the RotaCloud account. - Action **Delete Role** Deletes a role from the RotaCloud account. - Action **Delete User** Deletes a user from the RotaCloud account. - Action **Find Leave by ID** Fetches a leave request by ID, with its employee, leave type, dates, status and messages. An error occurs if the leave is not found. - Action **Find Location by ID** Returns the RotaCloud location with the specified ID. - Action **Find Location by Name** Returns the RotaCloud locations whose name matches the specified name (case-insensitive). - Action **Find Role by ID** Returns the RotaCloud role with the specified ID. - Action **Find Role by Name** Returns the roles whose name matches the specified name. - Action **Find Shift by ID** Fetches a shift by ID, with its times, location, role, assigned employee, notes and whether it is published or open. An error occurs if the shift is not found. - Action **Find User by Email** Returns the RotaCloud user whose email address matches the specified email. - Action **Find User by ID** Retrieves a single RotaCloud user by their ID. - Action **Unassign User From Location** Removes a user from one location in RotaCloud, keeping their other location assignments. - Action **Unassign User From Role** Unssigns a user from a role within RotaCloud. - Action **Update Location** Updates an existing RotaCloud location's name, address, geolocation or timezone. Fields left blank are left unchanged. - Action **Update Role** Updates a role within RotaCloud. - Action **Update User** Updates an existing user by ID ## Each app on its own - [ **Dropbox** Dropbox cloud file storage. 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Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from RotaCloud to Dropbox? RotaCloud has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Dropbox. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads RotaCloud's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Dropbox or RotaCloud? 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 RotaCloud 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.