# Connect Dropbox and TextIt

When **New File in Folder** fires in [Dropbox](https://apiant.ai/connections/dropbox), your agent runs **Add contact** in [TextIt](https://apiant.ai/connections/textit), or **New contact** in TextIt 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 TextIt **2** triggers TextIt **12** 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 TextIt to do together?

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`https://mcp.apiant.ai`

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 TextIt can do together

### From Dropbox to TextIt

- When **New File in Folder** in Dropbox then **Add contact** in TextIt
- When **New File in Folder** in Dropbox then **Add contact field** in TextIt

### From TextIt to Dropbox

- When **New contact** in TextIt then **Upload file** in Dropbox
- When **New message** in TextIt 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 TextIt

## Triggers and actions 3 triggers · 33 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 contact**

Triggers when a new contact is added to your TextIt workspace, optionally only contacts in a chosen group.

- Trigger

**New message**

Triggers when a new message is sent or received in your TextIt workspace, optionally limited to a folder or label.

- Action

**Add broadcast**

Creates and sends a new message broadcast to contacts, phone numbers/URNs or contact groups.

- Action

**Add contact**

Creates a new contact in your TextIt workspace with a name, language, URNs (phone, email, etc.), groups and contact field values.

- Action

**Add contact field**

Creates a new custom contact field in your TextIt workspace.

- Action

**Add group**

Creates a new contact group in your TextIt workspace.

- Action

**Delete contact**

Deletes a contact, identified by its UUID or one of its URNs.

- Action

**Find contacts**

Finds contacts by UUID, URN, group or modification date and returns the matching contacts.

- Action

**Find messages**

Returns messages in your TextIt workspace, filtered by message, folder, label or creation date, most recent first.

- Action

**List broadcasts**

Returns the broadcasts sent from your TextIt workspace, most recent first, optionally filtered by broadcast id or creation date.

- Action

**List contact fields**

Returns the custom contact fields defined in your TextIt workspace, with each field's key, name and data type.

- Action

**Perform contact action**

Performs a bulk action on up to 100 contacts: add to or remove from a group, block, unblock, interrupt active flow runs, or permanently delete.

- Action

**Start Flow**

Starts contacts, groups or URNs down a TextIt flow and returns the created flow start.

- Action

**Update contact**

Updates an existing TextIt contact, identified by its UUID or one of its URNs. Only the values you fill in are changed.

## 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)
- [ **TextIt** TextIt provides a way of automating conversational interactions over SMS, messaging bots and phone calls.](https://apiant.ai/connections/textit)

Reviews

## What our customers say

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- [ **Dropbox to IBAN Analyzer** IBAN Analyzer validates and resolves international bank account numbers.](https://apiant.ai/connect/dropbox-to-iban-analyzer)

## More into TextIt

- [ **HubSpot to TextIt** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-textit)
- [ **Salesforce to TextIt** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-textit)
- [ **Slack to TextIt** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-textit)
- [ **Google Sheets to TextIt** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-textit)
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Questions

## Dropbox and TextIt, 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 TextIt when something happens in Dropbox?

Any of TextIt's 12 actions, including Update contact, Add broadcast, Add contact and Add contact field. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

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### Can it also run from TextIt to Dropbox?

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

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

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.
