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What Dropbox can start in Writer
When New File in Folder in Dropbox
then Add file in Writer
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 Writer
Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 35 actions
- New File in Folder
Triggers when a new file appears in the folder you choose.
- 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.
- Copy File or Folder
Copy a file or folder from one path to another.
- Create Folder
Create a folder at the given path.
- Create Shared Link
Create a shareable link for a file or folder.
- Delete File or Folder
Delete a file or folder at the given path.
- Download file
Download a file from the connected Dropbox account.
- Get Current Account
Get information about the connected Dropbox account.
- Get File Metadata
Get metadata for a file or folder.
- Get space usage
Returns the connected Dropbox account's storage usage and allocation.
- Get Temporary Link
Get a temporary direct-download link for a file (valid ~4 hours).
- List file revisions
Lists the revisions of a Dropbox file, newest first, by file path or file id.
- List Folder
List the contents of a folder.
- List Folder Members
Returns the members of a shared folder: users, groups and pending invitees with their access levels.
- Move File or Folder
Move a file or folder from one path to another.
- Restore file
Restores a specific earlier revision of a file to the given path in Dropbox.
- Revoke shared link
Revoke a Dropbox shared link so it no longer grants access.
- Share folder
Share a Dropbox folder so collaborators can be added to it. Creates the folder if the path does not exist yet.
- Upload file
Uploads a file (up to 150 MiB) to a path in the connected Dropbox account.
- Upload File from URL
Save a file from a public URL directly into Dropbox at the given path.
- Add file
Uploads a file (PDF, Word, PowerPoint, image, email, HTML, subtitle, CSV or Excel) to your Writer account, optionally attaching it to a Knowledge Graph.
- Add file to knowledge graph
Adds an uploaded file to a Writer Knowledge Graph.
- Add knowledge graph
Create a new Knowledge Graph.
- Ask knowledge graph
Ask a natural-language question against a Knowledge Graph and get an answer with citations.
- Delete file
Permanently delete a file from Writer. This cannot be undone.
- Delete file from knowledge graph
Remove a file from a Knowledge Graph. The file remains in your Writer files.
- Delete knowledge graph
Delete a Writer Knowledge Graph.
- Generate chat completion
Generate a multi-turn chat completion from a list of messages, distinct from the existing single-prompt Send Prompt/Text generation op.
- Get file
Retrieve a file's details, including its name, processing status, and the Knowledge Graphs it belongs to.
- Get knowledge graph
Retrieve a Writer Knowledge Graph by its id, including file processing status and connected web URLs.
- List knowledge graphs
Retrieve a list of Knowledge Graphs. By default only org-wide Knowledge Graphs are returned; supply team IDs to include graphs deployed to those teams.
- List models
Lists the models available to your Writer account for text generation, chat completions and other AI tasks.
- Parse PDF
Parse a PDF document into structured text.
- Search web
Searches the web for a query using Writer's web search tool and returns a generated answer with the source URLs it drew on.
- Send Prompt
Generates text from a single prompt with a Writer Palmyra model (or an external model configured for your organization), without conversational context.
- Update knowledge graph
Update a Knowledge Graph's name/description.
No trigger or action matches that. Ask your agent to add it: it reads the API documentation and builds what you describe.
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Questions
Dropbox and Writer, answered
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 Writer when something happens in Dropbox?
Any of Writer's 16 actions, including Send Prompt, Update knowledge graph, Add file and Add file to knowledge graph. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Writer to Dropbox?
Writer has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Dropbox. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Writer's API documentation and adds it.
Do I have to build a connector for Dropbox or Writer?
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.
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.