--- title: "Connect Dropbox and YouCan - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New File in Folder\" fires in Dropbox, your agent runs \"Add order\" in YouCan, or \"New Order\" in YouCan to \"Upload file\" in Dropbox." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/dropbox-to-youcan" --- # Connect Dropbox and YouCan When **New File in Folder** fires in [Dropbox](https://apiant.ai/connections/dropbox), your agent runs **Add order** in [YouCan](https://apiant.ai/connections/youcan), or **New Order** in YouCan 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 YouCan **1** trigger YouCan **16** 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 YouCan 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 YouCan can do together ### From Dropbox to YouCan - When **New File in Folder** in Dropbox then **Add order** in YouCan - When **New File in Folder** in Dropbox then **Create Customer** in YouCan ### From YouCan to Dropbox - When **New Order** in YouCan then **Upload file** in Dropbox - When **New Order** in YouCan 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 YouCan ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 37 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 Order** Triggers when a new order is placed in your YouCan store. - Action **Add category** Creates a new product category in your YouCan store. - Action **Add coupon** Creates a discount coupon in your YouCan store, valid for the products you choose. - Action **Add order** Creates an order in your YouCan store for an existing customer, with the product variants, shipping choice and optional addresses, discount, notes and tags. - Action **Create Customer** Creates a customer in your YouCan store with their contact details and optional addresses. - Action **Create Product** Creates a new product in your YouCan store, with optional pricing, inventory, variants, categories and images. - Action **Delete product** Deletes a product from your YouCan store. - Action **Get coupon** Returns a single coupon from your YouCan store, including its code, discount value, type, dates and usage limit. - Action **Get customer** Returns a single customer from your YouCan store, optionally including their addresses and orders. - Action **Get order** Returns a single order by its ID, optionally with its customer, items, payment, shipping and other related details. - Action **Get product** Returns a single product from your YouCan store, including price, inventory, images and optional variants, categories and vendors. - Action **List customers** Returns customers in your YouCan store, optionally filtered by a search on name, phone or email. - Action **List products** Returns the products in your YouCan store, optionally searched, sorted and with related variants, categories or images. - Action **List Shipping Zones** Returns the store's shipping zones, optionally including their shipping rates. - Action **Update customer** Updates an existing customer's name, contact details, location or notes in your YouCan store. Fields left blank are not changed. - Action **Update order status** Updates an order's general, shipping or payment status in your YouCan store. - Action **Update product** Updates an existing product in your YouCan store. Only the fields you fill in are changed. ## Each app on its own - [ **Dropbox** Dropbox cloud file storage. 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Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-youcan) - [ **Google Sheets to YouCan** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-youcan) - [ **Gmail to YouCan** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-youcan) - [ **Google Calendar to YouCan** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-youcan) Questions ## Dropbox and YouCan, 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 YouCan when something happens in Dropbox? Any of YouCan's 16 actions, including Create Customer, Create Product, Update customer and Update order status. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from YouCan to Dropbox? Yes. When something happens in YouCan, your agent can act in Dropbox too. This page covers both directions: YouCan's triggers and Dropbox's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Dropbox or YouCan? 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 YouCan 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.