Box MCP server

Box × ChatGPT

Use the Box MCP server
in ChatGPT

Search and read documents and folders in your Box account. This guide connects Box to ChatGPT (chatgpt.com) through a governed gateway — one URL that also works in every other MCP client you use, with your rules and a full log attached.

Live-probed · Security-scanned · Note: Box currently restricts third-party sign-ins — API-key path recommended

Setup: Box in ChatGPT

ChatGPT adds MCP servers via custom connectors in developer mode. The gateway route takes about two minutes:

  1. Connect Box to your free gate gateway from the verified directory.
  2. Open ChatGPT → Settings → Connectors and enable Developer mode under Advanced.
  3. Click 'Create', name it 'gate', paste your gateway URL, and set authentication to OAuth.
  4. Approve the authorization — Box is now available in your ChatGPT conversations.

What to ask once it’s connected

Find the signed version of the vendor contract.
Summarize the Q3 planning document.
What's new in the legal folder?
List the files shared with me this month.

Why route it through a gateway

One URL, every client

The same Box connection works in Claude, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code too — no per-client re-wiring.

Rules before regret

Allow, ask, or block every tool Box exposes — reads can flow freely while writes require your approval.

Every call logged

A plain-language activity log of everything ChatGPT did with Box — searchable, exportable, auditable.

Scanned and probed

Box passed a live handshake probe and a security scan before listing — and drift detection watches it after you connect.

Also available: Box in Claude · Box in Claude Code · Box in Cursor · Box in VS Code