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Box × Cursor

Use the Box MCP server
in Cursor

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

Connect Box free

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

Setup: Box in Cursor

Cursor adds MCP servers via MCP settings or install deep links. The gateway route takes about two minutes:

  1. Connect Box to your free gate gateway from the verified directory.
  2. On your gate overview, click 'Add to Cursor' — Cursor opens and asks to install the gateway.
  3. Confirm and approve the sign-in.
  4. Box's tools are now available to Cursor's agent, governed by your rules.

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, ChatGPT, 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 Cursor 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.

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