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Box × VS Code

Use the Box MCP server
in VS Code

Search and read documents and folders in your Box account. This guide connects Box to VS Code (GitHub Copilot's agent mode) 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 VS Code

VS Code adds MCP servers via MCP server configuration. 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 VS Code' — VS Code prompts to add the gateway as an HTTP MCP server.
  3. Confirm and approve the sign-in.
  4. Copilot's agent mode can now use Box — logged and governed through your gateway.

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, Cursor 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 VS Code 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 Cursor