Dropbox, worked by an AI employee
Not another app for your team to learn, and not a set of rules for you to build. You hire an AI employee, you give it access to your Dropbox account, and you ask it for things in Slack or Teams the way you would ask anyone else on the team. There is nothing to map and nothing to maintain.
- File Management & Storage
- Signs in to your account
- 11 ready-made tools
- Asked in Slack or Teams
An illustration of how the conversation reads, not a transcript from a client account.
What Dropbox is
Dropbox is a cloud storage service offering file syncing, sharing, and collaboration across devices with version control and robust integrations
You sign in with your own Dropbox account, the same way you already do. We never see or hold your password.
One message in, the work done in Dropbox.
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You ask
You message your AI employee in the chat your team already has open, in one sentence, in your own words.
- 02
It works out the step
It decides what the job needs in Dropbox. You do not pick anything from a menu or wire anything together.
- 03
It does the work
Signed in to your own Dropbox account, inside the access you granted it, doing the thing you asked for.
- 04
It reports back
It tells you what it did, in the same thread. If it could not do something, it says so rather than guessing.
What it can do in Dropbox
These are the ready-made tools your AI employee already has in Dropbox. It is not limited to them, but it never has to be taught these.
- Create file requestTool to create a new file request in dropbox. use when you need to request files from others by generating a unique link for uploads to a specified dropbox folder, optionally with
- Create folderTool to create a new folder at a specified path in dropbox. use when you need to organize files by creating a new directory. requires the 'files.content.write' scope.
- Create paper documentCreates a new dropbox paper document at the specified path using html or markdown content.
- Delete file or folderPermanently deletes the file or folder at the specified path in dropbox. use when you need to remove a specific file or folder. requires the files.content.write scope.
- Get about meTool to get information about the current user's dropbox account. use when you need to retrieve account details like email, name, or account type.
- List files in folderTool to list files and folders in a specified dropbox directory. use when you need to see the contents of a folder, including subfolders if recursive is true.
- List folder contentsRetrieves a list of folders, files, and deleted entries from a specified dropbox path.
- Move file or folderMove file or folder
- Read a fileDownloads a file from the specified dropbox path, requiring files.content.read scope.
- Search File or FolderTool to search for files and folders in dropbox. use when you need to find an item by name or content, optionally within a specific path or with other filters, and paginate through
- Upload FileUploads a file to a specified path in the user's dropbox, with options for handling existing files.
These are the jobs Sanaf would hold, signed in to your Dropbox account.
AI Administrative Assistant
Sanaf, on this job
- Files what comes in and keeps naming consistent
- Puts photos under the job they belong to
AI Social Media Manager
Sanaf, on this job
- Finds the usable job photos and turns them into posts
- Tells you which jobs have no photos worth posting
You do not learn a new screen. You type this in Slack or Teams.
@Sanaf find the good photos from the Ashfield job and draft posts.
@Sanaf file this week's site photos under the right job.
@Sanaf which finished jobs do we have no photos of?
You stay the boss of your Dropbox account.
Nothing connects until you approve it. You grant access one app at a time, you can take it back the same way, and everything your AI employee does in there is written down where you can see it.
How we handle your data- It signs in to your own Dropbox account. You are not moving anything into ours.
- You grant access one app at a time, and you can take it back the same way.
- Everything it does in Dropbox is written down, with what it did and when.
- Anything you tell it to check with you first, it checks with you first.
It works in Dropbox and the rest of your software in the same job
A real job rarely stays in one place. Reading a message in one app, checking a record in another and writing the result in a third is one request to your AI employee, not three.
Questions people ask about Dropbox
- Can an AI employee really work inside Dropbox?
- Yes. It signs in to your own Dropbox account and works in it the way a new hire would, from the chat your team already has open. Nobody installs anything, and nobody learns a new screen.
- Do I have to move anything out of Dropbox?
- No. Nothing moves and nothing is replaced. Your records stay in Dropbox, your team carries on in the same screens they used yesterday, and your AI employee works alongside them in there.
- How does it get into my Dropbox account?
- You sign in with your own Dropbox account, the same way you already do. We never see or hold your password. You approve it before anything connects, and you can take the access back the same way you gave it.
- What can it actually do in Dropbox?
- It has 11 ready-made tools in Dropbox today, among them Create file request, Create folder and Create paper document. The full list is on this page. It is not limited to those, but it never has to be taught them.
- Can it use Dropbox and the rest of my software in the same job?
- Yes, and that is usually the point. Reading a message in one app, checking a record in Dropbox and writing the result somewhere else is one request to your AI employee, not three separate ones you stitch together.
- Who decides what it is allowed to do in Dropbox?
- You do. You grant access one app at a time and can withdraw it at any time, anything you ask it to check with you first it checks with you first, and everything it does in Dropbox is written down with what it did and when.