Box MCP Server: Supercharge Your AI Workflows with Enterprise Content Management

Transform your AI applications into enterprise content powerhouses. The Box MCP Server bridges the gap between cutting-edge AI models and Box's enterprise-grade content platform, delivering unprecedented productivity gains for developers building intelligent document workflows.

The Enterprise Content Challenge

Building AI applications that work with real-world enterprise content is notoriously complex. Developers face:

• API Integration Overhead: Hours spent wrestling with Box API authentication, rate limiting, and response parsing
• Context Disconnection: AI models operating in isolation from critical business documents and workflows
• Manual Document Processing: Time-consuming file operations that should be automated
• Enterprise Compliance Gaps: Building secure, audit-ready integrations from scratch

The Box MCP Server eliminates these bottlenecks entirely.

Productivity Multiplier for Modern Development Teams

🚀 Instant AI-Powered Content Operations

Skip weeks of API integration work. Get immediate access to:

• Smart Document Search: Query across file content, metadata, and comments with surgical precision
• AI-Native File Analysis: Ask natural language questions about documents using Box's built-in AI
• Multi-Document Intelligence: Aggregate insights across document collections seamlessly
• Structured Data Extraction: Pull specific fields from documents using AI with zero manual parsing

⚡ Zero-Configuration Enterprise Features

Enterprise-ready capabilities that just work:

• Document Generation Pipeline: Automate report creation using Box DocGen templates
• Bulk Operations Management: Handle large-scale file operations with built-in job tracking
• Folder Hierarchy Management: Programmatically organize content with enterprise-grade permissions
• Binary & Text Processing: Handle everything from PDFs to images with unified tooling

🔧 Developer Experience That Scales

Built for teams that ship fast:

• MCP-Native Integration: Drop into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible environment instantly
• Type-Safe Tool Library: 20+ production-ready tools with comprehensive error handling
• Comprehensive Test Suite: Ship with confidence using battle-tested functionality
• Modern Python Stack: Leverages uv, box-sdk-gen, and Python 3.13+ for maximum performance

Game-Changing Use Cases

📊 Intelligent Document Workflows

# Ask AI about quarterly reports across multiple files
response = box_ask_ai_tool_multi_file(
    file_ids=["report1", "report2", "report3"],
    prompt="Summarize key financial trends and risks"
)

🏭 Automated Document Generation

# Generate personalized contracts from templates
batch_job = box_docgen_create_batch_tool(
    template_id="contract_template",
    data_file="client_data.json",
    output_type="pdf"
)

🔍 Enterprise Content Discovery

# Find all compliance documents mentioning specific regulations
results = box_search_tool(
    query="GDPR compliance",
    where_to_look_for_query=["FILE_CONTENT", "DESCRIPTION"],
    file_extensions=["pdf", "docx"]
)

📈 Structured Data Pipeline

# Extract invoice data for automation
invoice_data = box_ai_extract_data(
    file_id="invoice_123",
    fields="invoice_number,total_amount,due_date,vendor_name"
)

Integration That Just Works

Claude Desktop - Production-ready in 60 seconds:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "mcp-server-box": {
            "command": "uv",
            "args": ["--directory", "/path/to/mcp-server-box", "run", "src/mcp_server_box.py"]
        }
    }
}

Any MCP Client - Universal compatibility with the Model Context Protocol ecosystem.

Why Developers Choose Box MCP Server

✅ Battle-Tested: Built and maintained by the official Box community
✅ Production-Ready: Comprehensive error handling and enterprise authentication
✅ Feature-Complete: From basic CRUD to advanced AI and document generation
✅ Performance-Optimized: Modern async Python with efficient resource management
✅ Extensible: Clean architecture for custom tool development

Start Building Smarter Content Workflows Today

# Get started in under 5 minutes
git clone https://github.com/box-community/mcp-server-box.git
cd mcp-server-box
uv venv && source .venv/bin/activate
uv lock
# Add your Box credentials to .env
# Launch and integrate with your favorite MCP client

Stop building content management from scratch. Start shipping intelligent document workflows that scale.

→ Get Started with Box MCP Server

Transform your development velocity with enterprise-grade content intelligence. Your AI applications deserve better than basic file operations.