Dropbox MCP

Proprietary (Dropbox service)

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Summary

Dropbox's official remote MCP server — 24 tools to browse, search, read, create, move and share files in a Dropbox account over OAuth.

Features

Hosted remote endpoint at mcp.dropbox.com/mcp — nothing to install
24 tools spanning browse, search, read, create, copy, move, delete and share
Text extraction from documents up to 5MB
Shared links and file requests created directly by the agent
Revision history and folder restore
Transcription and markdown conversion for media files
Dynamic Client Registration on Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor — no manual app setup

Installation

Set up this MCP server in your favorite AI agent — copy a ready-made configuration below.

Any MCP-compatible agent

Most agents (Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code, and more) read a standard mcpServers configuration.

Open your agent's MCP configuration file.
Merge the snippet below into it.
Restart the agent — the "Dropbox MCP" tools will be available.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dropbox-mcp": {
      "command": "https://mcp.dropbox.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

Add the server with a single CLI command.

claude mcp add dropbox-mcp -- https://mcp.dropbox.com/mcp

Claude Desktop

Add the server to claude_desktop_config.json (Settings → Developer → Edit Config).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dropbox-mcp": {
      "command": "https://mcp.dropbox.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Official remote MCP endpoint. Add as a remote MCP server and authorise with OAuth 2.0. Clients supporting Dynamic Client Registration (Claude Code, Claude web/desktop, ChatGPT Codex, ChatGPT web, Cursor) need no further setup; others require an app registered in the Dropbox App Console.

{
  "command": "https://mcp.dropbox.com/mcp"
}

Description

Dropbox's own remote MCP server, at https://mcp.dropbox.com/mcp. It gives an MCP-capable assistant read and write access to a Dropbox account without any local install: the server is hosted by Dropbox and authenticated with OAuth 2.0.

What the 24 tools cover

Browsing and metadata — ListFolder, GetFileMetadata for walking the tree and inspecting files.
Content extraction — GetFileContent pulls text out of documents up to 5 MB, so an agent can actually read a contract or spec rather than just see its name.
Search with filtering and sorting, which is how an agent finds the right file in an account with tens of thousands.
File operations — create, copy, move and delete.
Sharing — CreateSharedLink and CreateFileRequest.
History — revision management and folder restoration.
Media handling — transcription and markdown conversion.

Clients and setup

Claude Code, Claude web and desktop, ChatGPT Codex, ChatGPT web and Cursor are supported through Dynamic Client Registration, which means no manual app setup — connect and authorise. On clients without DCR you register your own app in the Dropbox App Console and supply the app key, app secret and access token yourself. One gotcha worth knowing: if you change the app's settings, such as adding a scope, you must reconnect to the server before the new permission takes effect.

Status

In open beta, and generally available to customers in that programme. Dropbox also publishes a separate, read-only Dash MCP server (dropbox/mcp-server-dash) that searches across everything Dash indexes — including connected Google Workspace, Slack and GitHub content — which is the one to reach for when the question is "find it anywhere" rather than "work on this file".

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