Dropbox

Connect Dropbox to give your assistant access to your files, folders, and shared links.

What’s included

With Dropbox connected, your assistant can:

Browse files and folders — Navigate your Dropbox structure
Search files — Find files by name or content
Download files — Access file contents for processing
Manage folders — Create new folders to organize content
Share files — Generate and manage shared links

Connecting Dropbox

Go to Integrations
Find Dropbox and click Add account, keep or edit the label, then click Continue
Authorize Town in Dropbox
Return to Town

Town requests access to your Dropbox files and folders. You can revoke access anytime from your Dropbox account settings.

Team-space folders can be a gotcha. The connection is scoped to the account you authorize, so your Townie may point at your personal Dropbox space rather than a shared team space. If your files live in a team space and your Townie can’t find them, they may be outside the connected scope — check that you’re browsing the right space, and be explicit about the folder path in your requests.

What your assistant can do

Capability	What it does	Makes changes?
List files	Browse files and folders in a directory	No
Get file info	View file metadata (size, modified date, etc.)	No
Download file	Access file contents for processing	No
Search files	Find files by name or content	No
Create folder	Make a new folder	Yes
Create shared link	Generate a shareable link to a file	Yes
List shared links	View existing shared links	No

Use cases

File organization

Keep your Dropbox organized automatically:

Create organized folder structures
Generate shared links for collaborators

Document processing

Work with files stored in Dropbox:

Download and analyze documents
Extract information from files
Process attachments and share the results

Cross-service routines

Combine Dropbox with other integrations:

Share Dropbox files by email
Share Dropbox files via Slack
Reference Dropbox documents in Linear issues

Example routine

A routine that shares new reports from a Dropbox folder:


Every Monday:
1. List the files in my Reports folder
2. Pick the ones modified in the last week
3. Create a shared link for each
4. Send me a summary with the links

Best practices

Set the tools to Ask each time for sharing. Shared links make files reachable by others. Review before your assistant creates one.

Be specific about folder paths. When your routine needs to find files, specify exact folder paths in your instructions.

Combine with other tools. Dropbox works well with document processing and sharing routines.