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How to use Dropbox with Cursor

You want Dropbox inside Cursor so it can find the right files for a project, audit a shared folder, retrieve the latest approved document, and collect files for an agent review — without you copy-pasting between tabs. Here is the whole setup, once.

Create your Dropbox gateway

The gateway is the thing Cursor connects to, and it is where you decide which Dropbox tools an agent may use. You create it once and every client reuses it.

Create an Arcade account

Sign up and open the dashboard. The free tier is enough to follow this through.
Create an MCP Gateway and select your Dropbox tools

In the dashboard, create a gateway and pick the Dropbox tools you want to expose. The gateway is what your client connects to, and it is where tool access is decided.
Copy your gateway URL

Every client below needs it.
```
https://api.arcade.dev/mcp/<YOUR-GATEWAY-SLUG>
```

Create a Dropbox gateway Opens the gateway builder in your Arcade dashboard.

Connect the gateway to Cursor

Heads up

Cursor does not refresh MCP OAuth tokens automatically. For a persistent connection, set Authorization to “Arcade Headers” on the gateway in the dashboard.

Open MCP settings

Command Palette (⌘⇧P / Ctrl+Shift+P) → Open MCP Settings, then click “New MCP Server”.

Add the gateway to mcpServers

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-arcade": {
      "url": "https://api.arcade.dev/mcp/<YOUR-GATEWAY-SLUG>"
    }
  }
}

Try it out

Ask Cursor to use one of your Dropbox tools.

Full Cursor guide in the docs steps verified 2026-08-13

Try these Dropbox prompts

Cursor can now act on your Dropbox account. Click a prompt to copy it.

Keep Dropbox access read-only, and use Contextual Access policies to limit which actions an agent can take before it searches folders or downloads sensitive files.

How to use Dropbox with Cursor

Create your Dropbox gateway

Create an Arcade account

Create an MCP Gateway and select your Dropbox tools

Copy your gateway URL

Connect the gateway to Cursor

Open MCP settings

Add the gateway to mcpServers

Try it out

Try these Dropbox prompts

Ready to actually ship your agent?