`box_search`

Pack: box · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/box/mcp

Search a user’s Box (cloud storage) account for files and folders matching a query string across names and content. Optionally restrict to only files or only folders. Returns matching items with id, type, name, size, and last-modified time. Use to find documents by keyword.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`query`	string	yes	Free-text search query matched against Box file and folder names and content.
`type`	string	no	Optional filter: restrict results to “file” or “folder”.
`limit`	number	no	Maximum number of results to return (default 30, max 200).

Example call

Arguments

{
  "query": "quarterly report"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/box/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"box_search","arguments":{"query":"quarterly report"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('box_search', {
  "query": "quarterly report"
});

More examples

{
  "query": "budget",
  "type": "file",
  "limit": 50
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "box": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/box/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

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