The Fleece AI Brain Box connector walks your Box folder tree from the root and syncs every file into a local-first knowledge base of plain Markdown and SQLite on your own machine. The text of Office documents, PDFs and text files is extracted into the note body; other files come in as titled nodes you can still find by name, each keeping its Box shared link. From there, any MCP-compatible AI app such as Claude Desktop or Cursor can read your content libraries, with the source one click away.
What syncs from Box
Everything comes in as knowledge nodes — ordinary files you can open, link and search, not rows locked in someone else's cloud.
Files across your whole folder tree
The connector starts at your Box root and walks every subfolder, so files anywhere in the hierarchy are pulled in, not just a chosen folder.
Extracted document text
The text of Office files, PDFs and text documents is pulled into the note body, so the Brain reads the actual content, not just the filename.
Every other file as a titled node
Files it can't extract still arrive as notes titled by their name, so nothing in the library goes missing from search.
Box shared links
When a file has a shared link, the note keeps it, so the original in Box is one click away.
Incremental updates
Sync resumes from a modified-date cursor, so each run only fetches files added or changed since the last one.
Built-in deduplication
A seen-ledger means a re-sync updates existing notes instead of creating duplicates.
Connect Box in four steps
No IT project, no webhook plumbing — one sign-in from the desktop app.
- 01
Install Fleece AI Brain
Download the desktop app for macOS, Windows or Linux and open your vault — a folder of plain Markdown files on your machine.
- 02
Open Connectors and pick Box
In the app, open the connectors panel, choose Box, and sign in with your Box account. OAuth is brokered securely; the raw file content never transits Fleece's servers.
- 03
Choose which account to connect
The connector reads the folders the connected Box account can see, starting at the root. Sign in with the account scoped to the content you want remembered.
- 04
Let it sync — then ask
Sync runs in the background and stays up to date. Point Claude Desktop, Cursor or any MCP app at your Brain and ask what a contract or internal policy actually says.
In Box, the knowledge is compliant — and invisible.
Box is where the important documents live: contracts, policies, board decks, the signed version of everything. Governance is the whole point — permissions, retention, audit trails, legal holds — and it works. The files are safe.
They are also unfindable. Folder trees grow by department and deal until the thing you need is four levels down under a name someone chose in 2021, and Box search returns a filename, not an answer. The knowledge is perfectly governed and practically invisible. The Box connector reads the content itself into one living knowledge graph, so a compliant library finally becomes a queryable one.
Your files go from Box to your disk.
Authentication is a standard OAuth sign-in, but the sync itself calls the Box API from the desktop app on your machine, and the extracted text lands straight in your vault as Markdown and SQLite. When a managed sign-in can't hand the app a direct token, the request is proxied — but the raw file content never transits Fleece's own servers.
Governance stays intact: the connector is read-only and only ever reads what the connected account is already allowed to see. The files it writes are yours, they open in Obsidian, and you take them with you if you leave.
- +Sync runs from your machine — raw file content never transits Fleece's servers
- +Read-only, and scoped to what the connected Box account can already access
- +Vault = plain .md files + SQLite, 100% Obsidian-compatible, full CRDT history
Give every AI app your content library.
One copy-paste connects the Brain to Claude Desktop, Cursor, Cline, Zed or agents you build. From then on, "what does the master services agreement say about termination?" is answered from the actual document — with the source note one click away.
Because the Brain searches locally on meaning and exact words at once, a fuzzy question ("the security policy") and a precise clause ("the 30-day notice term") both land. On Teams, the organization map also shows which agents used that content and what they cost.
Box connector — FAQ
Does my Box data pass through Fleece's servers?+
Sign-in uses a brokered OAuth flow, and the sync calls the Box API from the desktop app on your machine. When a managed sign-in can't expose a direct token the call is proxied, but the raw file content never transits Fleece's own servers — the extracted text lands straight in your local vault, which we never see or store.
Which files does it sync, and how do I limit it?+
The connector walks the Box folder tree from the root and syncs every file the connected account can access. You scope it by choosing which account to connect — sign in with an account whose access is limited to the folders you want remembered.
Does it write anything back to Box?+
No. The connector is read-only: it reads content into your knowledge base and never creates, edits or deletes anything in Box, and it only ever reads what the connected account is already permitted to see.
How often does it sync?+
Sync runs in the background from the desktop app and resumes from where it left off, so each run only fetches files added or changed since the last one. Re-syncs update existing notes rather than creating duplicates.
Which plan do I need to connect Box?+
The local brain is free, and connectors are the paid lever: Solo (€12/month) includes up to 3 connected tools, Pro (€24/month) makes them unlimited with auto-sync. Every plan starts with a 14-day trial, no card required.
How do I ask Claude or Cursor about my Box files?+
Connect the Brain to Claude Desktop, Cursor or any MCP-compatible app with a single copy-paste. Your AI then answers from the synced Box content, citing the exact note it drew from.
Can I open the synced files outside the app?+
Yes. Every file becomes an ordinary Markdown note in your vault, fully Obsidian-compatible — open, edit or grep them with any tool, and take them with you if you ever leave.
What happens if I disconnect Box?+
Sync stops, and everything already in your vault stays yours — the notes are local files, not a mirror that vanishes with the connection.
Turn a governed library into an answerable one.
Connect Box in one sign-in and give your whole AI stack the content that compliance kept safe and search kept hidden.