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Welcome to Box

Learn how to use Box to manage documents at scale with enterprise security, real-time collaboration, e-signatures, workflow automation, and AI built in. Then extend those capabilities into your own applications using Box APIs, SDKs, embeddable UI components, and webhooks.

I want to…

Start with the outcome that matches your goal.

Manage and collaborate on content

Upload, render, and review your key documents, all in your own app.

Extract metadata

Turn complex documents into structured data with Box AI Extract and Enhanced Extract Agent.

Display content interfaces to users

Let users browse, filter, and edit files by metadata inside your application.

Build an AI knowledge base

Index curated content in a Box Hub and get answers with Box AI.

Connect AI agents

Give AI agents access to Box content through the Box CLI or the Box MCP server.

Create a company brain

Develop a secure, governed source for humans and agents to work from the same content, versions, and context.

New here? Start in 3 steps

1

Open the Developer Console

Create an application, configure scopes, and generate credentials.
2

Upload a file and authenticate with a developer token.
3

Build something real: invoice automation, RFP answer banks, and more.

Browse by topic

Authentication & authorization

OAuth, JWT, app tokens, and scoped access for users and services.

Security

Access tokens, scopes, permissions, and platform controls that protect your content.

Collaboration

Invite collaborators, manage access, and share content across teams.

Box AI

Summarize, extract, generate, and query content with enterprise permissions intact.

Supported AI models

Core and customer-enabled models with access levels, capability tiers, and API names.

Intelligent workflow

Build governed, agentic content workflows without running your own orchestration stack.

Metadata

Tag files with structured fields your apps can search and automate on.

Search

Find files and metadata across your enterprise content.

Webhooks & events

React to uploads, permission changes, and enterprise activity in real time.

Stay connected

Changelog

Developer blog

Developer playlist

Community