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A full list of CLI commands and usage information can be found in the GitHub repository.
Only Service Accounts and Admins are able to use some commands. If your user is not authorized with the necessary scopes or you configured your CLI to obtain a default token for another user, calls may fail. Add -v or --verbose to your command for verbose error logging.
If you do not see a command for an endpoint you need, you can build a custom request.
Use repository documentation in conjunction with reference documentation to see information the help command does not provide. This includes restrictions, token permission requirements, fields, etc.

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Using help to create a folder

Every CLI command begins with box. Append the --help flag to any CLI command to display usage information, available actions, and required arguments. For example, executing box --help shows you a list of all possible resource commands, such as folders, files, and users. More information is available in .
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Then, for example, use the folder object and execute the command box folders --help. This provides a list of all eligible actions for this object.
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Discover the required arguments for creating a folder: box folders:create --help
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Execute the command box folders:create 0 "My CLI Folder" and note the folder ID returned in the response.
The root level of the folder tree, the All Files page, is always represented by folder ID 0.
Log into your Box account and verify that the folder appears.
If you set up the Box CLI using JWT authentication, you will not see the folder in your Box account. The folder will live in the service account of the application that was created after application approval.
Last modified on August 28, 2026