MULTI-APP TOOLKIT
Build with Box + Microsoft Outlook Email
- Multi-app
- One MCP session
- 45 actions
- 7 triggers
- Managed auth
MCP
One MCP session, both toolsets
One session gives your product or agent every Box and Microsoft Outlook Email tool at once — connect once, list tools, and call them like any single-app session.
// accessToken: mint a short-lived token with the Connect SDK — see the MCP guide
const transport = new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(
new URL("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3"),
{
requestInit: {
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
"x-pd-project-id": "{project_id}",
"x-pd-environment": "production",
"x-pd-external-user-id": "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
"x-pd-app-slug": "box,microsoft_outlook",
},
},
},
)
const mcp = new Client({ name: "my-agent", version: "1.0.0" })
await mcp.connect(transport)
const { tools } = await mcp.listTools()
// One list, both toolsets: Box and Microsoft Outlook Email tools arrive
// together, each keyed by its own app's slug.
// e.g. run Add Comment:
const result = await mcp.callTool({
name: "box-add-comment",
arguments: {
folderId: "Parent Folder",
fileId: "File",
},
})import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"
const pd = new PipedreamClient({
projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
projectEnvironment: "production",
})
const externalUserId = "{external_user_id}" // any stable ID for this user in your system
const [boxTools, microsoftOutlookTools] =
await Promise.all([
pd.components.list({ app: "box" }),
pd.components.list({ app: "microsoft_outlook" }),
])
// One external user owns both connected accounts, so either app's tools
// run on their behalf with the same externalUserId.curl "https://api.pipedream.com/v1/connect/{project_id}/components?app=box" \
-H "X-PD-Environment: production" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"
curl "https://api.pipedream.com/v1/connect/{project_id}/components?app=microsoft_outlook" \
-H "X-PD-Environment: production" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"
# Connect both accounts to the same external_user_id, then
# configure and invoke either app's tools on that user's behalf.ARCHITECTURE
One user, two connected accounts
Your user connects each account once, under whatever ID they already have in your product. The two stay independent — either can be revoked on its own — and your code reaches both through that one user.
Your product
external_user_id
{external_user_id}Pipedream Connect
Managed identity
Auth · tools · routing
Box
Connected account
Microsoft Outlook Email
Connected account
TOOLS
Box tools
The Box tools this pairing puts in reach, each one running on your user's own connected account.
Actions top 8 of 19
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Add Comment
actionAdds a comment to a Box file. To mention a user, include@[user_id:name]in the message and Box will notify them by email. Use Get Comments to read existing comments on a file. See the documentation.Writev0.0.2 -
Create Box Sign Request
actionCreates a Box Sign signature request and sends it to the listed signers. Requires at least one signer, plus the document(s) to sign passed viaAdditional Options— eithersource_files(e.g.[{"id": "123456789", "type": "file"}]) or atemplate_id; Box rejects requests with no document source. The signed document and signing log are saved to theParent Folder. See the documentation.Writev0.0.9 -
Create Collaboration
actionAdds a collaboration for a user or group on a file or folder, granting them access with a role (editor, viewer, previewer, uploader, previewer uploader, viewer uploader, or co-owner). Item Type must befileorfolder. Invite users by email or user ID; groups must be invited by group ID only. Can View Path applies only to folder collaborations. Use Delete Collaboration to revoke access. See the documentation.Writev0.0.2 -
Create Folder
actionCreates a new empty folder within the specified parent folder. Parent folder ID0is the root (All Files). Folder names must be 1-255 characters, use only Unicode Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP) characters, and cannot contain non-printable characters,/or\, leading or trailing spaces, or be.or... Names must be unique within the parent (case-insensitive). Use List Folder Items to inspect contents, or Move Folder / Delete Folder to reorganize afterward. See folder name restrictions. See the documentation.Writev0.0.2 -
Create Shared Link
actionCreates or updates a shared link for a file or folder. Access levels:open,company, orcollaborators. A password can only be set when access isopen; download permission applies only when access isopenorcompany. A resource can have only one shared link at a time. See the documentation.Writev0.0.2 -
Delete Collaboration
actionRemoves a collaboration, revoking a user's or group's access to a file or folder. Use Create Collaboration to grant access first and obtain a collaboration ID from its response. See the documentation.Writev0.0.2 -
Delete Folder
actionDeletes a folder by moving it to trash (or permanently when enterprise settings require). Set Recursive totrueto delete non-empty folders and all contents; without it, deleting a non-empty folder fails. Deleting a large folder can take longer than Box's request timeout — Box then returns HTTP 503 while the deletion continues in the background, which this action reports as accepted (accepted: true). This cannot be undone from this action — use List Folder Items to verify contents first. See the documentation.Writev0.0.2 -
Download File
actionDownloads a file from Box to your workflow's/tmpdirectory and returns the saved file path. Use Get File Metadata to check the file's name and size first, or Get File Text to extract text content without downloading. See the documentationWritev0.0.12
Triggers
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New Event
triggerEmit new event when any of the selected event types occurs on the target file or folder, via a Box webhook. See the documentationInstantv0.0.10 -
New File Event
triggerEmit new event when a file is uploaded to, or moved into, the target folder (FILE.UPLOADED), via a Box webhook. Box fires this trigger for both cases, so moving an existing file into the folder also emits an event. See the documentationInstantv0.1.5 -
New Folder Event
triggerEmit new event when a folder is created within the target folder (FOLDER.CREATED), via a Box webhook. See the documentationInstantv0.0.10
TOOLS
Microsoft Outlook Email tools
The Microsoft Outlook Email tools this pairing puts in reach, each one running on your user's own connected account.
Actions top 8 of 26
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Add Label to Email
actionAdds a label/category to an email in Microsoft Outlook. See the documentationWritev0.0.27 -
Create Contact
actionAdd a contact to the root Contacts folder, See the documentationWritev0.0.34 -
Create Draft Email
actionCreate a draft email, See the documentationWritev0.0.35 -
Create Draft Reply
actionCreate a draft reply to an email. See the documentationWritev0.0.12 -
Download Attachment
actionDownload an email attachment to/tmp. Use Find Email to locate the message, then Get Message withincludeAttachments: trueto get themessageIdand attachmentidfields. Example: afterget-message(messageId="AAMk...", includeAttachments=true)returnsattachments: [{ id: "AQMk...", name: "report.pdf" }], calldownload-attachment(messageId="AAMk...", attachmentId="AQMk...", filename="report.pdf")→ writes to/tmp/report.pdf. SetconvertToPdf: trueto convert images, HTML, plain text, or DOCX files to PDF. For text attachments (text/*, JSON), the response includesfileContentwith the decoded text (truncated at 100 KB, flagged bycontentTruncated), so the content can be read directly without fetching the file. See the documentationRead-onlyv0.1.5 -
Find Contacts
actionSearch and list contacts in the authenticated user's Outlook contacts. Returns{ count, contacts }wherecountis the Graph-reported total contact count (@odata.count) andcontactsis the filtered result array. OmitsearchStringto return all contacts up tomaxResults. WhensearchStringis provided, filters contacts by displayName, givenName, surname, or email address (case-sensitive substring match). Important:maxResultsnow bounds how many contacts are fetched from Graph before filtering — contacts beyond that window will not be searched. Example:find-contacts(searchString="George Costanza", maxResults=200)→ scans the first 200 contacts and returns matches. Example:find-contacts(searchString="george@vandelay.com")→ matches by email address. Use the returned contactidwith Save Contact to update the contact. See the documentationRead-onlyv1.0.2 -
Find Email
actionFind (search, list, or count) email messages in a Microsoft Outlook mailbox via Microsoft Graph. By default a search or list request (countOnly= false) scans the WHOLE mailbox (all folders including Sent, Archive, etc.), matching what you see when searching in Outlook; a count-only request (countOnly= true) with no explicitfolderScopestays inbox-scoped and counts ALL inbox messages by default, not just unread ones — also setisReadtofalseto count only unread messages (matching Outlook's unread inbox badge). SetfolderScopeexplicitly to override this behavior for either mode. To search a shared mailbox, setuserId(the mailbox owner's UPN or ID); addsharedFolderIdto target a specific folder within it. See the documentationRead-onlyv1.1.1 -
Find Shared Folder Email
actionSearch for an email in a shared folder in Microsoft Outlook. See the documentationRead-onlyv0.0.19
Triggers
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New Attachment Received (Instant)
triggerEmit new event when a new email containing one or more attachments arrives in a specified Microsoft Outlook folder.v0.1.22 -
New Contact Event (Instant)
triggerEmit new event when a new Contact is createdv0.0.35 -
New Email Event (Instant)
triggerEmit new event when an email is received in specified folders.v0.1.22 -
New Email in Shared Folder Event
triggerEmit new event when an email is received in specified shared folders.v0.0.21
MULTI-APP
Works with more apps
The combinations customers connect alongside these two — nothing here is limited to a pair.
REFERENCE
Toolkit details
- x-pd-app-slug
- box,microsoft_outlook
- Primary app
- Box (box)
- Second app
- Microsoft Outlook Email (microsoft_outlook)
- Authentication
- OAuth + OAuth
- Available actions
- 45
- Available triggers
- 7