Add file and folder move operations to the Box integration for ChatGPT/OpenAI
Subject: Add file and folder move operations to the Box integration for ChatGPT/OpenAI
Hello Box Support,
I am using the official Box integration within ChatGPT. The integration can currently list my files, create folders, upload files, rename items, and inspect permissions. However, it does not provide an action for moving an existing file or folder to another Box folder.
For example, I asked ChatGPT to:
- Create a folder named
! - Move the files and folders in my Box root directory into that folder
ChatGPT successfully created the folder, but it could not move the existing items because the Box integration did not expose a file or folder move operation.
I confirmed that this is not an account-permission issue. I own the files, and my Box permissions allow deleting, downloading, renaming, uploading, and sharing them.
Could you please clarify:
- Is the absence of file and folder move operations an intentional security restriction?
- Is this limitation controlled by Box, OpenAI, or the configuration of the Box connector/MCP integration?
- Could Box add supported actions for:
- Moving a file to another folder
- Moving a folder to another folder
- Moving multiple selected items in one operation
- Could the integration use Box’s normal item-update API while respecting the user’s existing Box permissions and requesting confirmation before moving multiple items?
This capability is important because without move operations, ChatGPT can inspect and create Box content but cannot perform basic file organization workflows.
Please forward this as a feature request to the team responsible for the Box integration with OpenAI/ChatGPT.
Thank you.
ali Gorji
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