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Before you begin

Every tutorial assumes you have:
  1. A Box developer account.
  2. A Box application configured in the Developer Console - see Create your first application.
  3. Python 3.11 or higher installed locally.
Each tutorial lists additional prerequisites, such as specific scopes, permissions, and account configuration, at the top of the page.

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Tutorials

Invoice intake automation

Use case: Automate accounts payable by extracting structured fields from invoice PDFs and writing them back as searchable metadata.APIs: Box AI Extract, Metadata, WebhooksTime: ~30 minutes

AI-powered DAM

Use case: Enrich brand assets with Box AI, run a draft-to-retire lifecycle, invite external vendors to a drop folder, and publish approved files to a Box Hub.APIs: Box AI Extract, Metadata, Collaborations, Webhooks, HubsTime: ~40 minutes

RFP answer bank

Use case: Build an AI-powered answer bank that indexes curated content in a Box Hub and answers questions with Box AI. Uses a sales RFP library as the example.APIs: Hubs, Hub Items, Hub Collaborations, Box AI AskTime: ~25 minutes

Secure in-app document review

Use case: Let reviewers read and annotate sensitive documents inside your own app - upload, convert, and embed with Box View, then layer Box Content Preview for a richer UI.APIs: Upload, Box View (expiring embed link), Token exchange, Box Content PreviewTime: ~30 minutes

Supplier agreement extraction

Use case: Turn complex supplier agreements into structured procurement data using the struct and table field types in Box AI structured extraction.APIs: Box AI Extract, Enhanced Extract AgentTime: ~20 minutes

Automate new hire onboarding

Use case: Provision a standardized, governed Box workspace for every new hire automatically when your HR system fires a hire event.APIs: Users, Groups, Folders, CollaborationsTime: ~30 minutes

Offer letter automation

Use case: Generate offer letters from candidate data with Box Doc Gen, then route them through Box Sign for HR approval and candidate signature.APIs: Box Doc Gen, Box Sign, WebhooksTime: ~35 minutes

NDA risk summary

Use case: Extract key clauses from an NDA or MSA, score them into a Deal Risk Summary with confidence scores, and save it back to Box as a companion file.APIs: Box AI Extract, UploadsTime: ~20 minutes

Company brain knowledge base

Use case: Turn scattered content into a governed knowledge layer that humans and AI agents share. Review new files with Box AI, publish approved content to domain Hubs, and answer questions grounded in trusted sources.APIs: Box AI Extract, Metadata, Hubs, Box AI AskTime: ~35 minutes

Claims evidence review

Use case: Build a claims service that tags selected evidence with a claim ID and starts a Box Automate approval workflow. Box handles the approve or reject tasks; your app chooses the files and starts the review.APIs: Box Automate (manual start), MetadataTime: ~15 minutes (prompt-first)

Connect an autonomous agent to Box

Use case: Give a coding or autonomous agent secure, scoped access to a shared Box project folder through the Box CLI or hosted Box MCP server.Tools: Box CLI, Box MCP, Box AITime: ~20 minutes

Document metadata dashboard

Use case: Embed the enhanced metadata view (v2) of the Box Content Explorer to browse, filter, and edit documents by their metadata, with Box AI reading the field values out of the documents themselves.APIs: Metadata templates, Box AI Extract, File metadata, Content Explorer (UI Elements)Time: ~15 minutes

Extract EXIF metadata

Use case: Pull embedded technical metadata such as EXIF from previewable files and write selected fields to a metadata template so a Box Apps dashboard can filter them.APIs: File representations (embedded_metadata), MetadataTime: ~20 minutes

Create a review workflow in Box Automate

Use case: Build a review workflow in Box Automate that routes files through approval, sends Box notifications, and posts updates to Slack via HTTPS Request outcomes.Tools: Box Automate, HTTPS Request, Slack APITime: ~25 minutes

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