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Connect Box to VS Code

Give VS Code governed access to Box’s 35 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.

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Set up

Add Box to VS Code in four steps

Admins approve the server once. Everyone in VS Code then gets it through the same governed connection.

  1. 1

    Approve Box in Runlayer

    Add Box from the catalog and choose who can use it and which of its tools are allowed.

  2. 2

    Connect VS Code to Runlayer

    Runlayer’s CLI installs the Runlayer Plugin natively in VS Code; users can also add it over MCP. With direct tool listing turned on for your deployment, Box’s 35 tools show up in VS Code’s own tool list (VS Code 1.103 or newer).

    VS Code setup guide
  3. 3

    Sign in to Box

    Each user signs in to Box with OAuth. Runlayer keeps the tokens out of the client’s configuration.

  4. 4

    Use Box from VS Code

    Box’s approved tools appear in VS Code. Every call is checked against policy and recorded.

Tools

35 Box tools in VS Code

Runlayer policy decides which of these VS Code users can call. 11 read data only.

  • Add items to hub

    Adds files, folders, or web links to a specific hub, enabling content organization within collaborative workspaces.

  • Copy file

    Copies an existing file to a destination folder in Box (see Box API Copy file).

  • Copy folder

    Copies an existing folder to a destination parent folder in Box (see Box API Copy folder).

  • Copy hub

    Creates a copy of an existing Box Hub via the Hubs v3 API (POST /v3/hubs/{id}:copy).

  • Create file comment

    Creates a new comment on a specific file.

  • Create folder

    Creates new folders in Box.

  • Create hub

    Creates new collaborative hubs for organizing content around specific topics, projects, or teams.

  • Create metadata template

    Creates a new enterprise metadata template.

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Control

What Runlayer can see and stop in VS Code

Some controls apply to every client at the gateway. Others depend on what VS Code exposes to Runlayer.

  • Gateway policy (available)

    Every Box call from VS Code passes through Runlayer, where your policies can allow, alert, mask, or block it.

  • Audit trail (available)

    Each call is recorded with the user, VS Code as the client, the tool, and the policy and scanner decisions.

  • Client hooks (available)

    Capture supported prompts, reasoning, local and MCP tool calls, responses, and scanner decisions in real time.

  • Stop a call before it runs (available)

    Runlayer can deny a tool call before VS Code runs it.

  • Block output after it runs (available)

    Runlayer can block a tool’s output before VS Code’s model sees it.

  • Redact output in place (available)

    Runlayer can mask sensitive parts of a tool’s output in VS Code and pass the rest through.

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