Dropbox

Connecting Dropbox lets you browse, search, and use your Dropbox files without leaving Ordalie. It is a personal connection tied to your own Dropbox account: you sign in once, and the files that account can reach become available to you in your workspace. If you grant write access, you can also add files and create folders in Dropbox from here.

Connecting Dropbox

There are two places to start, and both open the same Connect your sources flow. You can use the Connect a source row (or the small + button) in the Documents section of the left sidebar, or open the Integrations tab in your personal Settings. Find Dropbox and choose Connect.

When you connect, you choose an access level. Read Only lets Ordalie browse and read your files, while Read & Write also lets it add files and create folders in your Dropbox; Read Only is the default. A Dropbox sign-in window then opens. Sign in with your own Dropbox account and authorize Ordalie. Once you approve, the window closes and Dropbox appears in your list of connected sources, next to My space in the Documents section of the sidebar. You stay connected afterwards without signing in again.

From then on you can work through the folder tree and search across your files; the search uses Dropbox's own search and can be narrowed to a particular folder or path. You can also open a file directly by its path. To bring a file into a conversation, mention it with @ so the assistant can read from it.

A read operation can be limited by file size. If the limit is exceeded, Ordalie returns an error; it does not present the first few megabytes as a complete document. See the document guide for importing, editing and exporting.

To disconnect, open the Integrations tab in Settings, find your Dropbox connection, and remove it. You can also revoke Ordalie's access from your Dropbox connected-apps page.