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ShareFile MCP connector

The ShareFile connector lets Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or the Elaichi Agent find, download, share, and organize the files and folders in your ShareFile account, with each person signed in as themselves and every action logged.

  • How it connects. Connects over OAuth. The credential goes into a vault nobody reads back.

  • One address. https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, the same for every user.

  • Their own access. An agent never gets more than the person it acts for.

How to connect

How to connect ShareFile to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

Two steps, about a minute.

1

In Elaichi

Connect ShareFile once

  1. Open Connections, choose Add connection, and pick ShareFile.

  2. Optionally set Share with to give a team access, then press Connect.

  3. Supply your own ShareFile app, then approve. ShareFile needs an OAuth app you register yourself, so bring its client ID and secret. One person does this once for the organization.

The credential is vaulted. Nobody reads it back, not even the AI.

Add connection

Choose a connector.

sharefile
ShareFile
Amazon Web Services
Cloudinary
DocuSign
Egnyte
Google Drive
2

In your AI client

Point it at one endpoint

Everyone in the organization uses the same address, and each person only ever reaches what their own account allows.

ShareFile MCP connector for Claude

  1. 1

    Open Customize, then Connectors.

  2. 2

    Press Add.

  3. 3

    Name it, paste the MCP server URL, then Continue.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  4. 4

    Sign in and approve.

On Team and Enterprise, an Owner adds it once. Everyone else turns it on for themselves.

ShareFile MCP connector for ChatGPT

  1. 1

    Open Plugins, then press the + button.

  2. 2

    Name it and paste the endpoint into Server URL.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Leave Authentication on OAuth, then tick the risk acknowledgement.

  4. 4

    Press Create, then sign in and approve.

Works on the web today. The plugin directory lives at chatgpt.com/plugins.

ShareFile MCP connector for Cursor

  1. 1

    Open ~/.cursor/mcp.json.

  2. 2

    Add the endpoint under mcpServers.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Reload Cursor, then sign in and approve.

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Set up per machine, so repeat it on each computer you work from.

Connect ShareFile to any MCP client

  1. 1

    Add the endpoint as a remote MCP server.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  2. 2

    Sign in and approve.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

The Elaichi Agent already has these tools, with nothing to set up.

Use cases

What teams do with ShareFile through Elaichi

Every one of these runs inside the access the person already has, and lands in the same audit log.

  • Client services

    Find the latest version of a client file

    Ask for the most recent signed engagement letter in a client's ShareFile folder and get the file back, without clicking through the folder tree yourself.

  • Legal

    Pull every document in a matter folder

    Gather all the files under a matter's ShareFile folder and download them in one go before a hearing or a closing.

  • Accounting

    Send a secure link for a completed return

    Create a ShareFile share link for a finished tax return and paste it into the client email, with the link settings you already use.

  • HR

    File onboarding paperwork into the right folder

    Create a new hire's ShareFile folder, copy the standard forms into it, and leave a note on what is still outstanding.

  • Operations

    Tidy up old and duplicate folders

    Get a view of the whole ShareFile folder tree, spot what has piled up, and clear out the folders that are no longer needed once someone has confirmed.

  • Sales

    Share a proposal folder with a prospect

    Set up a ShareFile folder for a deal, copy the proposal and pricing sheet into it, and generate a link the prospect can open.

Try asking

  • “List the folders shared with the Finance team.”
  • “Show items added to the client uploads folder this week.”
  • “Download the signed contracts folder and summarize its notes.”

See all 315 ShareFile tools below

Compare

Elaichi vs Zapier MCP vs Composio for ShareFile

All three can connect ShareFile to an AI assistant, and all three have admin controls. They differ in where access lives and how you pay.

Elaichi compared with Zapier MCP and Composio for ShareFile, by what to check
What to check Elaichi Zapier MCP Composio
Where the AI connects One address for the whole organization. https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp A server per member, created at sign-in. An MCP endpoint per team, or an SDK.
Control over ShareFile tools Allow or restrict single ShareFile tools, per role or user. App and action restrictions on the account. Role permissions, down to the action.
Record of calls One audit entry per ShareFile call. A History tab of tool calls. A log of every tool call.
Single sign-on SAML or OIDC, plus SCIM, on Gold. SAML on Enterprise. SAML and OIDC on Enterprise.
Price $15 per user per month. 2 tasks per successful call. Billed per tool call.

Sources: Zapier MCP docs, security, usage; Composio docs, gateway, enterprise, pricing. Checked September 2026.

Longer take: Zapier MCP alternative and when you don't need an MCP gateway.

AI tools

ShareFile tools for your AI agents

315 tools are ready to call through Elaichi's MCP endpoint the moment you connect ShareFile, governed by the same roles, restrictions, and audit log as everything else in Elaichi.

Showing 259 of 315 ShareFile tools here. Connect ShareFile and call search_tools or tools/list over the MCP endpoint for the complete set.

See it in Elaichi

What connecting ShareFile gets you

6 screens from the product, each doing one job for your ShareFile account.

The agent

Ask about ShareFile folders, get real answers.

Plain language questions run against live ShareFile items, folders and shares.

  • items
  • folders
  • notes
  • shares

Ask Elaichi to work across your apps.

List the folders shared with the Finance team.

Show items added to the client uploads folder this week.

Download the signed contracts folder and summarize its notes.

Also runs in Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

MCP clients

Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor reach ShareFile here.

One org MCP endpoint over OAuth, no SDK and no shared API key.

ElaichiMCP clients
Claude ChatGPT Cursor

Copy the endpoint

https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
Client Connected by Status Last used
Claude
E

Emily Carter

• Connected 4 minutes ago
Cursor
M

Megan Brooks

• Connected 2 hours ago
ChatGPT
R

Ryan Hayes

• Connected Yesterday

Tool catalog

315 ShareFile tools are ready to call.

Items, folders, notes, downloads and streams covered without writing custom code.

  • List all ShareFile items
  • Get single ShareFile item by ID
  • ShareFile items download
  • ShareFile items get by path
ElaichiTools
Tool Action Description
List all ShareFile items List Get the home folder for the current ShareFile user. Returns: Id, Name, FileName, Description, CreationDate, ProgenyEditDate, ExpirationDate, Path, StreamID, State, FileSizeBytes, FileSizeInKB, FileCount, DiskSpaceLimit, BandwidthLimitInMB, ExpirationDays, IsHidden, HasPendingDeletion, IsTemplateOwned, HasPermissionInfo, HasMultipleVersions, AssociatedFolderTemplateID, CreatorFirstName,…
Get single ShareFile item by ID Get Get a single ShareFile Item by id. Supports special ids: home, favorites, allshared, connectors, box, top. Returns: Id, Name, FileName, Description, CreationDate, ProgenyEditDate, ExpirationDate, Path, StreamID, State, FileSizeBytes, FileSizeInKB, FileCount, DiskSpaceLimit, BandwidthLimitInMB, ExpirationDays, IsHidden, HasPendingDeletion, IsTemplateOwned, HasPermissionInfo, HasMultipleVersions,…
ShareFile items download Download Download a ShareFile item by id. Returns a 302 redirect to the actual download link; for folders, the link retrieves a ZIP archive of the folder contents. Required: id.
ShareFile items get by path Get Get a ShareFile item by its file path. Returns the item including id, Name, Description, FileName, ExpirationDate, Parent, Zone, Uri, Link, and ConnectorGroup. Required: path.
Delete a ShareFile item by ID Delete Delete a ShareFile item by id. Optional singleversion flag deletes only the specified version instead of all sibling files with the same filename; forceSync blocks asynchronous operation. Returns an empty 204 response on success. Required: id.

Toolboxes

Every team gets its own ShareFile toolbox.

Curate toolboxes per team so each one sees only relevant ShareFile tools.

  • Finance
  • Legal
  • Sales
  • HR
ElaichiToolboxes
Name Source template Tools Created

Finance toolbox

ShareFile · invoices and signed contracts

ShareFile starter 18 Mar 4, 2026

Legal toolbox

ShareFile · agreements and case folders

— 9 Mar 2, 2026

Sales toolbox

ShareFile · proposals and client folders

— 24 Feb 27, 2026

HR toolbox

ShareFile · employee records and policies

ShareFile starter 6 Feb 19, 2026

Operations toolbox

ShareFile · shared drives and folder structure

— 31 Jan 30, 2026

Client Services toolbox

ShareFile · upload folders and delivery notes

— 12 Jan 22, 2026

Shared connections

Teammates use ShareFile without holding credentials.

See who connected each ShareFile account and which teams and members share it.

  • Finance
  • Legal EMEA
  • Client Uploads
  • HR Records
ElaichiConnections
Connection Scope Status Access
SH

ShareFile (Finance)

Connected by Emily Carter

Personal • Active 1 team · 6 members
SH

ShareFile (Legal EMEA)

Connected by Jake Morgan

Organization • Active 3 teams · 24 members
SH

ShareFile (Client Uploads)

Connected by Megan Brooks

Organization • Active 2 teams · 11 members
SH

ShareFile (HR Records)

Connected by Tyler Reed

Personal • Needs re-auth 1 team · 3 members
SH

ShareFile (Sales Proposals)

Connected by Ryan Hayes

Personal • Active Not shared
SH

ShareFile (Operations Archive)

Connected by Ashley Parker

Personal • Active 2 teams · 9 members

Audit log

Every ShareFile call is on the record.

When, who, what happened, type and resource for each ShareFile request.

  • When
  • Who
  • What happened
  • Type
ElaichiAudit log
When Who What happened Type

2 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:10 PM

E

Emily Carter

emily.carter@northwind.io

Restriction Created Access

8 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:04 PM

J

Jake Morgan

jake.morgan@northwind.io

Restriction Updated Access

14 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:58 PM

M

Megan Brooks

megan.brooks@northwind.io

Role Assigned Access

20 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:52 PM

T

Tyler Reed

tyler.reed@northwind.io

ShareFile Users Updated MCP

26 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:46 PM

R

Ryan Hayes

ryan.hayes@northwind.io

ShareFile Items Created MCP

32 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:40 PM

A

Ashley Parker

ashley.parker@northwind.io

ShareFile Items List Toolbox

Launching soon

From answering questions to doing the work

A person no longer has to ask. A trigger starts the work, inside the same permissions and the same audit log as everything else. Automations and live dashboards are launching soon, on the Black plan.

Automations

A schedule turns ShareFile folders into a digest.

Six steps fetch items, group them, draft a digest and wait for approval.

ShareFile digest

Run 418 · started 2 minutes ago · on behalf of Emily Carter

  1. ✓

    Schedule

    Every weekday at 8:00 AM

    0.2s
  2. ✓

    Fetch items

    ShareFile

    1.4s
  3. ✓

    Group by owner

    Transform

    0.1s
  4. ✓

    Draft the digest

    Agent step

    Ran with 4 tools, returned a structured summary

    6.2s
  5. Approve the digest

    Needs approval

    Assigned to Michael Brennan

    Approve
  6. Post the digest

    ShareFile

    Queued

Collections and dashboards

ShareFile folder health, counted on a schedule.

Four metrics, 14 days of items created and a per team breakdown.

ShareFile health

Refreshed 4 minutes ago · every 15 minutes · from the items collection

Live

Items

1,284 ↓ 12%

Folders

96 ↓ 8%

Needs attention

3 ↑ 2

Updated this week

412 ↑ 9%

Items created

Last 14 days

By team

Share of activity

Finance 34%

Legal EMEA 27%

Client Uploads 21%

HR Records 18%

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How do I connect ShareFile to Claude?

Two steps. First, connect ShareFile in Elaichi: ShareFile asks you to register an OAuth application inside your ShareFile account, so an admin brings a client ID and secret once, then signs in to ShareFile with the usual login. Second, open Claude, go to Customize, then Connectors, then Add, and paste https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp as the address. Claude will ask you to sign in to Elaichi, and from then on it can work with your ShareFile files and folders.

Does ShareFile work with ChatGPT and Cursor as well as Claude?

Yes. Once ShareFile is connected in Elaichi, the same address, https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, works in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, any other MCP client, and the Elaichi Agent. You connect ShareFile once and every client you use picks it up.

What can an AI agent actually do with my ShareFile data?

It can find files and folders in ShareFile by name or by path, open a file's details, download one file or a whole folder's worth, and show you how a folder is organized. It can also create folders, copy files between them, create and update share links, leave notes on items, check a file back in, and delete items if you allow that. Short, concrete asks work best, such as "find the signed contract in the Acme folder" rather than a long paragraph.

Does connecting ShareFile give the AI access to every folder in my account?

No. The AI only sees the ShareFile folders and files the signed-in person can already open, because every action runs under that person's own ShareFile access and permissions. Elaichi can narrow that further, for example to read-only, but it can never give the AI more than the person already has in ShareFile.

Can my team share one ShareFile connection?

Yes. One person connects ShareFile in Elaichi and shares the connection with a team, so nobody else has to register an OAuth application or handle a client secret. Each teammate still signs in as themselves, so the audit log records exactly who downloaded, shared, or moved which ShareFile file.

Can I stop an agent from deleting or changing things in ShareFile?

Yes. In Elaichi you restrict ShareFile actions one by one, so you can allow finding and downloading files while blocking deleting, copying, or creating share links. A blocked action is never shown to Claude, ChatGPT, or any other client at all, so no prompt can reach it, and the restriction applies across every client at once.

What happens to a ShareFile connection when someone leaves?

When you offboard a person in Elaichi, their access to ShareFile through Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and the Elaichi Agent ends immediately. If they had shared a ShareFile connection with a team, it keeps working for everyone else. If you ever want ShareFile gone entirely, disconnecting it once in Elaichi removes it from every client.

Does the ShareFile MCP connector work with Gemini, Codex, Claude Code or other MCP clients?

Yes. ShareFile is reached over the same MCP endpoint every client uses, so anything that speaks MCP can call it — Gemini, Codex, Claude Code, Windsurf, Cline, Zed and OpenCode among them — alongside Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and the Elaichi Agent. The tools on offer and the access behind them are identical whichever client asks. Only the setup screen differs.

Is Elaichi an alternative to Zapier MCP for ShareFile?

Yes. Both let Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor use ShareFile. Zapier MCP fits a team that already automates in Zapier, since each person signs in and acts as themselves in that account. Elaichi fits when IT wants one address for the whole company, per-tool rules by role, and a record of every ShareFile call.

How is Elaichi different from Composio for ShareFile?

Composio gives AI agents tools and sign-in handling across 1,000+ apps, for developers building agents or people using an assistant, billed per tool call. Elaichi gives a company's own people governed access to ShareFile: one address, restrictions per role or user, and $15 per user per month. Both have role permissions and a log of every call.

Put ShareFile in front of your team

14 days on Gold, no credit card. Connect it once and pick what each team can call.

Works with
Claude ChatGPT Cursor and any other MCP client, or the Elaichi Agent.
When the trial ends
Nothing is deleted. Connections, roles and the audit log stay where they are, so subscribing picks up exactly where you left off.