IT OPS

Stale External-Access Revocation Sweep for Dropbox

Weekly sweep that finds external collaborators on sensitive Dropbox folders whose owner reconfirmation has lapsed past the grace window, auto-revokes their access.

CategoryIT Ops
Enginesim
Difficultyadvanced
Triggerschedule
Steps6
Setup~25 min

How it runs

The automated pipeline, trigger to output.

  • TriggerWeekly revocation-sweep schedule
  • ActionQuery lapsed external approvals in PostgresPostgreSQLPostgres
  • LogicSelect entries past the grace window
  • ActionRemove expired collaborators from Dropbox foldersDropboxDropbox
  • ActionLog revocations to Postgres ledgerPostgreSQLPostgres
  • OutputNotify owners of removals in TeamsMicrosoft Teams

What it does

This workflow closes the loop on unconfirmed external access. Each week it reads the approval ledger in Postgres, finds external collaborators on sensitive folders whose last owner reconfirmation is older than the grace period, removes them from the Dropbox folder, and records the revocation. Owners get a Teams heads-up naming exactly who was removed and why.

When to use it

Use it when reconfirmation requests pile up and access lingers indefinitely. This enforces an expiry policy automatically — access that nobody re-approves within the window is pulled, keeping sensitive folders clean without manual chasing.

How it works

  1. 1A weekly schedule triggers the sweep.
  2. 2Postgres returns external collaborators whose reconfirmation has lapsed past the grace window.
  3. 3A logic step separates truly-expired entries from those still inside grace.
  4. 4Dropbox removes each expired collaborator from the folder.
  5. 5The revocation is written back to the Postgres ledger.
  6. 6A Teams message notifies each affected owner of the removals.

Set it up

What you configure once, before turning it on.

  1. 1
    Connect PostgresAny Postgres URL — query, write, migrate.
  2. 2
    Connect DropboxFiles and folders.
  3. 3
    Connect Microsoft TeamsChannels, chats, files.
  4. 4
    Set each agent's modelWe leave models unset so you pick the tier — fast + cheap, or top-quality.
  5. 5
    Tune it to your dataEdit the prompts, filters, and field mappings so it matches how your team works.
  6. 6
    Test, then turn it onRun once against a sample, confirm the output, then enable the trigger.

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