# Use your toolboxes

> Source: https://elaichi.ai/docs/guides/toolboxes/your-toolboxes/

Manage the personal toolboxes your AI clients connect to — automatic connection toolboxes, the global toolbox, and copies of shared templates.

**Where to find it:** **Toolboxes → My toolboxes**

This is what [MCP servers](/guides/mcp-servers/creating-an-mcp-server) attach to. Shared templates alone are not enough.

## What appears under Mine

| Kind | Subtitle / badge | Editable? |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Global toolbox** | **System** — “All tools” | No — Elaichi updates it automatically |
| **Connection toolbox** | **System** — one per **Active** connection you can use | No |
| **Template instance** | Copy of a shared toolbox | Bind connections; add your own tools |
| **Custom personal toolbox** | Started without a template | Yes, within your permissions |

System toolbox detail shows an alert that Elaichi updates it automatically: you can use its tools and create an MCP server, but you can’t edit entries. Delete isn’t offered for system toolboxes.

## Create a copy from a template

1. Open **My toolboxes**.
2. Choose **New from template** (or **Create toolbox** / **Start without a template** when offered).
3. Pick a shared toolbox you can **Use**, name your copy, and create it.
4. Open it and bind connections under **Template tools**.

## Connection binding

For template tools:

| UI state | Meaning |
| --- | --- |
| **Select a connection** / **Not bound** | Pick which of your usable connections runs this tool |
| **Needs connection** | No suitable connection yet — connect the product or transfer/share access |
| **Delegated** | Runs through a connection the template already pinned for you |
| **Ready** / **Disabled** / **Tool unavailable** | Ready to advertise, turned off, or can’t resolve |

You can also add **Your added tools** with **Add tools** (including synthetic tools) on non-system toolboxes.

Unmet or blocked tools remain visible for setup but stay **hidden from MCP** until they’re ready.

## Create an MCP server from here

1. Open a Mine toolbox.
2. Choose **Create MCP server** (preselects this toolbox).
3. Copy the URL when it’s shown — the token appears once.

You can also create servers from the **MCP Servers** page and pick the toolbox there.

## Delete implications

Deleting a **non-system** user toolbox also removes MCP servers built on it (tokens revoked). Prefer regenerating or recreating endpoints if you still need client access.

:::callout{type="warning"}
Deleting a toolbox deletes MCP servers that use it. Update Claude, Cursor, or other clients afterward.
:::

## Good to know

- Your toolboxes are personal — other people can’t attach MCP to them.
- Tools blocked by organization restrictions don’t appear to clients, even if the template includes them.
- Tools with no connection chosen can’t run over MCP until bound.
- Permissions: `toolbox:create` to create copies; `mcp:create` to publish endpoints.

## Related

- [How toolboxes work](/guides/toolboxes/overview)
- [Shared toolboxes](/guides/toolboxes/shared-toolboxes)
- [Create an MCP server](/guides/mcp-servers/creating-an-mcp-server)
- [Desktop app](/guides/mcp-servers/desktop-app)