iFlow Search runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 44 installs a week from npm. Last commit 6 Jun 2026.
MCP server for iFlow Search web search, image search, and URL fetch tools.
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Today is the operative word: we check iFlow Search every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.
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This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add iflow-search -e 'IFLOW_API_KEY=<IFLOW_API_KEY>' -- npx -y @iflow-ai/search-mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"iflow-search": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@iflow-ai/search-mcp"
],
"env": {
"IFLOW_API_KEY": "<IFLOW_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.iflow-search]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@iflow-ai/search-mcp"]
env = { IFLOW_API_KEY = "<IFLOW_API_KEY>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"iflow-search": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@iflow-ai/search-mcp"
],
"env": {
"IFLOW_API_KEY": "<IFLOW_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"iflow-search": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@iflow-ai/search-mcp"
],
"env": {
"IFLOW_API_KEY": "<IFLOW_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<IFLOW_API_KEY> (Bearer token for the iFlow Search API. Obtain one at https://platform.iflow.cn).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
IFLOW_MCP_CLIENT (Optional MCP client slug forwarded to iFlow as the IFlow-MCP-Client header. Matches /^[a-z0-9._-]{1,64}$/), IFLOW_MCP_CLIENT_VERSION (Optional MCP client version forwarded to iFlow as the IFlow-MCP-Client-Version header. Only honored when IFLOW_MCP_CLIENT is also set), IFLOW_BASE_URL (Optional override for the iFlow Search API base URL. Defaults to https://platform.iflow.cn).
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