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iFlow Search MCP Server

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iFlow Search runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 34 installs a week from npm. Last commit 6 Jun 2026.

MCP server for iFlow Search web search, image search, and URL fetch tools.

Installs per day peak 13 · avg 4 · +218% w/w
a month agotoday
34
Installs / week
npm · @iflow-ai/search-mcp
32
Stars
0 open issues
6 Jun 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
MIT
License
TypeScript

Nothing serious here today

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.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add iflow-search -- npx -y @iflow-ai/search-mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "iflow-search": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@iflow-ai/search-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.iflow-search]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@iflow-ai/search-mcp"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "iflow-search": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@iflow-ai/search-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "iflow-search": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@iflow-ai/search-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: IFLOW_API_KEY (Bearer token for the iFlow Search API. Obtain one at https://platform.iflow.cn.), 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.). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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iFlow Search — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for iFlow Search?
iFlow Search runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the npm package @iflow-ai/search-mcp was installed 34 times last week.
How do I connect iFlow Search?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls @iflow-ai/search-mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use iFlow Search?
The npm package @iflow-ai/search-mcp was installed 34 times in the last week. Week over week that is +218%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is iFlow Search open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript and 32 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.