# iflow-search-mcp

> MCP (Model Context Protocol) stdio server for iFlow Search (心流搜索) — exposes web_search, image_search, and web_fetch as MCP tools.

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/iflow-search-mcp/claim

## Declared
- publisher: iFlow Search SDK contributors
- homepage: https://platform.iflow.cn/docs/
- repository: https://github.com/zhengyanglsun/iflow-search-py/issues
- version: 0.1.0
- license: MIT License
        
        Copyright (c) 2026 iFlow Search SD…
- protocols: mcp
- tags: ai, iflow, llm, mcp, model-context-protocol, search
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:iflow-search-mcp

### Description (declared)

# iflow-search-mcp

[![PyPI - Version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/iflow-search-mcp?include_prereleases)](https://pypi.org/project/iflow-search-mcp/)
[![Python Versions](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/iflow-search-mcp)](https://pypi.org/project/iflow-search-mcp/)

**MCP stdio server for [iFlow Search](https://platform.iflow.cn/) (心流搜索).**

Exposes three MCP tools backed by the `iflow-search` core SDK:

- `iflow_web_search` — web search
- `iflow_image_search` — image search
- `iflow_web_fetch` — fetch the readable contents of a URL

This package is a thin adapter. All HTTP, authentication, attribution-header
construction, response normalization, and error mapping live in the
[`iflow-search`](https://pypi.org/project/iflow-search/) core SDK. This package
owns only the MCP server wiring — tool definitions, tool dispatch, and the
stdio entry point.

## Install

```bash
pip install iflow-search-mcp
```

> Installing pulls in the MCP Python SDK, which transitively depends on
> `starlette`, `uvicorn`, `sse-starlette`, `python-multipart`,
> `pyjwt[crypto]`, and `jsonschema` — even though this server only uses
> stdio. There is no `[stdio]` extra on the upstream package.

## Configure your MCP host

The server reads its configuration from environment variables only — no
`.env` files, no CLI flags, no config files.

| Variable | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| `IFLOW_API_KEY` | yes | iFlow API key |
| `IFLOW_BASE_URL` | no | Override the platform base URL |
| `IFLOW_TIMEOUT_MS` | no | Request timeout in milliseconds (positive integer) |
| `IFLOW_MCP_CLIENT` | no | Identifier for the MCP host (e.g. `claude-desktop`); regex `^[a-z0-9._-]{1,64}$` |
| `IFLOW_MCP_CLIENT_VERSION` | no | Version of the MCP host; only valid when `IFLOW_MCP_CLIENT` is set |

### Example: Claude Desktop / Claude Code

```jsonc
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "iflow-search": {
      "command": "iflow-search-mcp",
      "env": {
        "IFLOW_API_KEY": "sk-..."
      }
    }
  }
}
```

Claude Code…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- dev.package-management (0.768, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/iflow-search-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-09T21:25:27.760Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/iflow-search-mcp/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/iflow-search-mcp · ARD identifier urn:air::server:iflow-search-mcp