A bridge from your
assistant to your IE life.
MCP is simply the way your assistant talks to tools. IEFlow gives it a structured connection to the university platforms you already use.
1. Choose a compatible host
Codex, Claude Desktop, Claude Code, OpenClaw, Antigravity and other local-MCP hosts can launch IEFlow on your computer. A local model is fine too when its host supports MCP. Your choice of AI model is yours.
2. Install and reload
Pick your host on the download page and run its command. It uses uv, installs into a persistent environment and preserves unrelated host settings. Reload MCP connections or reopen your host.
- Codex: reopen your session and check the MCP server list.
- Claude Desktop: fully quit and reopen the application.
- Claude Code: use
/mcpor reopen your session. - OpenClaw: refresh the MCP server connection.
- Antigravity: refresh installed MCP servers in settings; use
/mcpin the CLI.
3. Connect the services you use
Ask your assistant to get started with IEFlow. It can explain profiles and open a requested login. New setups use a dedicated, persistent IEFlow browser shared by the five services. Sign in once; later queries try to renew that session quietly in the background. Passwords and MFA stay in the browser.
You can connect one platform first. A signed-out Careers account does not stop you using Blackboard. Routine queries do not open new sign-in windows behind your back.
On Windows, use the dedicated Edge or Chrome window. Brave can show a signed-in page while its protected session remains unreadable to IEFlow. If that happens, ask your assistant to switch to an isolated Edge or Chrome profile. Your everyday Brave browser and its logins stay untouched.
Existing browser selections are preserved. To switch, ask your assistant to “use IEFlow’s dedicated browser for my IE services.” Your normal browser remains untouched. If IE requires an account choice, password, security check or MFA, the assistant will offer a visible sign-in window. It detects completion automatically—you don’t need to send a “done” message. You can disable automatic recovery or keep using a supported regular-browser profile.
4. Ask questions—and review actions
Basic access covers discovery and your agenda. A linked free account adds announcements, ordinary details and basic course browsing. Pro adds advanced reads, downloads to your chosen folder, course packs, local saved-search checks and supported actions. The assistant prepares action details first; you review the exact action before execution. Subscription access is not permission to act on your behalf.
Support, sports and spaces
ServiceNow includes IE support, its request catalogue and knowledge base, plus Sport Zones calendars and bookings. IE Booking provides programme-based room and individual-seat reservations. Pro actions show the exact account, date, place, quota and consequences before execution.
IE permissions still apply. Conditional catalogue forms, payments, waivers, group sports facilities and reservations for additional classmates finish in the official portal. Some ticket history loads only there, and the sports statistics dashboard is role-restricted. A request preview is not a submission or a held place.
Library resources and research
The library is the sixth service area. Its public database directory and IE research repository need no university sign-in. Search resources, browse collections and filter publications straight from your assistant. A linked free account adds descriptions, abstracts, rights, citations and file listings. WorldCat catalogue search reuses your dedicated IEFlow browser; a linked free account adds record details and available IE holdings. Human verification may still need your input. Pro adds extended metadata, private file downloads, RIS/JSON exports and local saved searches with on-demand comparisons.
WorldCat borrowing accounts, publisher full text and data exports, interlibrary-loan requests and training registrations use official-browser handoffs. These are links and guidance, not completed searches or actions. Publisher accounts, IE eligibility, CAPTCHA, embargoes and download restrictions still apply. A listed file is not a promise it can be downloaded, and IEFlow Pro is not a publisher licence.
Public library access does not count as an authenticated IE connection or start a trial. Ordinary saved-search checks run on demand; separately configured IEFlow Alerts can watch for new research matches locally. Existing local files and download receipts remain usable after Pro expires.
5. Try membership when you are ready
Sign into an IEFlow product account, link your device and activate a trial after a successful service connection. A trial-ending notice may appear gently alongside results. It never blocks an included Free query, and can be disabled in your account.
6. Let useful updates come to you
Ask for an alert such as “Watch my assignments on weekdays, 08:00–22:00, checking hourly.” Choose academic changes, your timetable and events, support cases or workspace bookings. Pro also watches focused searches for opportunities, new campus events, sports sessions and research. Your assistant configures the rule and enables a small local background component. It keeps checking after the assistant closes, without AI inference. You can also edit, pause or remove rules in the local Alerts manager.
Free includes two hourly core rules. Pro includes ten, with checks down to ten minutes, title filters and grouped digests. The first successful scan is silent. Your computer must be awake, online and logged in; notification permissions and Focus settings still apply. IE may require reconnection, and attendance alerts are only available where the course exposes an explicit attendance record.
Where does my information go?
IEFlow’s billing service gets product-account and membership information, not your university session or the contents of your courses, messages or documents. Tool results go to the assistant you chose; that host may send them to its model provider. IEFlow itself does not supply or select your AI.
Something isn’t working?
Check the host connection, then ask the assistant to check IEFlow sign-in status. If IE requires a new login, use the explicit sign-in flow. Do not paste passwords, session cookies or raw logs containing personal data into feedback.