Flow AI Assistant

Heart Flow is an intelligent search and terminal automation AI assistant produced by Alibaba.

AI Search

Document Agent

Repository

Multi-Platform Management

Workflow Automation

File Collation

Literature Reading & Management

Local Agent

iFlow is a comprehensive AI intelligent assistant developed by Alibaba's Heart Flow research team, aiming to reshape user knowledge acquisition and workflow through advanced semantic understanding technology. The platform takes AI search as its core function and supports real-time online Q & A, long article summary and document creation inspiration combing. Recently, Heart Flow has launched iFlow CLI, a terminal AI agent permanently free of charge for individual users, allowing users to perform complex tasks directly on terminals through natural language commands, filling the gap in the field of command line automation in China. Whether it's efficient information retrieval for professionals or document organization and workflow automation for developers, Flow is an expert Digital tools for productivity with its deep algorithmic base and convenient multi-end interactions such as browser sidebars and CLI.

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Introduction

functional characteristics

Support AI search Q & A, long text reading analysis and summary, especially good at processing professional documents such as academic papers
Multi-modal output capabilities such as assisted authoring, intelligent translation, paragraph interpretation, and podcast generation
iFlow CLI supports natural language-driven terminal command execution, code generation, and project automation

application scenarios

Academic research: literature retrieval, intensive reading of papers, outline sorting and review writing
Workplace Office: Market Research, Competitor Analysis, Report Writing and Documentation
Development efficiency: file manipulation, scripting, and workflow automation with iFlow CLI
Daily learning: knowledge quiz, content extraction, language translation and creative inspiration

suitable for the croud

Academic groups such as researchers, university teachers and students
Technical practitioners such as programmers and system administrators
Professionals who need to process documents and information efficiently

type of pricing

Web, App and iFlow CLI are permanently free for individual users

supported langauges

It mainly supports Chinese and English, and some functions can handle multilingual content.

technical highlights

Based on Alibaba's self-developed Star Model, build a 100 billion-level professional knowledge map
Long text reading accuracy exceeds 99%, search question-and-answer ability is against GPT-4 level
iFlow CLI integrates Qwen3-Coder, Kimi K2, DeepSeek v3, GLM4.5 and other top domestic models

usage mode

Web-side: Visit iflow.cn through browser to use core functions
Mobile: Support iOS/Android App and Chrome Plugins
Developer: Install iFlow CLI via npm, perform tasks in natural language on terminal

update history

September 2025: iFlow CLI terminal agent officially released, supporting natural language command execution and code generation
September 2024: Flow 2.0 launched, adding "Discovery" section and AI native graphic content recommendation, and supporting voice dialogue