Qlows MCP Server

Connect Qlows to Claude, Cursor or any other MCP client and it stops being a tab you switch to. Your live qlows RFP/bid deals + public tender search, inside any MCP client like Claude or Cursor. The qlows mcp server is what makes that connection.

What the server does

qlows-mcp is a tiny local connector. It runs on your machine as a stdio MCP server and securely proxies tool calls to the qlows API (https://app.qlows.com). It stores nothing but your token, contains no backend logic, and is read-only — your AI can pull deal context, never write back.

Installation

The server ships on npm as @qlows/mcp, so your MCP client can launch it on demand — there is no separate build step. Add the server block to your client's configuration, restart it, and the tools register themselves.

Available tools

The toolset is worth reading before you wire it up, because it tells you what the integration is really for:

• QLOWS_TOKEN — API token (overrides the stored one)
• QLOWS_BASE_URL — defaults to https://app.qlows.com; point at
• qlows-mcp — Run the MCP server over stdio (how clients launch it)

Credentials and setup notes

Configuration is passed through the environment: QLOWS_TOKEN, QLOWS_BASE_URL. Treat anything key-shaped as a real credential — scope it to the minimum the server needs, and rotate it if it ever lands in a shared config.

Worth knowing first

• It runs with your machine's permissions. That is convenient and also the reason to think about what you point it at before you approve a tool call.
• Missing credentials fail quietly in some clients — if no tools show up, check the environment block first.
• Keep per-call confirmation enabled while you learn its behaviour; it is the cheapest safeguard you have.

Where it fits

Plenty of developer tooling servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. Qlows's toolset — QLOWS_TOKEN, QLOWS_BASE_URL, qlows-mcp — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by getqlows; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.