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Top MCPs for Windsurf
Windsurf (Codeium's AI-native IDE) supports MCP through Cascade — once configured, the agent can call any MCP tool inline during a session. This is the curated ranking of MCPs for Windsurf in 2026, sorted by composite score and filtered to servers verified to load through the Cascade config.
How MCP works in Windsurf
Windsurf reads MCP server configuration through Cascade — open the Cascade settings panel and add servers under the MCP section. The format mirrors Claude Desktop and Cursor: each entry has a command, args, and optional env. Both stdio and remote MCPs are supported. After saving, restart the Cascade session to pick up the new tools.
Top picks for Windsurf
The curated starting stack — install these first.
Full GitHub API access: repos, PRs, issues, and code search.
Up-to-date library docs pulled directly into your AI context.
Full Supabase access: database, auth, storage, and edge functions.
Full browser automation: navigate, click, screenshot, and scrape.
Anthropic's reference Postgres MCP — archived July 2025 and superseded by Postgres MCP Pro or the Supabase MCP.
All 119 MCPs compatible with Windsurf
Ranked by composite score. Top picks above are the curated starting stack; everything below is sorted by popularity, maintenance, and provenance.
Current time and IANA timezone conversion — the first-party MCP that tells an agent what time it actually is.
AI-optimized web search with cleaned, citation-ready results.
Run `fly mcp server` to expose flyctl operations to AI agents.
Query and inspect MongoDB collections from Claude, Cursor, and VS Code.
Inspect keys, run commands, and debug Redis from an AI agent.
Run pre-built browser-automation Actors on managed infrastructure.
Embedded and hosted vector database for AI agents — open source, zero-ops.
Persistent memory layer for AI agents — auto-summarised, cross-session recall.
Inspect deployments, logs, and project state on Vercel from an AI agent.
Local SQLite database access with full read/write support.
Retrieve web pages and convert them to clean markdown.
Local Git operations: commit, diff, log, branch, and more.
Structured step-by-step reasoning for complex problem solving.
Persistent knowledge graph memory across AI conversations.
Manage payments, customers, and subscriptions through Stripe.
Official Microsoft browser automation across Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit.
Hosted, isolated Chromium runtime for AI agents that need a fresh browser per task.
AI-native browser automation: act, observe, and extract in plain English.
Managed vector database for semantic search and retrieval in AI agents.
Manage Heroku apps, dynos, add-ons, and Postgres from an AI agent.
Manage Droplets, App Platform, Kubernetes, and Spaces from an AI agent.
Register and manage Name.com domains via the official MCP, auto-generated from their OpenAPI.
Send transactional and broadcast emails via the official Resend MCP.
Manage Mailgun messaging, domains, webhooks, and analytics from an AI agent.
Neural web search and page fetch for AI agents — official remote MCP at mcp.exa.ai/mcp.
Search, ask, research, and reason via the official Perplexity MCP.
Ad-free, high-quality web search and page-to-markdown extraction from an AI agent.
Scrape, crawl, extract structured data, and search the web from an AI agent.
Query ClickHouse and ClickHouse Cloud columnar warehouses from an AI agent.
Search indices, inspect mappings, and run queries against Elasticsearch from an AI agent.
Inject 1Password secrets into an AI agent's tool calls without exposing them in chat.
Open-source SAST scanning against custom rules from an AI agent.
Inject secrets from Doppler into agent workflows without exposing values in chat.
Send SMS, WhatsApp, and voice calls from an AI agent via Twilio.
Hosted Chromium with proxies and anti-bot evasion for AI agents.
Manage Bitbucket Cloud repos, pipelines, and pull requests from an AI agent.
Official Mapbox MCP — geocoding, directions, isochrones, search, and tiles across the Mapbox API surface.
Official Foursquare Places MCP — POI search, GeoTagging, and rich place metadata across 100M+ places.
Read, write, and manage GCS buckets and objects from an AI agent — official Google MCP, local or remote.
Official Salesforce MCP — SOQL queries, metadata deploy/retrieve, Apex tests, and org management from AI clients.
Google-published MCP server for databases — one Go binary speaks Postgres, MySQL, BigQuery, Spanner, AlloyDB, Snowflake, ClickHouse, MongoDB, Redis, and more.
Live SERP, keyword, backlink, and on-page SEO data for an AI agent.
Read channel messages, post replies, and trigger meetings from MS Teams.
Inspect AWS resources, read CloudWatch logs, and audit IAM from an AI agent.
Query GA4 reports, funnels, and realtime data from an AI agent.
Read, write, and search across Notion pages, databases, and blocks.
Triage errors, inspect traces, and query events from Sentry.
Manage Workers, R2 buckets, DNS, and edge policies on Cloudflare.
Read products, orders, and inventory from your Shopify store.
Open-source vector search with payload filtering, self-hostable or managed.
Browse, search, and Q&A across Box content from an AI agent — official remote MCP.
Turn Make.com on-demand scenarios into agent-callable tools — official MCP.
Manage Jira, Confluence, and Compass via the official Atlassian Rovo MCP.
In-process analytical SQL over files and Parquet from an AI agent.
Full GitLab API access: repos, MRs, issues, pipelines, and registries.
Production-grade Postgres MCP with index advice, EXPLAIN, and health checks.
Search and read Google Drive files from an AI agent (archived reference implementation).
Built-in MCP for Inngest functions, events, runs, and docs — zero auth, zero config.
Run read-only MySQL queries and inspect schemas from an AI agent.
Fire IFTTT applets via webhooks from an AI agent. Community MCP wrapper archived; IFTTT itself is unaffected.
Send transactional email from an AI agent — verified deliverability, audit-friendly.
Capture context and decisions across sessions — durable agent memory in markdown.
Expose 8,000+ Zapier integrations as tools your AI agent can call.
Official Attio MCP — natural-language CRM control across records, lists, and notes via OAuth.
Real-time web search with privacy-focused results.
Read and post to Discord channels — community management for AI agents.
Search, inspect, and run Hugging Face models and datasets from an agent.
Geocoding, place search, directions, and travel times from Google Maps.
Real-time and forecast weather data via the OpenWeatherMap API.
Read and write notes in your local Obsidian vault.
Inspect Figma designs, components, and variables from an agent.
Drive a live Blender session from an agent — create objects, set materials, run Python, render.
Query webpages with structured natural language — selectors written for you.
Run any open-source model on Replicate from inside an AI agent.
Route one prompt across 300+ LLMs with a single API key.
Personal task management with due dates — capture, schedule, and complete from chat. Community MCP package archived; Todoist itself is unaffected.
AI-driven task management and decomposition for long-running agent projects.
Local-first agent memory as plain Markdown — a semantic knowledge graph you and the agent can both read.
Query Google BigQuery datasets from Claude, Cursor, and VS Code.
Scan code and dependencies for vulnerabilities from an AI coding assistant. Standalone MCP package archived; Snyk itself remains current via its IDE integrations.
Trigger and manage n8n workflows from an AI agent. Community MCP wrapper archived; n8n itself is unaffected.
Trigger Make scenarios and inspect runs from an AI agent.
Open-source workflow automation — trigger and manage from an AI agent. Community MCP wrapper archived; Activepieces itself is unaffected.
Send messages and read channel history from a Telegram bot in an agent.
Self-hosted Slack alternative — read and post from an AI agent.
Vision-first browser automation built for AI agents.
Self-hosted Git server — manage repos, issues, and PRs from an AI agent.
Send email and inspect deliverability via SendGrid from an AI agent.
Pipedrive MCP — search deals, contacts, organizations, and activities across the Pipedrive REST API.
Secure cloud sandboxes for executing AI-generated code — npm MCP package archived; vendor recommends the hosted E2B platform.
Turn a vague goal into a dependency-tracked task graph an agent can execute step by step.
Spin up Railway projects, services, and deploys via remote MCP with OAuth.
2,800+ apps and managed OAuth via Pipedream's hosted MCP at mcp.pipedream.com.
Cross-repo code search, navigation, and Deep Search via the official Sourcegraph MCP.
Inspect schemas and run SQL against a Snowflake account from an AI agent.
Read dynamic and static secrets from HashiCorp Vault inside agent workflows.
Enterprise iPaaS — trigger Workato recipes from an AI agent.
Official Fireflies remote MCP — query meeting transcripts, AI summaries, and action items via OAuth or API key.
Official Fathom remote MCP — access meeting recordings, transcripts, summaries, and webhooks from any MCP client.
Query Search Console clicks, impressions, and queries from an AI agent.
Read and send Slack messages, manage channels and threads.
Manage Linear issues, projects, and cycles from AI context.
Read, create, and manage events across Google Calendar.
Vector database with first-class hybrid (vector + keyword) and modular embeddings (MCP server archived — package no longer published).
Open-source scheduling — booking pages, availability, and event types for AI agents. MCP wrapper is archived; the Cal.com platform itself remains current.
Booking-link scheduling — share availability without exposing the raw calendar.
Read and create events in Apple Calendar via CalDAV from any MCP client.
Multi-model orchestration — let Claude consult Gemini, GPT, and o-series as sub-agents. Upstream community repository archived; no further maintenance.
Deploy and manage Render web services, static sites, cron jobs, and Postgres from an AI agent. Official MCP server is archived; Render platform is unaffected.
Manage Porkbun domains, DNS, DNSSEC, and SSL — read-only by default. Community MCP repository archived; Porkbun itself is unaffected.
Anthropic-verified Fellow Connector — query meeting notes, transcripts, action items, and calendar events from Claude.
Send, read, search, and label Gmail from an AI agent — community MCP with auto-OAuth.
Open-source agentic browser automation that handles login walls and CAPTCHAs.
FAQ: MCP in Windsurf
Does Windsurf support MCP natively?
Yes. Codeium added MCP support to Cascade in late 2024. Servers configured in the Cascade MCP panel become available as tools the agent can call inside any prompt — the same protocol Claude Desktop, Cursor, and VS Code use.
Which MCP should I install first in Windsurf?
Filesystem and GitHub. Cascade already has the open buffer in context; Filesystem extends that to "read any file in this allowed directory," which is what most agentic workflows actually need. GitHub adds cross-repo and PR context. Context7 is the third install — it eliminates hallucinated API docs.
How do I add an MCP to Windsurf?
Open Cascade settings → MCP servers → Add. Paste the server config (every MCP detail page on this site has a copy-paste snippet). Save and restart the Cascade panel — the new tools should appear in the available tools list within a few seconds.
Can I share MCP config across a Windsurf team?
Yes — Windsurf supports per-project MCP config alongside user-level config. Commit the project-scoped config file so the same MCPs load for every team member opening that workspace. Keep secrets out of the file; use env vars and a .env that is gitignored.
Is Windsurf MCP support compatible with Cursor MCPs?
Yes — MCP is an open protocol. Any MCP that works in Cursor will work in Windsurf and vice versa. The only thing that changes is the configuration file location; the server itself is identical.







