How to Use the Alexa Smart Home MCP in Windsurf

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Connect Alexa Smart Home MCP to Windsurf

Create your Vinkius account to connect Alexa Smart Home to Windsurf and route execution through our secure gateway. The platform manages server hosting, runtime updates, and security layers. Configuration requires no manual server provisioning.

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Setup Alexa Smart Home with Windsurf

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Map physical hardware directly in Windsurf

`list_alexa_devices` reads your entire smart home layout so Cascade can map physical endpoints to your project workspace. This tool outputs device names, manufacturers, models, and features without making you dig through a mobile app. Cascade reads this inventory to build a live mental model of your local setup. It instantly targets specific hardware IDs for subsequent commands, allowing immediate multi-device orchestration.

Cascade manages room states on its own

`turn_on_alexa_device` and `turn_off_alexa_device` let Windsurf toggle power states across your physical workspace. Cascade chains these calls with `get_power_state` to verify that your hardware actually responded before moving to the next task. When you ask Cascade to prepare your office for coding, it switches on your desk lights and boots up your auxiliary hardware. You set one goal, and the agent handles the individual API calls.

Real-time lighting and volume adjustments

`set_brightness` modifies light levels while `adjust_brightness` handles relative shifts to match your current screen glare. Cascade coordinates these tools alongside `get_brightness_state` to fine-tune your desk lamp based on ambient conditions. If your workspace gets too loud, Cascade invokes `set_volume` or checks `get_speaker_state` to drop the noise level. You get physical environment changes executed directly from your coding session.

Setup guide

Set up Alexa Smart Home MCP in Windsurf

Prerequisites

Windsurf IDE installed (macOS, Windows, or Linux)
Active Vinkius subscription with a valid endpoint token

1

Open MCP configuration

Click the Cascade assistant icon in the sidebar, then click the hammer icon (🔨) at the top of the panel. Select "Configure" to open ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json.
2

Add the Alexa Smart Home MCP

Paste the JSON snippet shown on the right into the mcpServers object. Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your endpoint token from cloud.vinkius.com.
3

Refresh MCPs

Go back to the hammer icon (🔨) in Cascade and click "Refresh". Windsurf will detect the new server. No full restart is needed — the connection is hot-reloaded.
4

Verify in Cascade

Start a new Cascade conversation and ask something like "Show my Alexa Smart Home payment history." If connected, Cascade will call the Alexa Smart Home tools directly. You will see a green dot next to the server name in the MCP panel.

mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "alexa-smart-home-mcp": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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Common questions about Alexa Smart Home MCP in Windsurf

You paste your Vinkius endpoint token into your config file. Windsurf connects instantly, giving Cascade direct access to the Alexa Smart Properties API.

Yes, Cascade excels at this. It will call the device listing tool to find your desk lamp ID, then immediately run the brightness tool to dim it, all in one autonomous sequence.

Not at all. Vinkius runs the server in an isolated sandbox, keeping latency under 50ms so Cascade remains highly responsive.

Yes. Use the update name tool to rename any connected device instantly from your edit panel.

Your endpoint IDs, device names, and room assignments never persist on Vinkius servers. The sandbox is entirely ephemeral, processing your Alexa Smart Properties API requests in memory and discarding them immediately after execution.

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