How to Use the Camunda (BPMN Engine) MCP in Windsurf

Q: Can Windsurf deploy local BPMN files to Camunda (BPMN Engine)?

Yes. Cascade reads your local .bpmn or .dmn files from the workspace. It then passes that XML payload through the server to update your cluster.

Deploy BPMN models and resolve process incidents directly inside Windsurf using Cascade's autonomous agent.

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Setup Camunda (BPMN Engine) with Windsurf

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This MCP Server connects your Windsurf environment straight to your Camunda cluster. Cascade reads your local BPMN files and pushes them to the engine using `deploy_resources` without you leaving the editor. Once deployed, your agent can fire off new executions via `start_process_instance`. You just tell Cascade what business process to test, and it handles the payload mapping and instance creation automatically.

Debug process incidents autonomously

This MCP server gives Cascade direct access to your process incidents. The autonomous agent finds the exact failure point by calling `search_incidents` and pulling the stack trace with `get_incident`. The agent then inspects the specific context using `get_variable` to see what broke. After you fix the underlying code, Cascade can retry the step or mark it resolved using `fail_job` or `throw_job_error` depending on your testing needs.

Manage user tasks and jobs

This integration provides direct tools for managing user tasks. Cascade handles manual steps by querying `search_user_tasks` and claiming the work via `assign_user_task`. It then pulls the required UI schema with `get_user_task_form` and submits the correct payload through `complete_user_task`. Your Windsurf agent essentially acts as the human worker to validate your entire process chain.

Setup guide

Set up Camunda (BPMN Engine) 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 Camunda (BPMN Engine) 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 Camunda (BPMN Engine) payment history." If connected, Cascade will call the Camunda (BPMN Engine) tools directly. You will see a green dot next to the server name in the MCP panel.

mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "camunda-bpmn-engine-mcp": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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Common questions about Camunda (BPMN Engine) MCP in Windsurf

Open your MCP panel and click the Marketplace icon. Search for Camunda and hit install, or manually add the Vinkius endpoint URL to your `~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json` file.

Yes. Cascade reads your local `.bpmn` or `.dmn` files from the workspace. It then passes that XML payload through the server to update your cluster.

Multi-tenant environments work out of the box. You can configure Cascade to query specific environments by calling the tenant search tools before executing a process.

The engine creates an incident. Your agent sees this failure state and can pull the exact error message and variables to help you debug the worker code.

Your business process models and execution payloads never touch our disks. The V8 isolate spins up in memory, passes your XML and task variables directly to the engine, and destroys the sandbox the millisecond the request finishes.

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