How to Use the Carbonara MCP in Windsurf

Turn raw code into beautiful PNG snippets directly inside Windsurf. Connect this MCP Server and let Cascade export presentation-ready assets.

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Create your Vinkius account to connect Carbonara 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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Cascade reads your current workspace context and knows when a snippet needs to be shared. Instead of manually copying text into a web app, your agent handles the conversion right in the editor. Tell the agent to prep your latest commit for a presentation. It grabs the relevant lines and runs `cook_code_image` to generate a styled base64 PNG. You get a polished graphic ready for Slack or Twitter.

Custom Themes and Window Controls

Plain screenshots look terrible. This tool applies proper syntax highlighting and macOS-style window controls to your code blocks. You dictate the style preferences directly in your prompt. Ask Cascade for a dark mode theme with a specific background color, and it passes those exact parameters into the image generation request.

Instant Base64 PNG Generation

Getting images out of an AI client usually requires weird file system hacks. Carbonara bypasses that completely by returning a raw base64 string directly to the agent. Once Cascade receives the string, it can save it as a local file or pass it along to another tool in your chain. The entire process happens in memory before writing the final asset to your disk.

Setup guide

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

mcp_config.json

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

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Common questions about Carbonara MCP in Windsurf

You can add it through the built-in MCP Marketplace for a one-click install. Alternatively, edit your ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json file and add the server endpoint under the mcpServers array.

Yes. Cascade triggers the generation process during multi-step tasks. Just ask it to document your code and output images for the README.

The tool supports multiple syntax highlighting styles. Tell your agent which language you are using and whether you prefer light or dark mode.

Cascade auto-discovers the tools as soon as you connect the MCP server. It independently decides when to format a snippet based on your instructions.

Vinkius runs this service in an ephemeral V8 Isolate Sandbox. Your proprietary code blocks are processed in memory to generate the PNG and immediately discarded. Nothing gets saved to disk on our end.

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