How to Use the Centaur Analytics MCP in Windsurf

Connect Windsurf to your grain bins. Get real-time data, spoilage alerts, and quality forecasts right in your IDE.

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Connect Centaur Analytics MCP to Windsurf

Create your Vinkius account to connect Centaur Analytics 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 Centaur Analytics with Windsurf

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Forecast Spoilage, Don't Just React To It

Tell Cascade to check your spoilage risk. It chains together `get_current_readings` and `get_spoilage_predictions` to give you a straight answer: risk level, predicted days to onset, and what to do about it. You don't have to prompt for each step. This isn't just about single bins. Ask Windsurf to 'find the bin with the highest spoilage risk.' Cascade runs `get_bins`, loops through them, calls `get_spoilage_predictions` for each, and ranks the results. That's a multi-step analysis from one simple request.

Get a Full Facility Overview with Windsurf

Stop checking bins one by one. Give Cascade a single goal like, 'Give me a full quality report for the whole facility.' It will start with `get_facility_overview` for the big picture, then dig into problem areas by calling `get_alerts` and `get_spoilage_predictions` on specific bins. Windsurf's agent handles the complex sequence of calls for you. You get a complete summary of current conditions, active alerts, and predicted risks across all your storage units. It's the fastest way to understand what's happening everywhere.

Diagnose Grain Issues Before They Cost You

See a warning and need to know why? Ask Windsurf to 'investigate the temperature spike in bin 4.' It will pull the `get_temperature_history`, check it against `get_co2_history`, and present a timeline showing exactly when and where the problem started. No more guessing games. Your agent uses the tools on this MCP server to connect the dots. It can correlate sensor data from `get_current_readings` with historical trends to find the root cause of an alert. You get actionable information, not just raw data points.

Setup guide

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

mcp_config.json

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

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Common questions about Centaur Analytics MCP in Windsurf

Just ask Windsurf's Cascade agent. For example, say 'check the sensor health of all my bins.' Cascade will use `get_bins` to list them all, then loop through each one calling `get_sensor_health` automatically.

Yes. Ask your agent, 'what will the grain quality be in bin 2 next month?' It will call the `get_quality_forecast` tool and give you the AI-powered prediction for the upcoming weeks.

You can ask Windsurf to 'find all sensors with low battery.' It will use the `get_bins` and `get_sensor_health` tools to check every sensor in your facility and report back with a list of devices that need attention.

Absolutely. Just point it at a bin and say 'generate a quality report for bin 5.' Your agent will execute the `get_quality_report` tool, which combines sensor data, trends, and predictions into a single document.

It only handles grain storage data from your sensors—things like CO2 levels in ppm, temperature, and moisture content. Vinkius sandboxes the entire connection, so the server only sees the data it needs for a specific tool call and nothing else.

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