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EmailOctopus MCP Server for WindsurfGive Windsurf instant access to 12 tools to Add Contact To List, Create Email List, Get Campaign Details, and more

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Windsurf brings agentic AI coding to a purpose-built IDE. Connect EmailOctopus through Vinkius and Cascade will auto-discover every tool. ask questions, generate code, and act on live data without leaving your editor.

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "emailoctopus-alternative": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
    }
  }
}
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About EmailOctopus MCP Server

Connect your EmailOctopus (v2) account to any AI agent and take full control of your email marketing and subscriber engagement workflows through natural conversation.

Windsurf's Cascade agent chains multiple EmailOctopus tool calls autonomously. query data, analyze results, and generate code in a single agentic session. Paste Vinkius Edge URL, reload, and all 12 tools are immediately available. Real-time tool feedback appears inline, so you see API responses directly in your editor.

What you can do

  • Audience Orchestration — List and manage your email marketing lists programmatically, including creating new lists and monitoring subscriber counts
  • Subscriber Lifecycle — Programmatically add, update, or remove subscribers from lists and manage detailed profiles, tags, and custom fields
  • Campaign Management — Monitor sent and draft campaigns and retrieve high-fidelity performance reports including open and click rates
  • Workflow Automation — Programmatically trigger automated sequences (workflows) for specific contacts to coordinate complex customer journeys
  • Operational Visibility — Retrieve complete list metadata and individual contact details directly through your agent for instant marketing reporting

The EmailOctopus MCP Server exposes 12 tools through the Vinkius. Connect it to Windsurf in under two minutes — no API keys to rotate, no infrastructure to provision, no vendor lock-in. Your configuration, your data, your control.

All 12 EmailOctopus tools available for Windsurf

When Windsurf connects to EmailOctopus through Vinkius, your AI agent gets direct access to every tool listed below — spanning emailoctopus, email-marketing, automation-api, and more. Every call is secured with network, filesystem, subprocess, and code evaluation entitlements inside a sandboxed runtime. Beyond a simple connection, you get a full AI Gateway with real-time visibility into agent activity, enterprise governance, and optimized token usage.

add_contact_to_list

Add a new contact to a list

create_email_list

Create a new subscriber list

get_campaign_details

Get details for a campaign

get_campaign_summary_report

Get performance metrics for a campaign

get_contact_details

Get details for a contact

get_list_details

Get details for an email list

list_contacts_in_list

Can filter by status. List contacts in a specific list

list_email_campaigns

List all sent and draft campaigns

list_email_lists

List all subscriber lists

remove_contact_from_list

Delete a contact from a list

trigger_automation_for_contact

Requires API trigger to be enabled. Start an automation for a contact

update_contact_profile

Update an existing contact

Connect EmailOctopus to Windsurf via MCP

Follow these steps to wire EmailOctopus into Windsurf. The entire setup takes under two minutes — your credentials stay safe behind the Vinkius.

01

Open MCP Settings

Go to Settings → MCP Configuration or press Cmd+Shift+P and search "MCP"
02

Add the server

Paste the JSON configuration above into mcp_config.json
03

Save and reload

Windsurf will detect the new server automatically
04

Start using EmailOctopus

Open Cascade and ask: "Using EmailOctopus, help me...". 12 tools available

Why Use Windsurf with the EmailOctopus MCP Server

Windsurf provides unique advantages when paired with EmailOctopus through the Model Context Protocol.

01

Windsurf's Cascade agent autonomously chains multiple tool calls in sequence, solving complex multi-step tasks without manual intervention

02

Purpose-built for agentic workflows. Cascade understands context across your entire codebase and integrates MCP tools natively

03

JSON-based configuration means zero code changes: paste a URL, reload, and all 12 tools are immediately available

04

Real-time tool feedback is displayed inline, so you see API responses directly in your editor without switching contexts

EmailOctopus + Windsurf Use Cases

Practical scenarios where Windsurf combined with the EmailOctopus MCP Server delivers measurable value.

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Automated code generation: ask Cascade to fetch data from EmailOctopus and generate models, types, or handlers based on real API responses

02

Live debugging: query EmailOctopus tools mid-session to inspect production data while debugging without leaving the editor

03

Documentation generation: pull schema information from EmailOctopus and have Cascade generate comprehensive API docs automatically

04

Rapid prototyping: combine EmailOctopus data with Cascade's code generation to scaffold entire features in minutes

Example Prompts for EmailOctopus in Windsurf

Ready-to-use prompts you can give your Windsurf agent to start working with EmailOctopus immediately.

01

"List all my email subscriber lists in EmailOctopus."

02

"Add subscriber 'john.doe@example.com' to list 'l_123' with tag 'Customer'."

03

"Show me the report summary for campaign ID 'c_987'."

Troubleshooting EmailOctopus MCP Server with Windsurf

Common issues when connecting EmailOctopus to Windsurf through the Vinkius, and how to resolve them.

01

Server not connecting

Check Settings → MCP for the server status. Try toggling it off and on.

EmailOctopus + Windsurf FAQ

Common questions about integrating EmailOctopus MCP Server with Windsurf.

01

How does Windsurf discover MCP tools?

Windsurf reads the mcp_config.json file on startup and connects to each configured server via Streamable HTTP. Tools are listed in the MCP panel and available to Cascade automatically.
02

Can Cascade chain multiple MCP tool calls?

Yes. Cascade is an agentic system. it can plan and execute multi-step workflows, calling several tools in sequence to accomplish complex tasks without manual prompting between steps.
03

Does Windsurf support multiple MCP servers?

Yes. Add as many servers as needed in mcp_config.json. Each server's tools appear in the MCP panel and Cascade can use tools from different servers in a single flow.