How to Use the Founder Vision Prover MCP in Windsurf

Windsurf evaluates your startup idea by ripping apart the unit economics and forcing bottom-up TAM math.

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Create your Vinkius account to connect Founder Vision Prover 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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Brutal Strategy Validation

`validate_founder_vision` runs through Windsurf Cascade to dissect your pitch deck claims autonomously. You drop a startup idea in the editor, and Cascade triggers the tool to hunt for the actual customer hack. It ignores how frustrated people are and demands proof of what they currently pay to solve the problem. Cascade chains this behavioral check directly into the unit economics model. If your CAC payback stretches past twelve months, the agent flags the business physics as fatally flawed. You get a brutal reality check right in your workspace without having to prompt every single analytical step.

Bottom-Up Sizing via MCP Server

Bottom-up market sizing happens automatically when you connect this MCP Server to Windsurf. The agent pulls your target audience numbers and multiplies them by the annual contract value. Top-down delusions about capturing one percent of a massive industry get rejected instantly. If the resulting TAM falls under $100M, Cascade requires a wedge-and-expand strategy to justify venture scale. It forces you to build a roadmap that actually works instead of leaning on inflated analyst reports.

Zero-Cost Distribution Audits

Windsurf uses the tool to verify your distribution moat by analyzing how each user brings the next at zero cost. The agent looks for structural advantages like network effects or product-led growth loops. Relying on paid ads is treated as a tax, not a growth strategy. It then cross-references this with your Month 3 cohort retention data. Downloads and waitlists mean nothing here. If your consumer product retains less than thirty percent, the agent points out that your leaky bucket will eventually kill the company.

Setup guide

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

mcp_config.json

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

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Common questions about Founder Vision Prover MCP in Windsurf

Open Settings, navigate to Cascade, and find the MCP Servers UI. You can add the server under the mcpServers key in your configuration file or use the built-in marketplace for a one-click install. Click refresh to connect.

Yes. You paste the text from your deck into the IDE, and Cascade runs the validation tool against your claims. It strips out the marketing spin and evaluates the core unit economics.

It forces a bottom-up calculation based on reachable customers and contract value. If you provide a top-down market size, the tool rejects it. You have to supply the raw inputs.

The tool flags paid acquisition as a linear expense rather than a moat. It requires a zero-cost distribution mechanism like virality or SEO. If your model relies entirely on buying ads, the analysis fails.

The server processes your business models, unit economics, and customer pain points locally through the V8 Isolate Sandbox. Vinkius drops the instance immediately after execution. Your proprietary pitch data never trains external models.

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