Holiday API MCP Server for Windsurf 5 tools — connect in under 2 minutes
Windsurf brings agentic AI coding to a purpose-built IDE. Connect Holiday API 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": {
"holiday-api": {
"url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
}
}
}
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About Holiday API MCP Server
Empower your AI agent to orchestrate your entire global event and holiday research workflow with Holiday API, the reliable source for holiday data. By connecting Holiday API to your agent, you transform complex calendar auditing into a natural conversation. Your agent can instantly retrieve public holidays for any country, audit workday counts, and identify supported languages without you ever touching a manual calendar. Whether you are planning international logistics or managing global payroll, your agent acts as a real-time event consultant, ensuring your schedules are always accurate and compliant.
Windsurf's Cascade agent chains multiple Holiday API tool calls autonomously. query data, analyze results, and generate code in a single agentic session. Paste Vinkius Edge URL, reload, and all 5 tools are immediately available. Real-time tool feedback appears inline, so you see API responses directly in your editor.
What you can do
- Holiday Auditing — Retrieve public and federal holidays for over 200 countries and retrieve detailed metadata, including names and dates.
- Workday Oversight — Calculate the next workday or count workdays between two dates to maintain a clear view of operational periods.
- Global Discovery — List all supported countries and languages in the Holiday API catalog to identify regional event markers.
- Temporal Intelligence — Query holidays for specific years to audit past and future global events instantly.
- Usage Monitoring — Get real-time API usage and status metadata to maintain strict control over your research volume.
The Holiday API MCP Server exposes 5 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.
How to Connect Holiday API to Windsurf via MCP
Follow these steps to integrate the Holiday API MCP Server with Windsurf.
Open MCP Settings
Go to Settings → MCP Configuration or press Cmd+Shift+P and search "MCP"
Add the server
Paste the JSON configuration above into mcp_config.json
Save and reload
Windsurf will detect the new server automatically
Start using Holiday API
Open Cascade and ask: "Using Holiday API, help me...". 5 tools available
Why Use Windsurf with the Holiday API MCP Server
Windsurf provides unique advantages when paired with Holiday API through the Model Context Protocol.
Windsurf's Cascade agent autonomously chains multiple tool calls in sequence, solving complex multi-step tasks without manual intervention
Purpose-built for agentic workflows. Cascade understands context across your entire codebase and integrates MCP tools natively
JSON-based configuration means zero code changes: paste a URL, reload, and all 5 tools are immediately available
Real-time tool feedback is displayed inline, so you see API responses directly in your editor without switching contexts
Holiday API + Windsurf Use Cases
Practical scenarios where Windsurf combined with the Holiday API MCP Server delivers measurable value.
Automated code generation: ask Cascade to fetch data from Holiday API and generate models, types, or handlers based on real API responses
Live debugging: query Holiday API tools mid-session to inspect production data while debugging without leaving the editor
Documentation generation: pull schema information from Holiday API and have Cascade generate comprehensive API docs automatically
Rapid prototyping: combine Holiday API data with Cascade's code generation to scaffold entire features in minutes
Holiday API MCP Tools for Windsurf (5)
These 5 tools become available when you connect Holiday API to Windsurf via MCP:
get_holidays
Get public holidays for a country and year
get_next_workday
Get the date after a number of workdays from a start date
get_workdays_count
Count the number of workdays between two dates
list_supported_countries
List all countries supported by Holiday API
list_supported_languages
List all languages supported by Holiday API
Example Prompts for Holiday API in Windsurf
Ready-to-use prompts you can give your Windsurf agent to start working with Holiday API immediately.
"What are the public holidays in 'US' for 2024 using Holiday API?"
"Calculate the next 10 workdays from 2024-01-01 in Brazil."
"List all countries supported by Holiday API."
Troubleshooting Holiday API MCP Server with Windsurf
Common issues when connecting Holiday API to Windsurf through the Vinkius, and how to resolve them.
Server not connecting
Holiday API + Windsurf FAQ
Common questions about integrating Holiday API MCP Server with Windsurf.
How does Windsurf discover MCP tools?
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.Can Cascade chain multiple MCP tool calls?
Does Windsurf support multiple MCP servers?
mcp_config.json. Each server's tools appear in the MCP panel and Cascade can use tools from different servers in a single flow.Connect Holiday API with your favorite client
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Connect Holiday API to Windsurf
Get your token, paste the configuration, and start using 5 tools in under 2 minutes. No API key management needed.