How to Use the Northflank (Developer Cloud & Orchestration) MCP in Windsurf

Q: How do I connect the Northflank (Developer Cloud & Orchestration) MCP Server to Windsurf?

Edit your mcpconfig.json in the /.codeium/windsurf directory or use the Cascade UI settings. Windsurf auto-discovers the tools on connection.

Q: Can Windsurf and Northflank (Developer Cloud & Orchestration) manage cron jobs?

Yes. The agent uses listjobs to enumerate isolated batch and cron jobs within a specific project. You can audit background tasks directly in the editor.

Q: What happens when I delete a Northflank (Developer Cloud & Orchestration) project via Windsurf?

Calling deleteproject drops the project boundary entirely. It kills active cron jobs and destroys backend service processes running in memory.

Q: Is my environment variable data secure when querying secrets?

The server accesses DATABASEURL strings and raw environment variables via listsecrets. Your connection uses an ephemeral V8 isolate sandbox, meaning the token authenticates the request but the platform retains zero persistent access to your infrastructure credentials.

Manage Northflank deployments directly from Windsurf. Cascade chains project creation, secret injection, and builds autonomously.

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`create_project` provisions isolated Northflank project spaces and assigns regional routing rules. Tell Cascade to spin up a new staging environment, and it handles the ingress setup automatically without making you leave the editor. Once the boundary exists, Cascade calls `list_secrets` to map environment variables into the running services. It pulls your database URLs and injects them across the VPC isolation boundaries. You set the goal, and the agent wires the infrastructure.

Cycle and Scale Services

`restart_service` recycles transient RAM accumulation by gracefully cycling container replicas. When memory spikes hit, your agent triggers a cycle to restore standard execution timings without dropping active traffic. You also get `get_service` to pull the structural anatomy of a single service. Cascade reads this data to verify external domain SSL associations and assess horizontal scaling requirements before it attempts to modify your deployment.

Trigger Builds from the Editor

`trigger_build` commands Northflank builders to compile and deploy your latest code commits. You do not have to open a browser to push updates; Cascade fires the build pipeline the moment your tests pass locally. If things go wrong, `delete_project` acts as your kill switch. It severs traffic routing and drops ephemeral node.js processes to permanently tear down the microservices associated with that specific environment.

Setup guide

Set up Northflank (Developer Cloud & Orchestration) 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 Northflank (Developer Cloud & Orchestration) 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 Northflank (Developer Cloud & Orchestration) payment history." If connected, Cascade will call the Northflank (Developer Cloud & Orchestration) tools directly. You will see a green dot next to the server name in the MCP panel.

mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "northflank-developer-cloud-orchestration-mcp": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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Common questions about Northflank (Developer Cloud & Orchestration) MCP in Windsurf

Edit your `mcp_config.json` in the `~/.codeium/windsurf` directory or use the Cascade UI settings. Windsurf auto-discovers the tools on connection.

Yes. The agent uses `list_jobs` to enumerate isolated batch and cron jobs within a specific project. You can audit background tasks directly in the editor.

No. Cascade reads context and chains actions autonomously. It can run `list_projects`, find the target ID, and immediately execute a build without stopping to ask you.

Calling `delete_project` drops the project boundary entirely. It kills active cron jobs and destroys backend service processes running in memory.

The server accesses `DATABASE_URL` strings and raw environment variables via `list_secrets`. Your connection uses an ephemeral V8 isolate sandbox, meaning the token authenticates the request but the platform retains zero persistent access to your infrastructure credentials.

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