How to Use the Winston AI MCP in Windsurf

Q: What's the difference between detectaitext and factchecker?

Detection tells you who wrote it (human or AI). Fact checking tells you if what was written is true. You can run both on a text sample to get the full picture.

Q: Is Winston AI good for large publishing workflows in Windsurf AI?

It's built for that. The server gives tools like checkplagiarismurl and factcheckerurl. This lets your agent validate external web content before it ever gets published.

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Create your Vinkius account to connect Winston AI 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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Verify plagiarism across any source.

Use the `check_plagiarism_file` tool to scan entire documents uploaded via URL. Cascade reads the document, checks it against known sources, and reports the specific areas that match existing content. You can also check general text using `check_plagiarism_text`, or verify an entire website page with `check_plagiarism_url`. This gives you multiple ways to catch copied material.

Detect AI origins in documents and images.

The `detect_ai_file` tool lets your agent scan uploaded files for machine-generated content. If the document is suspicious, it flags those sections immediately. Beyond text, you can use `detect_ai_image` to check URLs. It determines if an image looks like it came from a generative AI model.

Confirm facts and compare textual data.

Need to know if something is true? The `fact_checker_file` tool verifies specific claims within a document you point to. It doesn't just guess; it checks the information. For direct comparison, use `text_compare`. This tool takes two pieces of text and gives you an objective score on how similar they really are.

Setup guide

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

mcp_config.json

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

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Common questions about Winston AI MCP in Windsurf

Winston AI doesn't write the content for you. Instead, it gives your agent tools to verify existing text. You can check drafts using `detect_ai_text` or confirm facts with a `fact_checker`. This keeps your output reliable.

Yes. Cascade is great at this. You can set a goal—like 'verify the research paper.' It figures out that it needs to run `check_plagiarism_file` first, then run a `fact_checker_file`, and finally report the issues.

The server touches document files (via URL) when you use these tools. Vinkius handles authentication, so your connection is secure through one endpoint token.

Detection tells you *who* wrote it (human or AI). Fact checking tells you if what was written is *true*. You can run both on a text sample to get the full picture.

It's built for that. The server gives tools like `check_plagiarism_url` and `fact_checker_url`. This lets your agent validate external web content before it ever gets published.

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