Bring Ad Server
to Windsurf
Learn how to connect AdButler to Windsurf and start using 10 AI agent tools in minutes. Fully managed, enterprise secure, and ready to use without writing a single line of code.
What is the AdButler MCP Server?
Connect your AdButler account to any AI agent and take full control of your ad server orchestration and automated display advertising through natural conversation.
What you can do
- Campaign & Ad Portfolio Orchestration — List and manage your entire high-fidelity portfolio of advertisers and campaigns programmatically, retrieving detailed technical metadata
- Banner & Creative Intelligence — Programmatically retrieve directories of banners and access complete high-fidelity asset metadata to coordinate your organizational broadcasting
- Performance Architecture Monitoring — Access real-time status updates for active banners and track impression/click metrics directly through your agent
- Metadata Management — Programmatically retrieve high-fidelity zone IDs and publisher metadata to maintain a perfectly coordinated ad inventory record
- Operational Monitoring — Verify account-level API connectivity and monitor orchestration volume directly through your agent for perfectly coordinated service scaling
How it works
1. Subscribe to this server
2. Retrieve your API Key from your AdButler dashboard (Settings > API Access)
3. Start orchestrating your ad growth from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client
No more manual checking of individual banner performance or missing campaign expiration alerts. Your AI acts as your dedicated ad coordinator and inventory architect.
Who is this for?
- Ad Ops Managers — instantly retrieve campaign summaries and monitor ad health using natural language commands
- Publishers — verify individual zone metadata and track inventory filling without leaving your creative workspace
- Developers — integrate high-speed AdButler data into custom dashboards and reporting tools through simple AI queries
Built-in capabilities (10)
Verify AdButler API connectivity
Get advertiser details
Get campaign details
Get ad serving statistics
List all advertisers
List ad items in a campaign
List all campaigns
List all placements
List all publishers
List all ad zones
Why Windsurf?
Windsurf's Cascade agent chains multiple AdButler tool calls autonomously. query data, analyze results, and generate code in a single agentic session. Paste Vinkius Edge URL, reload, and all 10 tools are immediately available. Real-time tool feedback appears inline, so you see API responses directly in your editor.
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Windsurf's Cascade agent autonomously chains multiple tool calls in sequence, solving complex multi-step tasks without manual intervention
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Purpose-built for agentic workflows. Cascade understands context across your entire codebase and integrates MCP tools natively
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JSON-based configuration means zero code changes: paste a URL, reload, and all 10 tools are immediately available
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Real-time tool feedback is displayed inline, so you see API responses directly in your editor without switching contexts
AdButler in Windsurf
AdButler and 3,400+ other MCP servers. One platform. One governance layer.
Teams that connect AdButler to Windsurf through Vinkius don't need to source, host, or maintain individual MCP servers. Every tool call runs inside a hardened runtime with credential isolation, DLP, and a signed audit chain.
Raw MCP | Vinkius | |
|---|---|---|
| Server catalog | Find and host yourself | 3,400+ managed |
| Infrastructure | Self-hosted | Sandboxed V8 isolates |
| Credential handling | Plaintext in config | Vault + runtime injection |
| Data loss prevention | None | Configurable DLP policies |
| Kill switch | None | Global instant shutdown |
| Financial circuit breakers | None | Per-server limits + alerts |
| Audit trail | None | Ed25519 signed logs |
| SIEM log streaming | None | Splunk, Datadog, Webhook |
| Honeytokens | None | Canary alerts on leak |
| Custom domains | Not applicable | DNS challenge verified |
| GDPR compliance | Manual effort | Automated purge + export |
Why teams choose Vinkius for AdButler in Windsurf
The AdButler MCP Server runs on Vinkius-managed infrastructure inside AWS — a purpose-built runtime with per-request V8 isolates, Ed25519 signed audit chains, and sub-40ms cold starts. All 10 tools execute in hardened sandboxes optimized for native MCP execution.
Your AI agents in Windsurf only access the data you authorize, with DLP that blocks sensitive information from ever reaching the model, kill switch for instant shutdown, and up to 60% token savings. Enterprise-grade infrastructure, zero maintenance.
* Every MCP server runs on Vinkius-managed infrastructure inside AWS - a purpose-built runtime with per-request V8 isolates, Ed25519 signed audit chains, and sub-40ms cold starts optimized for native MCP execution. See our infrastructure
How Vinkius secures
AdButler for Windsurf
Every tool call from Windsurf to the AdButler MCP Server is protected by DLP redaction, cryptographic audit chains, V8 sandbox isolation, kill switch, and financial circuit breakers.
Frequently asked questions
How do I find my AdButler API Key?
Log in to your account, navigate to Settings > API Access, and copy your unique API Key from the credentials section.
Can I check ad performance via AI?
Yes! The get_stats tool retrieves impression and click data for all your active banners and campaigns.
How do I list my advertisers?
Use the list_advertisers tool to retrieve all advertiser profiles with their unique identifiers.
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.
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.
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.
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