Bring Employee Records
to Windsurf
Learn how to connect Armano 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.
GDPR Free for SubscribersCompatible with every major AI agent and IDE
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What is the Armano MCP Server?
Connect your Armano account to any AI agent and take full control of your human resources and automated workforce orchestration through natural conversation.
What you can do
- Workforce Portfolio Orchestration — List and manage your entire database of employees programmatically, retrieving detailed profiles and department affiliations
- Time & Attendance Intelligence — Programmatically retrieve time tracking records and monitor clock-in/out metadata to maintain a perfectly coordinated audit trail
- Absence & Leave Architecture — Access your complete directory of time-off requests and statuses to oversee your organizational resource allocation
- Document Monitoring — Access real-time status updates for employee records and retrieve hosted assets directly through your agent
- Operational Monitoring — Verify account-level API connectivity and monitor HR process volume directly through your agent for perfectly coordinated service scaling
How it works
- Subscribe to this server
- Retrieve your API Key from your Armano dashboard (App Integrations section)
- Start orchestrating your workforce from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client
No more manual checking of individual employee cards or missing leave requests. Your AI acts as your dedicated HR coordinator and workforce architect.
Who is this for?
- HR Managers — instantly retrieve employee summaries and monitor team attendance using natural language commands
- Department Leads — verify individual absence requests and track team availability without leaving your workspace
- Developers — integrate high-speed Armano HR data into custom internal tools through simple AI queries
Built-in capabilities (10)
Verify Armano API connectivity
Create a time entry
Get employee details
Get project details
Get time entry details
List all departments
List all employees
List all leave requests
List all projects
Optionally filter by date range (YYYY-MM-DD format). List time entries
Why Windsurf?
Windsurf's Cascade agent chains multiple Armano 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
Armano in Windsurf
Armano and 4,000+ other MCP servers. One platform. One governance layer.
Teams that connect Armano 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 | 4,000+ 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 Armano in Windsurf
The Armano 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
Armano for Windsurf
Every tool call from Windsurf to the Armano 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 Armano API Key?
Log in to your account, navigate to Settings > App Integrations, and copy your unique API Token from the credentials section.
Can I retrieve time entries via AI?
Yes! The list_time_entries tool allows your agent to retrieve clock-in/out records for any specific period.
How do I list my active employees?
Use the list_employees tool to retrieve your complete directory along with the unique identifiers for all registered staff members.
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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