Bring Reputation Management
to Windsurf
Learn how to connect Birdeye to Windsurf and start using 6 AI agent tools in minutes. Fully managed, enterprise secure, and ready to use without writing a single line of code.
What is the Birdeye MCP Server?
Connect your Birdeye account to any AI agent and take full control of your online reputation management and customer experience workflows through natural conversation.
What you can do
- Review Orchestration — List and manage customer reviews across multiple platforms (Google, Facebook, etc.) programmatically, retrieving detailed high-fidelity comments and ratings in real-time
- Automated Check-ins — Programmatically trigger review requests (check-ins) via SMS or Email to coordinate high-fidelity feedback collection from your recent visitors
- Sentiment Intelligence — Access complete customer profiles and retrieve detailed sentiment history to maintain a perfectly coordinated overview of your brand health
- Survey & Feedback Architecture — Programmatically dispatch custom surveys to specific customers and monitor their high-fidelity responses directly through your agent
- Multi-Location Visibility — Retrieve complete directories of all your business branches and locations to coordinate your organizational reputation programmatically
How it works
1. Subscribe to this server
2. Retrieve your API Key and Business ID (bid) from your Birdeye dashboard (Settings > Integrations > API)
3. Start managing your customer experience from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client
No more manual logging into individual review sites or missing critical feedback. Your AI acts as your dedicated reputation manager and customer success coordinator.
Who is this for?
- Marketing Managers — instantly retrieve high-level review summaries and monitor brand sentiment using natural language commands
- Customer Success Teams — automate the dispatch of review requests and track customer satisfaction without leaving your workspace
- Multi-Location Owners — monitor reputation performance across all branches and coordinate surveys through simple AI queries
Built-in capabilities (6)
Add a new customer profile
Trigger a review request (Check-in)
Get full customer profile
List all business locations
List customer reviews
Send a custom survey to a customer
Why Windsurf?
Windsurf's Cascade agent chains multiple Birdeye tool calls autonomously. query data, analyze results, and generate code in a single agentic session. Paste Vinkius Edge URL, reload, and all 6 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 6 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
Birdeye in Windsurf
Birdeye and 3,400+ other MCP servers. One platform. One governance layer.
Teams that connect Birdeye 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 Birdeye in Windsurf
The Birdeye 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 6 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
Birdeye for Windsurf
Every tool call from Windsurf to the Birdeye 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 Birdeye API Key and Business ID?
Log in to your account, navigate to Settings > Integrations > API, and you will find your API Key and the Business ID (bid).
Can I request a review via AI?
Yes! The customer_checkin tool allows your agent to record a customer visit and automatically send a review request via their preferred channel.
How do I check review ratings programmatically?
Use the list_reviews tool and provide an optional rating filter (1-5) to retrieve specific categories of feedback directly from the platform.
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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