Bring Time Tracking
to Windsurf
Learn how to connect Buddy Punch 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 Buddy Punch MCP Server?
Connect your Buddy Punch (Enterprise) account to any AI agent and take full control of your workforce time tracking and automated payroll workflows through natural conversation.
What you can do
- Punch Orchestration — Programmatically perform high-fidelity punch-in and punch-out actions for employees, including adding descriptive metadata and shift notes in real-time
- Workforce Visibility — List and manage employee profiles and administrative settings programmatically to maintain a perfectly coordinated organizational structure
- Time Entry Intelligence — Retrieve detailed high-fidelity time cards and entry history by pay period to coordinate payroll data collection directly through your agent
- Schedule Monitoring — Access and monitor work schedules and published shift updates to oversee team distribution and labor capacity efficiently
- Pay Cycle Management — Retrieve complete directories of defined pay periods and historical cycles to maintain high-fidelity financial records
How it works
1. Subscribe to this server
2. Retrieve your Subscription Key from the Buddy Punch Developer Hub (Enterprise plan required)
3. Start managing your team's attendance and schedules from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client
No more manual chasing of missing time cards or digging through complex shift tables. Your AI acts as your dedicated workforce administrator and payroll coordinator.
Who is this for?
- HR Managers — instantly retrieve employee time summaries and log manual punches using natural language commands
- Operations Leads — monitor team shift distribution and verify clock-in accuracy without leaving your workspace
- Payroll Specialists — automate the collection of structured time entry data for internal reporting through simple AI queries
Built-in capabilities (6)
Create a new employee
List all employees
List pay periods
List time entries
List work schedules
Perform a punch action
Why Windsurf?
Windsurf's Cascade agent chains multiple Buddy Punch 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
Buddy Punch in Windsurf
Buddy Punch and 3,400+ other MCP servers. One platform. One governance layer.
Teams that connect Buddy Punch 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 Buddy Punch in Windsurf
The Buddy Punch 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
Buddy Punch for Windsurf
Every tool call from Windsurf to the Buddy Punch 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 Buddy Punch Subscription Key?
Log in to the Buddy Punch Developer Hub, navigate to your profile, and copy your Subscription Key (requires an active Enterprise plan).
Can I punch in an employee via AI?
Yes! The punch_in_out tool allows your agent to record a punch action by providing the employee ID and punch type (In/Out) programmatically.
How do I retrieve time entries for payroll?
Use the list_time_entries tool to retrieve detailed historical records of all work duration and breaks for the current pay period.
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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