Bring Contact Discovery
to Windsurf
Learn how to connect ContactOut to Windsurf and start using 7 AI agent tools in minutes. Fully managed, enterprise secure, and ready to use without writing a single line of code.
What is the ContactOut MCP Server?
Connect your ContactOut account to any AI agent to streamline your B2B lead generation and talent acquisition workflows through natural conversation. ContactOut provides a powerful intelligence layer for discovering verified contact information and enriching professional profiles at scale.
What you can do
- Contact Discovery Orchestration — Instantly retrieve verified email addresses and direct phone numbers using LinkedIn profile URLs programmatically
- Professional Enrichment — Enrich contact and company data with detailed attributes, including job titles, locations, and social links to maintain a high-fidelity CRM
- Deep Semantic Search — Programmatically search the ContactOut database of 300M+ people using advanced filters for skills, titles, and locations
- Identity Resolution — Find the LinkedIn profile associated with a specific email address to perfectly coordinate your multichannel outreach
- Administrative Visibility — Programmatically track your credit balance and API usage statistics to coordinate your recruitment and sales budgets
How it works
1. Subscribe to this server
2. Retrieve your API Key from your ContactOut dashboard (Settings > API)
3. Start finding decision-makers and enriching your lead lists from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client
No more manual profile scraping or guessing email formats. Your AI acts as your dedicated sales associate and recruitment coordinator.
Who is this for?
- Sales Development (SDRs) — build highly targeted outreach lists with verified contact info using natural language commands
- Technical Recruiters — search for candidates with specific skills and retrieve contact details without leaving your workspace
- Growth Marketers — automate lead enrichment and identify LinkedIn profiles from email lists through simple AI queries
Built-in capabilities (7)
Enrich company data
Enrich contact data
Find email by LinkedIn profile
Find LinkedIn profile by email
Get API usage statistics
Search for companies
Search for people
Why Windsurf?
Windsurf's Cascade agent chains multiple ContactOut tool calls autonomously. query data, analyze results, and generate code in a single agentic session. Paste Vinkius Edge URL, reload, and all 7 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 7 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
ContactOut in Windsurf
ContactOut and 3,400+ other MCP servers. One platform. One governance layer.
Teams that connect ContactOut 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 ContactOut in Windsurf
The ContactOut 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 7 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
ContactOut for Windsurf
Every tool call from Windsurf to the ContactOut 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 ContactOut API Key?
Log in to your account, navigate to Settings > API, and copy your unique access token.
Can I search for people by skills and location?
Yes! The search_people tool accepts a JSON object with filters like skills, location, and job_title programmatically.
How do I find an email using a LinkedIn URL?
Use the find_email_by_linkedin tool and provide the full LinkedIn profile URL to retrieve verified contact details.
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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