Bring Crisp
to Windsurf
Learn how to connect Crisp 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 Crisp MCP Server?
Connect your Crisp account to any AI agent and take full control of your multi-channel customer support and visitor engagement workflows through natural conversation.
What you can do
- Conversation Orchestration — List and manage active chat and email support sessions programmatically, including monitoring unread counts and conversation status in real-time
- Automated Messaging — Programmatically dispatch text messages to active sessions to coordinate immediate customer assistance and engagement
- Thread Intelligence — Access complete message histories for any session to provide high-fidelity context for your support and marketing responses
- Visitor Lifecycle — Retrieve detailed visitor profiles and people records to maintain a perfectly coordinated relationship history
- Operational Monitoring — Access real-time website traffic metrics and support volume summaries directly through your agent for instant CX reporting
How it works
1. Subscribe to this server
2. Retrieve your Plugin ID, Plugin Key, and Website ID from the Crisp dashboard
3. Start managing your omnichannel support from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client
No more manual ticket shuffling or missing messages in busy chat windows. Your AI acts as your dedicated support engineer and visitor engagement coordinator.
Who is this for?
- Support Teams — instantly respond to visitor queries and summarize conversation threads using natural language commands
- Customer Success — monitor visitor engagement and retrieve high-fidelity profile metadata without leaving your workspace
- Growth Marketers — automate personalized outreach to active visitors and track website traffic through simple AI queries
Built-in capabilities (6)
Get conversation details
List messages in a conversation
Get visitor profile details
List all website conversations
List all website visitors/people
Pass data as a JSON string. Send a message to a conversation
Why Windsurf?
Windsurf's Cascade agent chains multiple Crisp 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
Crisp in Windsurf
Crisp and 3,400+ other MCP servers. One platform. One governance layer.
Teams that connect Crisp 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 Crisp in Windsurf
The Crisp 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
Crisp for Windsurf
Every tool call from Windsurf to the Crisp 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 Crisp API credentials?
Go to your Crisp dashboard, navigate to the Marketplace, create a new plugin, and you will find your Plugin ID and Plugin Key.
What is the Website ID?
The Website ID is a unique UUID found in your Settings > Website Settings section in Crisp.
Can I retrieve messages from past sessions?
Yes! The get_messages tool allows the agent to retrieve the complete transcript for any session ID in your history.
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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