Bring Conversational Marketing
to Windsurf
Learn how to connect Dashly to Windsurf and start using 8 AI agent tools in minutes. Fully managed, enterprise secure, and ready to use without writing a single line of code.
What is the Dashly MCP Server?
Connect your Dashly account to any AI agent and take full control of your conversational marketing and user tracking workflows through natural conversation.
What you can do
- User Lifecycle Orchestration — List and manage your entire high-fidelity user database programmatically, retrieving detailed profile metadata and custom property updates
- Conversational Intelligence — Query active chat sessions, retrieve high-fidelity message history, and send instant replies directly through your agent
- Event Tracking Architecture — Programmatically record custom user actions (e.g., 'Pricing Viewed') to maintain a perfectly coordinated audit trail of customer behavior
- Channel Optimization — Access your complete directory of communication channels to coordinate your engagement strategy across multiple touchpoints
- Operational Monitoring — Verify account-level API connectivity and monitor user activity trends directly through your agent for instant performance reporting
How it works
1. Subscribe to this server
2. Retrieve your Auth Token from your Dashly dashboard (Settings > Integrations > API Keys)
3. Start orchestrating your customer engagement from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client
No more manual toggling between chat tabs or missing critical user events. Your AI acts as your dedicated engagement coordinator and behavioral architect.
Who is this for?
- Customer Support Leads — instantly retrieve user history and reply to conversations using natural language commands
- Marketing Operations — track custom events and segment users without leaving your creative workspace
- Product Managers — monitor user property updates and engagement health through simple AI queries
Built-in capabilities (8)
Get details for a specific conversation
Get details for a specific user
List communication channels
List recent conversations
List all Dashly users
Send a reply to a conversation
Set custom properties for a user
Track a custom event for a user
Why Windsurf?
Windsurf's Cascade agent chains multiple Dashly tool calls autonomously. query data, analyze results, and generate code in a single agentic session. Paste Vinkius Edge URL, reload, and all 8 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 8 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
Dashly in Windsurf
Dashly and 3,400+ other MCP servers. One platform. One governance layer.
Teams that connect Dashly 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 Dashly in Windsurf
The Dashly 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 8 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
Dashly for Windsurf
Every tool call from Windsurf to the Dashly 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 Dashly Auth Token?
Log in to your account, navigate to Settings > Integrations > API Keys, and copy your unique Auth Token.
Can I record custom user events via AI?
Yes! The track_event tool allows your agent to log specific user actions programmatically by providing the user ID and event name.
How do I check active chat sessions?
Use the list_conversations tool to retrieve a comprehensive directory of all current chat interactions and their high-fidelity metadata.
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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