Bring Omnichannel Marketing
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Create your Vinkius account to connect Dotdigital to Windsurf and start using all 10 AI tools in minutes. Fully managed, enterprise secure, and ready to use without writing a single line of code. No hosting, no server setup — just connect and start using.
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What is the Dotdigital MCP Server?
Integrate Dotdigital, the powerful marketing automation and omnichannel platform, directly into your AI workflow. Manage your email campaigns and templates, track contact address books and individual profiles, monitor automation programs (journeys), and oversee your marketing operations using natural language.
What you can do
- Campaign Oversight — List and retrieve detailed information and subject lines for all your email marketing campaigns.
- Contact Intelligence — Monitor contact address books, individual profile details, and subscription statuses across your organization.
- Automation Monitoring — Track active marketing automation programs and customer journeys to ensure effective engagement.
- Marketing Auditing — Retrieve high-level summaries of address book volumes, campaign activity, and account limits instantly.
How it works
- Connect the Dotdigital integration to your AI assistant.
- Authorize using your Dotdigital API Username and Password (found in your account settings).
- Orchestrate your marketing automation and contact management through intuitive conversation.
Who is this for?
- Marketing Managers — Quickly check campaign statuses and address book volumes on the go.
- CRM Administrators — Research contact profiles and subscription history via chat during segmentation.
- Automation Leads — Monitor program execution and marketing metadata across the organization instantly.
Built-in capabilities (10)
Get detailed information for a specific email campaign
Get full profile and history for a specific contact by email
Retrieve metadata and limits for your Dotdigital account
List all contacts within a specific address book
List all active marketing automation programs (journeys)
List all email marketing campaigns
List all available email message templates
List all contact address books configured in your Dotdigital account
Retrieve a high-level summary of campaign and contact activity
Search for contacts using a specific query string
Why Windsurf?
Windsurf's Cascade agent chains multiple Dotdigital tool calls autonomously. query data, analyze results, and generate code in a single agentic session. Paste Vinkius Edge URL, reload, and all 10 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 10 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
Dotdigital in Windsurf
Why run Dotdigital with Vinkius?
The Dotdigital connection runs on our fully managed, secure cloud infrastructure. We handle the hosting, maintenance, and security so you don't have to deal with servers or code. All 10 tools are ready to work instantly without any complex setup.
You stay in complete control of your data. Your AI only accesses the information you approve, keeping your sensitive passwords and private details completely safe. Plus, with automatic optimizations, your AI works faster and more efficiently.
* Every connection is hosted and maintained by Vinkius. We handle the security, updates, and infrastructure so you don't have to write code or manage servers. See our infrastructure
Over 4,000 integrations ready for AI agents
Explore a vast library of pre-built integrations, optimized and ready to deploy.
Connect securely in under 30 seconds
Generate tokens to authenticate and link external services in a single step.
Complete visibility into every agent action
Audit live requests, latency, success rates, and active security compliance policies.
Optimize spending and track token ROI
Analyze real-time token consumption and cost metrics detailed by connection.
Explore our live AI Agents Analytics dashboard to see it all working
This dashboard is included when you connect Dotdigital using Vinkius. You will never be left in the dark about what your AI agents are doing with your tools.
Dotdigital and 4,000+ other AI tools. No hosting, no code, ready to use.
Professionals who connect Dotdigital to Windsurf through Vinkius don't need to write code, manage servers, or worry about security. Everything is pre-configured, secure, and runs automatically in the background.
Raw MCP | Vinkius | |
|---|---|---|
| Ready-to-use MCPs | Find and configure each manually | 4,000+ MCPs ready to use |
| Connection Setup | Manual coding & server setup | 1-click instant connection |
| Server Hosting | You host it yourself (needs 24/7 uptime) | 100% hosted & managed by Vinkius |
| Security & Privacy | Stored in plaintext config files | Bank-grade encrypted vault |
| Activity Visibility | Blind execution (no logs or tracking) | Live dashboard with real-time logs |
| Cost Control | Runaway AI token spend risk | Automatic budget limits |
| Revoking Access | Must delete files or code to stop | 1-click disconnect button |
How Vinkius secures
Dotdigital for Windsurf
Every request between Windsurf and Dotdigital is protected by our secure gateway. We automatically keep your sensitive data private, prevent unauthorized access, and let you disconnect instantly at any time.
Frequently asked questions
How do I get Dotdigital API credentials?
Log in to your Dotdigital account, navigate to Settings > Access, and select the API users tab. You can create a new API user to generate a unique username and password for this integration.
Can the agent send new email campaigns?
This integration currently focuses on listing and auditing campaigns, contacts, and automation programs. Scheduling or sending actual email broadcasts should be managed via the Dotdigital campaign builder.
Does the integration support multiple address books?
Yes, you can use the list_marketing_address_books tool to see all your address books and then list contacts for any specific book using its ID.
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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