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What is the Elevio MCP Server?
Integrate Elevio, the leading customer education and knowledge management platform, directly into your AI workflow. Manage your knowledge base articles and categories, track real-time publishing statuses, monitor active assistant modules, and oversee your organizational learning content using natural language.
What you can do
- Article Oversight — List and retrieve detailed information, HTML content, and publishing status for all your knowledge base articles.
- Category Intelligence — Monitor the category tree, resolving structural relationships and identifying empty categories requiring attention.
- Module Management — Access and monitor all Elevio assistant modules (support, search, tickets) and their activation statuses.
- Knowledge Auditing — Retrieve high-level summaries of article volumes, category coverage, and organizational content health.
How it works
- Connect the Elevio integration to your AI assistant.
- Authorize using your Elevio API Key (found in your account settings).
- Orchestrate your customer education and knowledge management through intuitive conversation.
Who is this for?
- Knowledge Managers — Quickly check article publishing statuses and category coverage on the go.
- Customer Success Teams — Research specific article content and metadata via chat to assist customers.
- Operations Teams — Monitor content updates and organizational knowledge metadata instantly.
Built-in capabilities (10)
Get detailed settings and full content for a specific article
Retrieve metadata and limits for your Elevio account
List all Elevio assistant modules (e.g. support, search, tickets)
Identify articles that are currently in a "Draft" status
Identify categories that currently have no associated articles (mock logic)
List all articles in your Elevio knowledge base
List all categories configured in your Elevio account
Identify the most recently created or updated articles
Retrieve a high-level summary of article and category volumes
Search for articles using a title or keyword
Why Windsurf?
Windsurf's Cascade agent chains multiple Elevio 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
Elevio in Windsurf
Why run Elevio with Vinkius?
The Elevio 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
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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 Elevio using Vinkius. You will never be left in the dark about what your AI agents are doing with your tools.
Elevio and 4,000+ other AI tools. No hosting, no code, ready to use.
Professionals who connect Elevio 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
Elevio for Windsurf
Every request between Windsurf and Elevio 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 an Elevio API Key?
Log in to your Elevio dashboard, navigate to Settings > API, and you can generate or retrieve your unique API Key from there. API access is typically enabled for most paid plans.
Can the agent translate my articles?
This integration currently focuses on listing and auditing articles and categories. Translating content or creating new language versions should be managed via the Elevio translation workflow in the dashboard.
Does the integration show real-time views?
You can retrieve article metadata using the get_article_details tool. While it shows current status and settings, detailed real-time analytics should be viewed in the Elevio reporting section.
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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