Bring Emailoctopus
to Windsurf
Learn how to connect EmailOctopus to Windsurf and start using 12 AI agent tools in minutes. Fully managed, enterprise secure, and ready to use without writing a single line of code.
What is the EmailOctopus MCP Server?
Connect your EmailOctopus (v2) account to any AI agent and take full control of your email marketing and subscriber engagement workflows through natural conversation.
What you can do
- Audience Orchestration — List and manage your email marketing lists programmatically, including creating new lists and monitoring subscriber counts
- Subscriber Lifecycle — Programmatically add, update, or remove subscribers from lists and manage detailed profiles, tags, and custom fields
- Campaign Management — Monitor sent and draft campaigns and retrieve high-fidelity performance reports including open and click rates
- Workflow Automation — Programmatically trigger automated sequences (workflows) for specific contacts to coordinate complex customer journeys
- Operational Visibility — Retrieve complete list metadata and individual contact details directly through your agent for instant marketing reporting
How it works
1. Subscribe to this server
2. Retrieve your API Key from your EmailOctopus settings (Integrations > API)
3. Start managing your marketing lists and campaigns from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client
No more manual scrubbing through subscriber exports or slow UI navigation. Your AI acts as your dedicated email marketing and automation coordinator.
Who is this for?
- Marketing Managers — instantly retrieve campaign results and update subscriber segments using natural language commands
- Growth Marketers — automate lead ingestion and trigger onboarding sequences without leaving your workspace
- Business Owners — monitor audience growth and manage subscriber lists through simple AI queries
Built-in capabilities (12)
Add a new contact to a list
Create a new subscriber list
Get details for a campaign
Get performance metrics for a campaign
Get details for a contact
Get details for an email list
Can filter by status. List contacts in a specific list
List all sent and draft campaigns
List all subscriber lists
Delete a contact from a list
Requires API trigger to be enabled. Start an automation for a contact
Update an existing contact
Why Windsurf?
Windsurf's Cascade agent chains multiple EmailOctopus tool calls autonomously. query data, analyze results, and generate code in a single agentic session. Paste Vinkius Edge URL, reload, and all 12 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 12 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
EmailOctopus in Windsurf
EmailOctopus and 3,400+ other MCP servers. One platform. One governance layer.
Teams that connect EmailOctopus 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 EmailOctopus in Windsurf
The EmailOctopus 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 12 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
EmailOctopus for Windsurf
Every tool call from Windsurf to the EmailOctopus 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 EmailOctopus API Key?
Log in to your account, navigate to Integrations > API, and click Create Key to generate your unique access token.
Can I update custom fields for a contact?
Yes! The update_contact_profile tool allows you to modify tags and any custom data fields associated with a subscriber.
How do I check the performance of a sent campaign?
Use the get_campaign_summary_report tool with a campaign ID to retrieve real-time metrics including open and click rates.
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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