Bring Receipt Scanning
to Windsurf
Learn how to connect Expensya 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 Expensya MCP Server?
Connect your Expensya account to any AI agent and take full control of your business spending and automated expense reporting through natural conversation.
What you can do
- Expense Orchestration — List and manage all business expenses programmatically, including retrieving detailed metadata and creating new entries with comments
- Report Oversight — Monitor the status of expense reports (Draft, Pending Approval) and access project allocations for high-fidelity financial tracking
- Organizational Visibility — Retrieve complete directories of users, categories, and payment methods to coordinate team-wide spending policies
- Logistics Intelligence — List and manage vehicles for mileage tracking and monitor supported currencies for international business operations
- Financial Export — Programmatically trigger exports of expense data using predefined Export IDs for seamless integration with your accounting tools
How it works
1. Subscribe to this server
2. Retrieve your Expensya Token (Administration > Integrations > API Keys)
3. Obtain your Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key from the Expensya Developer Portal
4. Start managing your expenses from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client
No more manual entry of every coffee receipt. Your AI acts as your dedicated finance and expense coordinator.
Who is this for?
- Finance Teams — instantly retrieve organizational spending reports and monitor approval queues using natural language
- Business Travelers — quickly log new expenses and check project budgets without opening the web dashboard
- Accountants — automate the extraction of financial records and audit mileage logs through simple AI queries
Built-in capabilities (12)
Requires amount, currency, and category. Add a new expense record
Export expenses to a specific format
Get current user profile
List projects for tracking
g., Meals, Travel). List active expense categories
List expense reports (folders)
List active tags
Supports filtering by date, user, and status. List all business expenses
List users in the organization
List vehicles for mileage tracking
g., Cash, Company Card) configured. List defined payment methods
List all supported currencies
Why Windsurf?
Windsurf's Cascade agent chains multiple Expensya 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
Expensya in Windsurf
Expensya and 3,400+ other MCP servers. One platform. One governance layer.
Teams that connect Expensya 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 Expensya in Windsurf
The Expensya 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
Expensya for Windsurf
Every tool call from Windsurf to the Expensya 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 Expensya Token?
Log in to Expensya as an admin, navigate to Administration > Integrations > API Keys, and generate your unique token.
What is the Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key?
This is an additional security key obtained by registering on the Expensya Developer Portal and subscribing to an API product.
Can I automate exports through the agent?
Yes! Use the export_expense_data tool and provide a valid exportId. The agent will trigger the export process in the background.
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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