Bring Brand Monitoring
to Windsurf
Learn how to connect Mention 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 Mention MCP Server?
Connect your Mention account to any AI agent and manage brand monitoring through natural conversation.
What you can do
- Brand Monitoring — Track mentions across social media, blogs, and news
- Alert Management — Create and configure keyword monitoring alerts
- Sentiment Analysis — Analyze the sentiment (positive/negative) of mentions
- Social Listening — Browse recent mentions and filter by source or language
- Competitor Tracking — Monitor competitor share of voice
How it works
1. Subscribe to this server
2. Enter your Mention Access Token and Account ID
3. Start monitoring your brand from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible client
Who is this for?
- PR Teams — track media coverage and brand reputation
- Marketing — monitor campaign hashtags and social engagement
- Customer Support — identify unhappy customers complaining online
Built-in capabilities (12)
Add new alert
Mark as favorite
Get alert info
Check reach metrics
Read mention details
Get account info
Get event configs
List your alerts
List findings
Mark as seen
Delete an alert
Find mentions
Why Windsurf?
Windsurf's Cascade agent chains multiple Mention 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
Mention in Windsurf
Mention and 3,400+ other MCP servers. One platform. One governance layer.
Teams that connect Mention 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 Mention in Windsurf
The Mention 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
Mention for Windsurf
Every tool call from Windsurf to the Mention MCP Server is protected by DLP redaction, cryptographic audit chains, V8 sandbox isolation, kill switch, and financial circuit breakers.
Frequently asked questions
Can I monitor specific keywords and brands?
Yes. Create alerts with boolean queries to track specific brand names, competitors, or industry hashtags.
How does Mention authentication work?
Mention requires both an Access Token (Bearer) and an Account ID against api.mention.net/api/v1.
Does Mention provide sentiment analysis?
Yes. Mentions are automatically tagged with positive, negative, or neutral sentiment scores.
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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