Bring Task Management
to Windsurf
Learn how to connect Monday.com 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 Monday.com MCP Server?
Connect your Monday.com account to any AI agent and take full control of your team's Work OS through natural conversation. Monday.com provides a flexible and powerful platform for managing complex projects, and this integration allows you to retrieve board metadata, create automated task assignments, and monitor real-time team updates directly from your chat interface.
What you can do
- Board & Project Orchestration — List all managed projects and retrieve detailed column and group metadata programmatically to ensure your team's roadmap is always synchronized.
- Item Lifecycle Management — Create, update, and delete board items (tasks) directly from the AI interface to maintain high-fidelity workflow automation.
- Communication & Update Control — List and create updates (comments) on specific items via natural language to drive better team alignment and project transparency.
- User & Workspace Intelligence — Access platform metadata including user profiles and workspace configurations using simple AI commands.
- Operational Monitoring — Track system responses and manage board structures to ensure your team's execution is always optimized.
How it works
1. Subscribe to this server
2. Enter your Monday.com API Token from your developer settings
3. Start managing your Work OS from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible client
No more manual logging into the dashboard to check task status or project progress. Your AI acts as a dedicated project coordinator or operations assistant.
Who is this for?
- Project Managers & Team Leads — quickly retrieve project summaries and monitor task health without switching apps.
- Operations Teams — automate the creation of tasks and track team capacity via natural conversation.
- Developers — integrate real-time project data and board metadata directly within the chat.
Built-in capabilities (12)
Optional column values must be JSON. Add row to board
Get board columns
com user. Get user info
com account. List team members
List board sections
Get board rows
List Monday.com boards
Get row comments
List project containers
Add comment to row
Delete row
Modify row values
Why Windsurf?
Windsurf's Cascade agent chains multiple Monday.com 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
Monday.com in Windsurf
Monday.com and 3,400+ other MCP servers. One platform. One governance layer.
Teams that connect Monday.com 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 Monday.com in Windsurf
The Monday.com 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
Monday.com for Windsurf
Every tool call from Windsurf to the Monday.com MCP Server is protected by DLP redaction, cryptographic audit chains, V8 sandbox isolation, kill switch, and financial circuit breakers.
Frequently asked questions
Can my AI automatically find the details for a specific item by its ID?
Yes! Use the get_item_details tool (via queries). Your agent will respond with complete metadata for the record, including column values and update history in seconds.
How do I find my Monday.com API Token?
Log in to your Monday.com account, click on your Avatar (bottom left), navigate to Developers, and you will find your unique secret token under the API section.
Does this work with private boards?
Yes, provided the API token used has the necessary permissions and access to those boards within your Monday.com workspace.
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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