Bring Onesignal
to Windsurf
Learn how to connect OneSignal 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 OneSignal MCP Server?
Connect your OneSignal account to any AI agent and take full control of your customer engagement and notification orchestration through natural conversation. OneSignal is the market leader for omnichannel delivery, and this integration allows you to dispatch real-time push notifications, manage audience segments, and monitor delivery analytics directly from your chat interface.
What you can do
- Omnichannel Dispatch Orchestration — Send push notifications, emails, and SMS programmatically using advanced targeting and personalized content to ensure your message always lands.
- Audience & User Intelligence — Manage user profiles (players), update custom tags, and retrieve detailed device metadata directly from the AI interface to maintain a high-fidelity CRM.
- Segment & Targeting Control — Access and monitor your audience segments and apply dynamic targeting criteria via natural language to drive better engagement.
- Performance & Outcome Oversight — Retrieve granular delivery analytics, track successful/failed counts, and monitor custom outcomes using simple AI commands.
- Operational Monitoring — Track system responses and manage multiple applications to ensure your notification pipeline is always optimized.
How it works
1. Subscribe to this server
2. Enter your OneSignal App ID and REST API Key from your dashboard
3. Start managing your omnichannel delivery from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible client
No more manual logging to check open rates or send emergency alerts. Your AI acts as a dedicated engagement coordinator or growth operations manager.
Who is this for?
- Growth Marketers — quickly send promotional alerts and monitor campaign reach without switching apps.
- Product Managers — automate the delivery of transactional notifications and track user re-engagement via natural conversation.
- Operations Teams — streamline the retrieval of player metadata and monitor system alerts directly within the chat.
Built-in capabilities (12)
Stop notification
Check connection
Get application info
Check delivery metrics
Get user profile
Get campaign outcomes
List subscribed devices
List target groups
Requires User Auth Key. List your applications
List past alerts
Delete device record
Send proactive alert
Why Windsurf?
Windsurf's Cascade agent chains multiple OneSignal 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
OneSignal in Windsurf
OneSignal and 3,400+ other MCP servers. One platform. One governance layer.
Teams that connect OneSignal 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 OneSignal in Windsurf
The OneSignal 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
OneSignal for Windsurf
Every tool call from Windsurf to the OneSignal 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 Player ID for a specific user to send a test push?
Yes! Use the list_users tool. Your agent will respond with complete metadata for registered devices, including unique Player IDs and tags, allowing you to trigger targeted pushes instantly.
How do I find my OneSignal App ID and REST API Key?
Log in to OneSignal, select your app, navigate to Settings > Keys & IDs, and you will find your unique App ID and secret REST API key there.
Can I use the AI to cancel a scheduled notification?
Absolutely. Use the cancel_notification tool with the Notification ID. The agent will instruct OneSignal to stop the broadcast immediately, provided it hasn't been fully delivered yet.
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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