Bring Async Check Ins
to Windsurf
Learn how to connect Range to Windsurf and start using 11 AI agent tools in minutes. Fully managed, enterprise secure, and ready to use without writing a single line of code.
What is the Range MCP Server?
Connect your Range.co account to any AI agent and take full control of your team communication and check-in orchestration through natural conversation. Range provides a premier platform for keeping remote and hybrid teams synchronized, and this integration allows you to retrieve team metadata, monitor check-in updates (snippets), and track organizational objectives directly from your chat interface.
What you can do
- Check-in & Update Orchestration — List all managed updates and retrieve detailed metadata including snippet content programmatically.
- Team & User Lifecycle Management — Access and monitor your workspace teams and retrieve detailed user profile metadata directly from the AI interface.
- Objective & Goal Intelligence — Access organizational objectives to maintain a clear overview of team alignment and progress via natural language.
- Activity & Snippet Control — Retrieve specific snippets and check-in details to stay informed about daily team accomplishments.
- Operational Monitoring — Track system activity and manage workspace metadata using simple AI commands to ensure your team remains high-performing.
How it works
1. Subscribe to this server
2. Enter your Range API Key from your developer settings
3. Start managing your team check-ins from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible client
No more manual check-in reading or missed status updates. Your AI acts as a dedicated operations manager or team coordinator.
Who is this for?
- Engineering Managers — quickly retrieve daily updates and monitor team progress without switching apps.
- Product Leads — automate the retrieval of objective statuses and track feature delivery via natural conversation.
- Operations Teams — streamline the retrieval of user metadata and monitor organizational health directly within the chat.
Built-in capabilities (11)
Post a new standup update
Get details for a specific objective
Get details of a specific check-in snippet
Get details for a specific team
Get details of a specific update (check-in)
Get details for a specific team member
List all team goals
List team objectives
List all teams
Can be filtered by target_id or for_user_id. List team check-ins (updates)
List all users in the organization
Why Windsurf?
Windsurf's Cascade agent chains multiple Range tool calls autonomously. query data, analyze results, and generate code in a single agentic session. Paste Vinkius Edge URL, reload, and all 11 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 11 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
Range in Windsurf
Range and 3,400+ other MCP servers. One platform. One governance layer.
Teams that connect Range 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 Range in Windsurf
The Range 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 11 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
Range for Windsurf
Every tool call from Windsurf to the Range 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 recent check-ins for a specific user?
Yes! Use the list_updates tool with the for_user_id parameter. Your agent will respond with the most recent check-in snippets and status updates in seconds.
How do I find my Range API Key?
Log in to Range, go to Settings > Developer Settings > API Keys, and generate a new key for your account.
Can I see team objectives via the AI?
Yes, use the list_objectives tool to retrieve all active goals and targets configured in your Range 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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