Bring Digital Fax
to Windsurf
Learn how to connect Telnyx Fax to Windsurf and start using 10 AI agent tools in minutes. Fully managed, enterprise secure, and ready to use without writing a single line of code.
What is the Telnyx Fax MCP Server?
Connect your Telnyx account to any AI agent and send, receive, and manage faxes through natural conversation.
What you can do
- Send Faxes u2014 Transmit PDF and TIFF documents to any fax number worldwide with delivery tracking
- Fax Management u2014 List all sent and received faxes, check delivery status, and cancel queued transmissions
- Phone Numbers u2014 View and manage all fax-enabled phone numbers in your Telnyx account
- Fax Applications u2014 Browse and configure your fax application settings including webhook URLs
- Media Library u2014 Access all uploaded documents available for faxing
How it works
1. Subscribe to this server
2. Retrieve your API Key from the Telnyx Mission Control portal
3. Start sending and managing faxes from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client
Who is this for?
- Healthcare & Legal Teams u2014 send compliant documents via secure fax directly from your AI workflow
- Operations Teams u2014 automate high-volume fax delivery with real-time status tracking
- Developers u2014 integrate fax capabilities into automated pipelines via simple AI queries
Built-in capabilities (10)
Cancel a fax
Verify Telnyx API connectivity
Get fax details
Get fax application details
Get phone number details
List fax applications
List fax-enabled numbers
List all faxes
List media files
Requires connection ID (from), recipient number, and media URL. Send a fax
Why Windsurf?
Windsurf's Cascade agent chains multiple Telnyx Fax tool calls autonomously. query data, analyze results, and generate code in a single agentic session. Paste Vinkius Edge URL, reload, and all 10 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 10 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
Telnyx Fax in Windsurf
Telnyx Fax and 3,400+ other MCP servers. One platform. One governance layer.
Teams that connect Telnyx Fax 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 Telnyx Fax in Windsurf
The Telnyx Fax 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 10 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
Telnyx Fax for Windsurf
Every tool call from Windsurf to the Telnyx Fax 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 send a fax via AI?
Use the send_fax tool with your connection ID, recipient phone number (E.164 format), and a URL to the PDF or TIFF document.
Can I check the status of a sent fax?
Yes. Use get_fax with the fax ID to see delivery status, page count, duration, and any error details.
How do I see my fax-enabled phone numbers?
Use list_fax_numbers to retrieve all phone numbers in your Telnyx account that have fax capability enabled.
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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