Windsurf

How to give Windsurf access to Steel Connection Designer

Set up in seconds, once. From then on, Windsurf gets things done for you: add one server entry, and Steel Connection Designer is live in Cascade.

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Steel Connection Designer Connector

You're all set. Choose your MCP client and follow the setup instructions.

Connector linkhttps://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_foxz1dtif2xWlg2ZFa8IkhKtkKdJNMSAtBYlLCUW/mcp

Connecting Steel Connection Designer to Windsurf

About a minute, in Cascade

  1. 1In Cascade, click the MCPs icon (or go to Settings, Cascade, MCP Servers).
  2. 2Edit mcp_config.json and add Steel Connection Designer with the serverUrl field set to your link. The link above is the URL.
  3. 3Save and ask something real. Steel Connection Designer is now part of Windsurf.
Configuration · claude_desktop_config.jsonCopy
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "steel-connection-designer-mcp": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_foxz1dtif2xWlg2ZFa8IkhKtkKdJNMSAtBYlLCUW/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Windsurf + Steel Connection Designer

One chat. Your Steel Connection Designer, live inside Windsurf.

Real prompts, answered with live data. This is the kind of session you will have in Windsurf once the server is in.

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Works with modern AI clients that support MCP, including ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, and more.

ChatGPTClaudeCursorPerplexityGeminiMicrosoft CopilotRaycastMeta AI

These prompts ship with the Steel Connection Designer Connector. Once yours is connected, they work in your sessions.

The full capability set, the prompts and the observed latency live on the Steel Connection Designer Connector page.

Mission Control

See everything your Windsurf agents do in Steel Connection Designer.

When Windsurf runs a tool in Steel Connection Designer, it happens in your editor: you see the result, but not the request itself, what data it carried, or whether a rule was broken.

Now every move lands on your screen.

Every execution is recorded, enforced, and shown to you: what ran, what it returned, what was blocked, and why.

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AI Agents Activities

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Request Volume & Latency

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Every request your Windsurf agents make through Steel Connection Designer is logged, enforced and auditable. See how AI Governance turns agent activity into accountability, and what it means for your Steel Connection Designer workflows.

What sets us apart

It's not just the Connector that stays safe. Everything your agents do through it is.

Connecting Steel Connection Designer to your AI is step one. But an open line between your agents and Steel Connection Designer is only half the story: without protection, every action they take runs unguarded.

That's why protection doesn't stop at the door.

Every action your agents take through the Connector runs inside our infrastructure: signed activity logs, automatic key rotation, spending limits that pause instead of surprise, and a sandbox that isolates every execution.

01

Tamper Proof Activity Log

Every request your agents make in Steel Connection Designer is recorded and signed, so any change to the history becomes detectable.

02

Automatic Key Rotation

We rotate security keys every 24 hours. Your Steel Connection Designer connection stays protected without any manual work.

03

Spending Protection

We enforce the spending limit you choose and pause actions that exceed it until approval is received. Your Steel Connection Designer actions never surprise you.

04

Isolated Sandbox

Every execution through Steel Connection Designer runs isolated, with 34+ security rules covering memory, CPU, network access, file handling and execution.

05

Security Event Streaming

Security events flow to Splunk, Datadog or your own webhook, so Steel Connection Designer activity lands in the tools you already rely on.

06

Instant Resume

Idle connections resume in 3 to 5 ms while preserving their state, keeping your Windsurf sessions responsive.

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Malicious File Protection

We detect compressed files designed to exhaust system resources and block them before they ever reach Steel Connection Designer.

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Credential Validation

We test your Steel Connection Designer credentials before saving them. Invalid credentials are rejected instead of being stored.

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Separate Usage Limits

Usage stays isolated per account, so activity in one connection never consumes another account's allowance.

One Connector, one link, and the whole operation is protected. Not just the connection: everything your agents do through it.

These guarantees are not add-ons: they are the infrastructure every Steel Connection Designer connection runs on. Read how our infrastructure protects everything your Windsurf agents do, end to end.

Inside Vinkius

Get Steel Connection Designer ready for your AI. It's easy.

You choose Steel Connection Designer from the Vinkius Catalog and get one connection link. That's it.

  1. You choose Steel Connection Designer

    You find Steel Connection Designer in the Catalog and install the Connector with one click.

    Steel Connection Designer

    Active

    Enable Connector
    Activating…

  2. You add the link in Windsurf

    Vinkius gives you one connection link. In Windsurf, you add Steel Connection Designer to mcp_config.json with the link in the serverUrl field, and the connection is ready.

    Token generated successfully

    MCP Connection URL

    https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_foxz1dtif2xWlg2ZFa8IkhKtkKdJNMSAtBYlLCUW/mcp

    Connection Token

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    Go to Dashboard

Set it up once. Use Steel Connection Designer with the AI you already use.

FAQ

Windsurf access questions.

  • 01

    Where does this work?

    In Cascade: the MCPs icon or Settings, Cascade, MCP Servers, with the config in ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json and the serverUrl field for remote servers.

  • 02

    If I connect Steel Connection Designer to Gemini, can I use the same connection in Claude or ChatGPT later?

    Yes, and that's the point: the connection is yours, not Gemini's. You paste the same link in any AI you use, and there's nothing new to set up or pay again. Connect a new AI and Steel Connection Designer is already there.

  • 03

    Do I need to hand my Steel Connection Designer password to Gemini?

    Never. You sign in once at Vinkius, and we keep your logins encrypted and away from your AI. Gemini only ever sees the link, and you can remove it whenever you want.

  • 04

    What can I actually ask Gemini to do with Steel Connection Designer?

    Whatever the Connector covers: check data, run actions and bring answers back. The Connector page lists every capability your AI gains, with real examples you can copy.

  • 05

    Gemini doesn't show the Connector. What do I check?

    Make sure the entry was saved in mcp_config.json with the serverUrl pasted exactly as copied, then confirm the Connector is active in your Vinkius account. A deactivated Connector stops responding.

  • 06

    Can I remove the access later?

    Remove the entry from mcp_config.json and it's out of Cascade. Your Vinkius account keeps the connection and its history either way, ready for the next AI.

  • More questions about Steel Connection Designer? The Connector page answers them. See everything the Steel Connection Designer Connector can do

About the Connector

What Steel Connection Designer adds to your AI.

Once you connect it, your AI gains 4 capabilities: the exact actions it can take in Steel Connection Designer when you ask. The Connector page lists every one of them in detail, alongside the latency we measure in production and prompts worth trying first.

See everything the Steel Connection Designer Connector can do