MCP servers for Windsurf

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How to add an MCP server

  • Windsurf is now called Devin Desktop. This page keeps the name Windsurf (Devin Desktop).
  • Add servers to ~/.config/devin/mcp_config.json (on Windows %APPDATA%\devin\mcp_config.json) under mcpServers.
  • Remote servers take serverUrl and optional headers.
  • Use ${env:VAR} to read an environment variable.
  • Vendor docs: Devin Desktop MCP docs.

MCP servers that work with Windsurf

Skills

  • Skills are folders containing a SKILL.md file. Windsurf (Devin Desktop) reads them from .devin/skills, .windsurf/skills, and .agents/skills.
  • Copy the skill folder into one of these directories inside your project. The install snippet on a skill page copies it into .agents/skills.
  • Vendor docs: Windsurf skills.