AI-native IDE with Cascade agents, code completion, MCP support, and local/cloud development workflows.
Features
- AI-native code editor
- Cascade agent collaboration
- Code completion and context awareness
- MCP and plugin ecosystem support
- Local and cloud agent task management
- JetBrains workflow support
Use Cases
- Daily code generation and completion
- Multi-file refactoring
- Fast frontend building
- Code review and lint fixing
- Cloud-agent delegated tasks
- Team AI IDE standardization
FAQ
Windsurf is an AI-native IDE for developers with Cascade agents, code completion, context awareness, MCP support, JetBrains integration, and an Agent Command Center. It combines local editor sessions with cloud agent collaboration for rapid development, refactoring, fixes, and multi-task engineering workflows. Core capabilities include: AI-native code editor, Cascade agent collaboration, Code completion and context awareness.
Common scenarios include: Daily code generation and completion, Multi-file refactoring, Fast frontend building.
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