Windsurf
Agentic AI editor — now part of Cognition (acquired July 2025)
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AI-native editor with Cascade agentic editing and Flows. Strong multi-file context and deep codebase understanding. Acquired by Cognition in July 2025 and now ships alongside Devin as the in-editor surface of the Cognition stack.
Choose Windsurf when…
- •You want a fast, minimal AI editor
- •Cascade agentic flows fit your workflow
- •You prefer a cleaner UI than Cursor
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Windsurf connects to MCP servers as a client, making any server registered via the TypeScript SDK available to its Cascade agent.
→ The same MCP tool ecosystem as Cursor — browser, repo, and code execution — accessible inside Windsurf's Cascade agentic editor.
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