Windsurf (formerly Codeium) is an AI-native IDE designed to enhance developer productivity and maintain flow state.
Key features include:
- Cascade: A flow evolution of chat, combining codebase understanding, advanced tools, and real-time awareness.
- Windsurf Tab: Autocomplete functionality exclusive to the editor, providing generative code suggestions.
- Windsurf Previews: Live website previews within the IDE, enabling reshaping via Cascade.
- Linter Integration: Automatic fixing of linter errors generated by Cascade.
- Model Context Protocol (MCP): Connect to custom tools and services to enhance AI workflows.
- Tab to Jump: Predicts the next cursor location for seamless navigation.
- Supercomplete: Analyzes potential next actions beyond code snippets.
- In-line Command + Follow ups: Generates or refactors code using natural language via Cmd + I.
- Command in Terminal: Executes terminal instructions in natural language via Cmd + I.
- Codelenses: Understand or refactor code with one click next to breadcrumbs.
- Highlighted code actions: Directly mention highlighted code in the Cascade panel or refactor it using Command.
- @ mentions in Cascade: Refer to functions, classes, files, or directories to guide Cascade.
Use cases include:
- Accelerated software development.
- AI-assisted code generation and refactoring.
- Seamless navigation and code understanding.
- Real-time website preview and editing.
- Integration with custom tools and services.
