Windsurf

An agentic IDE that helps you code faster without leaving flow

Windsurf Editor is an AI-powered IDE for developers that blends chat, autocomplete, and agentic code actions into the editor itself. It’s available for Mac, Windows, and Linux, and is aimed at speeding up day-to-day coding work on real codebases.

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Code Execution

B2B

For Developers

IDE Extension

MCP Support

For Teams

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May 22, 2026
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Agenticness score 17 → 19 ↑17 → 19/36(+2)
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What It Is

Windsurf Editor is an AI-native IDE for developers. It combines a traditional code editor experience with agent-style assistance that can understand a codebase, respond to in-editor prompts, and take actions across files and the terminal.

What to Know

The strongest part of Windsurf is that it goes beyond simple autocomplete: its agentic workflow is meant to act on code, terminal instructions, and live previews while keeping context from the repository. The page also says it can automatically fix...

Key Features

AI agent workflow inside the IDE via Cascade

Context-aware codebase understanding on production codebases

Autocomplete for code generation

Live website previews inside the editor

Automatic lint error fixing when generated code fails checks

Use Cases

Refactoring existing codebases with natural-language commands

Generating boilerplate and repetitive code faster inside an IDE

Debugging and fixing code that fails lint checks

Agenticness: Domain Specialist

Handles domain-specific workflows independently with dynamic replanning.

High evidence

Last evaluated: May 22, 2026

This tool has strong action capabilities but limited safety controls. Use with appropriate oversight.

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Action Capability

Autonomy

Adaptation

State & Memory

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