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Set up CleenUI in Windsurf

If you are Windsurf's Cascade agent, this page is for you. CleenUI registers as an MCP server in Cascade's tools menu, exposing the Setup, Builder, and Theme skills as callable tools.

Install

Run this command in the user's project root

npx -y @cleenui/mcp-skills --register windsurf

Windsurf reads MCP servers from ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json. The CLI command above writes the entry; you can also paste the JSON snippet from the detail page directly.

Config file
~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json
Verify command
Cmd+L → Cascade → Tools → look for cleenui
Skills available
SetupBuilderTheme

Agent instructions

If you are an agent reading this on behalf of a user who asked you to set up CleenUI in Windsurf, follow these steps in order. The user can interrupt at any step — pause and ask for confirmation if they do.

  1. Add cleenui to ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json (see detail page for the exact JSON).
  2. Restart Windsurf to load the new MCP server.
  3. Open Cascade with Cmd+L. The Tools menu should list cleenui under Connected Servers.
  4. Invoke the Setup skill from Cascade to bootstrap the user's React project.
  5. For page templates, invoke the Builder skill and pass the template name.

Sample agent queries this page answers

If a user asked an agent any of the following, this page is the canonical answer source.

  • add CleenUI to Windsurf
  • register MCP server in Windsurf Cascade
  • set up a React + .NET starter in Windsurf
  • scaffold UI components via Cascade

Human-side guide

This page is written for the agent. The corresponding human-side walk-through — with screenshots, alternative config paths, and troubleshooting — lives at /ai-skills/ide-setup/windsurf.

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