Windsurf

Windsurf (formerly Codeium) is an AI-native code editor featuring Cascade, an autonomous AI agent that can plan multi-step code changes, execute terminal commands, read linter output, and modify files across entire projects. The .windsurfrules file format provides project-specific configuration for the Cascade AI assistant, defining coding conventions, standards, and behavioral instructions. Windsurf offers an Enterprise API for querying code completion analytics, Cascade AI usage, billing configuration, and team management.

Windsurf publishes 3 APIs on the APIs.io network: analytics API, billing API, and teams API. Tagged areas include AI Agents, AI Copilot, Coding Standards, Developer Workflow, and IDE.

The Windsurf catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Windsurf’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, changelog, engineering blog, pricing, and 14 more developer resources.

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42.4/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 23/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

AccessFreemium

3 APIs

AI Agents AI Copilot Coding Standards Developer Workflow IDEWindsurf

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scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

Composite quality — 42.4/100 · developing

Contract Quality 14.8 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 4.5 / 20

Access Clarity 4.2 / 20

Operational Transparency 3.8 / 13

Contract Governance 7.0 / 12

Discoverability 8.2 / 10

Agent readiness — 23/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Surface 0 / 5

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APIs 3

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Windsurfrules Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

JSON Schema 1

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

AnalyticsRequest

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Examples 1

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

LlmsText

LlmsText

Design & Contract 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONLDContext

JSONLDContext

Vocabulary

Vocabulary

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrg

GitHubOrg

GitHubRepo

GitHubRepo

VSCodeExtension

VSCodeExtension

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

ChangeLog

ChangeLog

Discord

Discord

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

License

License

Pricing

Pricing

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Download

Download

Source (apis.yml)

aid: windsurfrules
name: Windsurf
description: Windsurf (formerly Codeium) is an AI-native code editor featuring Cascade, an autonomous AI agent that can plan
  multi-step code changes, execute terminal commands, read linter output, and modify files across entire projects. The .windsurfrules
  file format provides project-specific configuration for the Cascade AI assistant, defining coding conventions, standards,
  and behavioral instructions. Windsurf offers an Enterprise API for querying code completion analytics, Cascade AI usage,
  billing configuration, and team management.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/windsurfrules.png
tags:
- AI Agents
- AI Copilot
- Coding Standards
- Developer Workflow
- IDE
- Windsurf
created: '2025'
modified: '2026-05-19'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/windsurfrules/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: windsurfrules:windsurfrules-analytics-api
  name: Windsurf analytics API
  description: Code completion and Cascade AI usage analytics
  humanURL: https://docs.windsurf.com/plugins/accounts/api-reference/api-introduction
  baseURL: https://server.codeium.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Analytics
  tags_raw:
  - analytics
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/windsurfrules-analytics-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.windsurf.com/plugins/accounts/api-reference/api-introduction
- aid: windsurfrules:windsurfrules-billing-api
  name: Windsurf billing API
  description: Usage configuration and credit balance management
  humanURL: https://docs.windsurf.com/plugins/accounts/api-reference/api-introduction
  baseURL: https://server.codeium.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Billing
  tags_raw:
  - billing
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/windsurfrules-billing-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.windsurf.com/plugins/accounts/api-reference/api-introduction
- aid: windsurfrules:windsurfrules-teams-api
  name: Windsurf teams API
  description: Team and user analytics
  humanURL: https://docs.windsurf.com/plugins/accounts/api-reference/api-introduction
  baseURL: https://server.codeium.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Team
  tags_raw:
  - teams
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/windsurfrules-teams-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.windsurf.com/plugins/accounts/api-reference/api-introduction
common:
- type: License
  name: MIT
  url: https://github.com/Exafunction/windsurf.nvim/blob/main/LICENSE
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/windsurfrules-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/windsurfrules-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/windsurfrules-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://windsurf.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.windsurf.com
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.windsurf.com/plugins/accounts/api-reference/api-introduction
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://windsurf.com/changelog
- type: Blog
  url: https://windsurf.com/blog
- type: Pricing
  url: https://windsurf.com/pricing
- type: Download
  url: https://windsurf.com/download
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/Exafunction
- type: GitHubRepo
  url: https://github.com/Exafunction/windsurf.nvim
- type: VSCodeExtension
  url: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Codeium.CodeiumVS
- type: X
  url: https://x.com/codeiumdev
- type: Discord
  url: https://discord.gg/3XFf78nAx5
- type: JSONLDContext
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/windsurfrules/refs/heads/main/json-ld/windsurfrules-context.jsonld
- type: Vocabulary
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/windsurfrules/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/windsurfrules-vocabulary.yml
- type: Integrations
  url: https://windsurf.com/integrations
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://docs.windsurf.com/llms.txt
integrations:
- name: JetBrains Plugin
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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