> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://pomeroy.app/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Connect Pomeroy to Windsurf

> Pomeroy copies the configuration for Windsurf's mcp_config.json. Paste it in and press refresh in the Cascade panel. Then Windsurf can reach Mail, Calendar, Reminders, Notes, Contacts, Messages, Maps, Weather and Shortcuts on your Mac, each app behind its own switch.

**Windsurf**, now called Devin Desktop, works with Pomeroy. Pomeroy writes the
configuration and you paste it in. Windsurf can then read the apps you switched
on, and no others.

<Info>
  **What Set up does.** Pomeroy puts the configuration on your clipboard. Paste
  it into Windsurf's `mcp_config.json`, keeping any servers already there.
</Info>

## Set up

<Steps>
  <Step title="Install Pomeroy and switch on your apps">
    [Download Pomeroy](https://pomeroy.app/download), drag it into Applications
    and open it. Switch on the apps you want Windsurf to reach. Everything
    starts off, and macOS asks you to approve each app as you switch it on. [The
    full walkthrough](/docs/getting-started/installation).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Install Windsurf, if you have not">
    Pomeroy lists the assistants it finds on this Mac, so install
    [Windsurf](https://windsurf.com/download) first if it is not there.
    Returning to Pomeroy's window re-checks.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Press Set up">
    In Pomeroy's **Assistants** pane, find Windsurf and press **Set up**. It is
    safe to press any number of times. It writes the same thing every time, and
    it never disturbs another server already there.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Pick it up">
    **No restart needed.** Windsurf picks the server up on its own.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Ask something">
    In Windsurf, ask what is on your calendar today. The answer comes from your
    Mac.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## The configuration

**Set up** puts this on your clipboard. It is here so you can see what Pomeroy
adds, check it by hand, or set up a second Mac without opening the panel.

Goes in `~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json`:

```json theme={null}
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pomeroy": {
      "args": [],
      "command": "/Applications/Pomeroy.app/Contents/MacOS/pomeroy-mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The command is a single absolute path with no arguments, and it lives inside
Pomeroy's app bundle, so an update never changes it. [What the pipe
is](/docs/configuration/stdio).

## Over the local endpoint

Windsurf can also reach Pomeroy over the [HTTP
endpoint](/docs/configuration/http-endpoint) instead of the pipe. Use it only for a
copy running somewhere that cannot start a program on this Mac, such as a
container or a remote workspace. Switch the local address on in Pomeroy's
**Connections** pane first.

Goes in `~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json`:

```json theme={null}
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pomeroy": {
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <the key Pomeroy generates>"
      },
      "serverUrl": "http://127.0.0.1:13579/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

Pomeroy writes the real token in place of the placeholder when it can reach this
assistant's settings. Otherwise you can read the token under **Connections**.

## How to check it worked

In Windsurf, open the MCP panel in Cascade and press refresh. Pomeroy is listed
with its tools.

If the tools are missing, the cause is almost always that the assistant has not
re-read its server list.
[Troubleshooting](/docs/getting-started/troubleshooting#an-assistant-cannot-see-the-tools).

## Worth knowing about Windsurf

Windsurf's own pages give two paths for this file. This is the one its current
documentation names; if Windsurf does not see the server, its MCP panel shows
the file it reads.

## What it can reach

Only the apps you switched on, and only through the tools Pomeroy publishes.
Windsurf cannot send mail, send a message, delete anything or edit a contact,
because no tool does those things.

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="What Pomeroy can do" icon="grid-2" href="/docs/features/overview">
    Ten apps, 27 tools, and every refusal.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Permissions" icon="toggle-on" href="/docs/getting-started/permissions">
    What each toggle grants, and what macOS asks you for.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Other assistants" icon="plug" href="/docs/assistants/overview">
    All 24, and what to do if yours is not listed.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Connect Pomeroy to Windsurf" icon="link" href="https://pomeroy.app/connect/windsurf">
    The product page for Windsurf, with what it costs.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>