Windsurf setup - Synthbrew

Use the Synthbrew MCP server in Windsurf Cascade to create and inspect Synthbrew resources from your coding workflow.

Prerequisites

Windsurf installed
A Synthbrew public API key

Configure Windsurf

Create or update ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "synthbrew": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@synthbrew/agent"],
      "env": {
        "SYNTHBREW_API_KEY": "sb_api_...",
        "SYNTHBREW_API_URL": "https://api.synthbrew.com/api"
      }
    }
  }
}

Reload Windsurf after changing the configuration.

Try a product prompt

Ask Cascade:

Use Synthbrew to create a schema for an ecommerce admin dashboard with customers, products, orders, order_items, payments, and refunds. Generate a populated source and return the connection details.

Cascade should validate the schema before creating resources.