Excellent in Windsurf, as one entry in its own config
The installer writes one excellent entry into ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json, in JSON, under mcpServers, and leaves the rest of the file alone. Restart Windsurf afterwards: it only sees the new server after a restart.
curl -fsSL https://excellent.so/install.sh | shIt runs excellent install-agent-mcps, which writes the entry and prints Windsurf Cascade: linked.
The entry and the setup prompt
Set up Excellent (excellent.so) in Windsurf for me. First run: curl -fsSL https://excellent.so/install.sh | sh
If its output has a line starting "Windsurf Cascade: linked" or "Windsurf Cascade: already-linked", skip to the last step.
Otherwise open ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json (create it as {} if it is missing) and add this under the top-level "mcpServers" object, creating that object if needed and keeping everything else in the file unchanged:
"excellent": {"type":"stdio","command":"/absolute/path/to/node","args":["/absolute/path/to/@excellent-so/cli/dist/server.js"],"cwd":"/absolute/path/to/@excellent-so/cli/dist","env":{}}
Replace /absolute/path/to/node with the output of `node -p process.execPath`, and /absolute/path/to/@excellent-so/cli/dist with the output of `echo "$(npm root -g)/@excellent-so/cli/dist"`.
Last step: tell me to restart Windsurf, because it only sees the new server after a restart.It runs the installer and looks for Windsurf Cascade: linked; if that line is missing it adds the entry by hand, then asks you to restart.
- Agent
- WindsurfWindsurf
- Config file
~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.jsonmacOS- Linux, Windows
- Linux: the same path. Windows:
%USERPROFILE%\.codeium\windsurf\mcp_config.jsonNot supported yet - Format
- JSON, under
mcpServersmcpServers, with type: "stdio" - Detected by
- the windsurf binary or Windsurf.app
- The installer prints
Windsurf Cascade: linked- Restart
- Restart Windsurf afterwards: it only sees the new server after a restart.
- Undo
- Delete the "excellent" entry under "mcpServers" in ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json, then restart Windsurf.
- Source
micro packages/core/src/agent-clis.ts:1281
Windsurf docs
The CLI on npm today, 0.1.0 (checked October 23, 2026), predates install-agent-mcps: the installer skips this step, says so, and changes no agent config. Paste the setup prompt, or add the entry by hand as the setup doc shows.
Put Excellent in your agent: install it, restart the agent, run one task
curl -fsSL https://excellent.so/install.sh | sh
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