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Windsurf ainote auth_key

How to: Windsurf ainote auth_key

client:Windsurf transport:streamable-http tool:auth_key

Add ainote to Windsurf

  1. 01

    Open ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json and merge this in. Keep any servers already there.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ainote": {
      "serverUrl": "https://api.ainote.dev/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
  1. 02

    Save the file and restart Windsurf.

  2. 03

    Ask for something auth_key does. Windsurf lists the server's tools on connect and calls auth_key itself — you do not invoke it by name.

  3. 04

    If nothing happens, check the server is running and that ainote's identifier in your config matches the one above exactly.

Global only — Windsurf has no per-project MCP config. Refresh Cascade after saving. Windsurf docs

Set these first

ainote will not start until these are set, so auth_key never becomes available.

  • AINOTE_API_KEY

Same tool, other clients

This list was read from the server itself, by connecting to it and calling tools/list on 24 September 2026. It is what the server actually exposes, not what its listing claims.

Mutating and Read-only are read off each tool's name, not its schema — a hint, not a guarantee. The registry stores tool names only; connect the server for its live schemas.