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Windsurf

Tailscale for Windsurf

io.github.tailscale-mcp/tailscale-mcp

Drive a Tailscale node and its tailnet through the CLI and the control-plane API

client:Windsurf transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install Tailscale in Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json · windows: %USERPROFILE%\.codeium\windsurf\mcp_config.json

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tailscale-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@tailscale-mcp/tailscale-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TAILSCALE_API_KEY": "<TAILSCALE_API_KEY>",
        "TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID": "<TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID>",
        "TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET": "<TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET>",
        "TAILSCALE_TAILNET": "<TAILSCALE_TAILNET>",
        "TAILSCALE_MCP_PRESET": "<TAILSCALE_MCP_PRESET>",
        "TAILSCALE_MCP_ALLOW_WRITE": "<TAILSCALE_MCP_ALLOW_WRITE>",
        "TAILSCALE_MCP_ALLOW_DESTRUCTIVE": "<TAILSCALE_MCP_ALLOW_DESTRUCTIVE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

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