Windsurf Wave 8
May 6 - 8, 2025
1. Teams & Enterprise.
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Windsurf Reviews: GitHub app that can review PRs and edit titles/descriptions given code review guidelines.
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Knowledge: A refresh of our context awareness engine that can now also read from Google Docs.
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Conversation Sharing: A simple way for team members to internally share Cascade conversations that worked for them
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Teams Deploys: Securely deploy apps directly to an internal, admin controlled Netlify account
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Updated Admin Analytics: A full refresh of our admin analytics portal for building a business case around Windsurf adoption
see https://windsurf.com/blog/windsurf-wave-8-teams-and-enterprise
2. Cascade customization
- Custom Workflows: Create and save rulebooks that can be invoked from Cascade with autogenerated slash commands
- File-Based Rules: A refresh of our
.windsurfrules
file that allows for multiple rules files that are tied to various conditions - Simultaneous Cascades: Start work in a new Cascade while another one is executing, and never be left waiting
- Cascade Plugins: New panel to manage and discover MCPs, disable individual tools, and more
- Further MCP Integration: MCP resources and multimodal responses now available
see https://windsurf.com/blog/windsurf-wave-8-cascade-customization-features
3. UX Features + Plugins Update.
features added to Cascade within JetBrains Plugin:
- Memories: Cascade remembers important information for future steps
- Rules: In the original .windsurfrules file approach to guide the AI
- MCP Support: Connect Cascade in JetBrains to MCP servers
And for the UX features:
- Continue button: Simple button to tell Cascade it is on the right track when it pauses for feedback
- Redesigned model selector: Better organization of all of the premium models available (and some opinionation on which ones work best for Cascade currently)
- Workspace to conversation mapping: Better handling of when past conversations happened in different workspaces
- Miscellaneous UX improvements: improved code block UX, hunk navigation improvements, ability to edit suggested terminal commands, and the ability to propose new files in Chat mode
see https://windsurf.com/blog/windsurf-wave-8-ux-features-and-plugins