Windsurf Wave 8

May 6 - 8, 2025

1. Teams & Enterprise.

  • Windsurf Reviews: GitHub app that can review PRs and edit titles/descriptions given code review guidelines.

  • Knowledge: A refresh of our context awareness engine that can now also read from Google Docs.

  • Conversation Sharing: A simple way for team members to internally share Cascade conversations that worked for them

  • Teams Deploys: Securely deploy apps directly to an internal, admin controlled Netlify account

  • 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