Intro To Cascade | Windsurf University
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The video introduces Cascade, the engine behind agent capabilities in the Windsurf IDE and JetBrains extensions. It demonstrates Cascade operating in two main modes: chat mode for exploring and retrieving information from codebases without making changes, and write mode for editing code, generating documentation, running commands, and building test suites from natural language prompts. The video showcases Cascade’s ability to intelligently pull context across a codebase, specifically by refactoring Java code to move each class into its own file, improving modularity. It concludes by encouraging viewers to explore more best practices through Windsurf University content.