Windsurf is an AI coding assistant by Codeium that stands out for its agentic capabilities. Similar to Cursor and Cline, it lets developers drive their implementation from an AI chat that navigates and changes code and executes commands. It frequently releases interesting new features and integrations for the agentic mode. Recently, for instance, it released a browser preview that makes it easy for the agent to access DOM elements and the browser console, and a web research capability that lets Windsurf look for documentation and solutions on the internet when appropriate. Windsurf provides access to a range of popular models, and users can activate and reference web search, library documentation and MCP integration as additional context providers.
