Overview
Cascade is Windsurf's built-in agent: it maintains awareness of your whole codebase as you work, proposes multi-file changes, and can execute commands to verify them.
What it does
- Supported models
- ClaudeGPT-4Gemini
- Platforms
- macOSWindowsLinux
- Setup time
- ~10 min
Use cases
- In-editor agentic edits
- Codebase-aware chat
Alternatives
Supports
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Reviews (3)
Priya Krishnan
September 16, 2026Useful but needs guardrails
Works well for the narrow case we use it for. We had to add explicit boundaries after it did something a bit too enthusiastic in week one.
Pros
- Capable when scoped well
Cons
- Needs explicit boundaries
- Support response was slow
Leo Tan
September 16, 2026Exactly what we needed
Replaced a manual process that was eating an hour a day across the team. Straightforward to configure and it's held up under real usage.
Pros
- Saves real time weekly
Sam Rivera
September 16, 2026Useful but needs guardrails
Works well for the narrow case we use it for. We had to add explicit boundaries after it did something a bit too enthusiastic in week one.
Pros
- Capable when scoped well
Cons
- Needs explicit boundaries
- Support response was slow