windsurf-deploy-integration

Windsurf Deploy Integration

Overview

Windsurf offers native deployment integration (starting with Netlify) that lets you deploy directly from the IDE. Combined with Cascade workflows, you can automate the entire build-test-deploy pipeline without leaving the editor.

Prerequisites

• Windsurf Pro plan or higher
• Deployment platform account (Netlify, Vercel, or cloud provider)
• Application ready to deploy
• Git repository configured

Instructions

Step 1: Use Windsurf's Native Deploy (Netlify)

Windsurf has a first-party Netlify integration:

1. Open Cascade (Cmd/Ctrl+L)
2. Prompt: "Deploy this project to Netlify"
3. Cascade runs the build, connects to Netlify, and deploys
4. Preview URL appears in Cascade output
5. Click to verify in browser or use in-IDE Preview

For first-time setup:

Cascade prompt: "Set up Netlify deployment for this Next.js project.
Configure build command, output directory, and environment variables."

Step 2: Create a Deployment Workflow

<!-- .windsurf/workflows/deploy-staging.md -->
---
name: deploy-staging
description: Build, test, and deploy to staging
---

## Pre-Deploy Checks
// turbo-all
1. Run `git status` — abort if uncommitted changes
2. Run `npm run typecheck` — abort if type errors
3. Run `npm test` — abort if test failures
4. Run `npm run lint` — abort if lint errors

## Build and Deploy
5. Run `npm run build`
6. Run `npx netlify deploy --dir=dist --site=$NETLIFY_SITE_ID`
   Or: `npx vercel --yes`

## Post-Deploy Verification
7. Run `curl -sf $DEPLOY_URL/health | jq .`
8. Report: deploy URL, build time, health check result

Step 3: Vercel Deployment via Cascade

Cascade prompt: "Deploy this project to Vercel.
- Use the production branch for prod deploys
- Set these environment variables: DATABASE_URL, API_KEY
- Configure custom domain: app.example.com"

Cascade will run:

# Install Vercel CLI if needed
npm i -g vercel

# Deploy (Cascade handles interactive prompts)
vercel --yes

# Set environment variables
vercel env add DATABASE_URL production
vercel env add API_KEY production

# Configure domain
vercel domains add app.example.com

Step 4: Cloud Provider Deployment via Cascade

<!-- AWS deployment workflow -->
Cascade prompt: "Deploy this Express API to AWS using:
1. Docker container on ECS Fargate
2. ECR for container registry
3. Application Load Balancer
4. RDS PostgreSQL for database
Generate the Dockerfile, task definition, and deployment script."

<!-- Google Cloud Run deployment -->
Cascade prompt: "Deploy this to Cloud Run:
1. Build Docker image
2. Push to Artifact Registry
3. Deploy to Cloud Run with 512MB memory, 1 CPU
4. Set environment variables from .env.production"

Step 5: Preview Deployments for PRs

# .github/workflows/preview-deploy.yml
name: Preview Deploy
on: pull_request

jobs:
  preview:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - run: npm ci && npm run build
      - name: Deploy preview
        run: npx netlify deploy --dir=dist --alias=pr-${{ github.event.number }}
        env:
          NETLIFY_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NETLIFY_TOKEN }}
          NETLIFY_SITE_ID: ${{ secrets.NETLIFY_SITE_ID }}
      - name: Comment PR with preview URL
        run: |
          gh pr comment ${{ github.event.number }} \
            --body "Preview: https://pr-${{ github.event.number }}--your-site.netlify.app"
        env:
          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

Step 6: Use Previews to Verify Before Deploy

1. Run build locally: Cascade > "Build and preview the app"
2. Windsurf opens in-IDE Preview tab
3. Click through pages, verify functionality
4. Send broken elements to Cascade: "Fix the layout on mobile"
5. Once Preview looks correct: Cascade > "Deploy to staging"

Error Handling

Issue	Cause	Solution
Deploy fails on build	Missing dependencies	Check npm ci runs clean
Environment variables missing	Not set in platform	Add via CLI or dashboard
Preview deploy 404	Wrong output directory	Check build config: dist/, .next/, build/
Netlify integration not available	Older Windsurf version	Update Windsurf to latest
Cascade can't deploy	No platform CLI installed	Install netlify-cli, vercel, or gcloud

Examples

Quick Deploy Commands

Cascade: "Deploy to Netlify production"
Cascade: "Deploy to Vercel with preview URL"
Cascade: "Build Docker image and push to ECR"
Cascade: "Deploy to Cloud Run with 1GB memory"

Rollback via Cascade

Cascade: "Roll back the Netlify deployment to the previous version"
Cascade: "Revert Vercel to the last successful production deploy"

Resources

• Windsurf + Netlify Integration
• Windsurf Workflows
• Windsurf Previews

Next Steps

For multi-environment setup, see windsurf-multi-env-setup.