What can the agent actually do once connected?

Everything the CLEATUS REST API exposes: search 1M+ federal and SLED opportunities, pull AI-ranked recommendations, read full opportunity details, manage the pipeline and pursuits, create and update tasks, search market intelligence (agencies, contractors, contracting officers), run workflows, and search the Document Hub. Write actions are guarded with confirm-before-change and every call lands in the audit log.

Do I need a CLEATUS account first?

Yes. Account creation and the OAuth approval are the two steps that deliberately stay human; your agent can do everything else. No account yet? Ask your agent to set CLEATUS up: it hands you the signup link (7-day free trial), waits while you create the account, then verifies the connection itself. The same login works in the Windsurf connection flow.

Connect Windsurf to CLEATUS: MCP endpoint https://www.cleat.ai/api/mcp/mcp (OAuth 2.1 + PKCE, dynamic client registration). REST alternative with X-Api-Key, OpenAPI spec at https://api.cleat.ai/api/openapi.json, interactive docs at https://api.cleat.ai/api/docs. Plain-text platform guide: https://www.cleat.ai/llms-full.txt. Signup for a new account: https://www.cleat.ai/authentication/signup?utm_source=agents&utm_medium=windsurf (7-day free trial).
Setup: Edit your MCP config: Add the snippet to ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json and refresh MCP servers in Windsurf. Authenticate once: Approve the OAuth prompt, sign in, and pick your entity. Ask Cascade: Cascade can now search opportunities, read solicitations, and update your pipeline.

CLEATUS for Windsurf · coding agent

Connect Windsurf to Government Contracting

Windsurf's Cascade agent supports MCP. Register the CLEATUS server in your MCP config, sign in once, and Cascade can search contracts and work your pipeline from the editor.

The setup

1
Edit your MCP config
Add the snippet to ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json and refresh MCP servers in Windsurf.
2
Authenticate once
Approve the OAuth prompt, sign in, and pick your entity.
3
Ask Cascade
Cascade can now search opportunities, read solicitations, and update your pipeline.

Copy-paste config

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cleatus": {
      "serverUrl": "https://www.cleat.ai/api/mcp/mcp"
    }
  }
}

What to ask once connected

Find open federal opportunities that fit our capabilities and summarize the top five.Ships as an installable skill: Morning BD Triage →

Break down this solicitation: requirements, evaluation criteria, and deadlines.Ships as an installable skill: Solicitation Breakdown →

Add the two best matches to our pipeline and create tasks for the compliance review.

Which contracting officers at the VA have awarded contracts like ours in the last year?Ships as an installable skill: Incumbent Recon →

All agent platforms

Setup guides for 8 platforms, plus the REST API in the developer hub.

Agents hub →Developers →

Windsurf + CLEATUS FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Over OAuth 2.1 with PKCE. The first time Windsurf calls the CLEATUS MCP server it opens a browser window: sign in (or create an account), pick the CLEATUS entity to scope the connection to, and approve. Windsurf receives an entity-scoped token; no API key is pasted anywhere, and you can revoke the connection from CLEATUS at any time.