Windsurf IDE Plugin
The windsurf plugin integrates Codeium's Windsurf IDE and Cascade into a Repo Nexus Virtual Meta-Repo.
All AI assistants in Repo Nexus share [AGENTS.md](file:///Users/admin/Projects/ai/repo-nexus/AGENTS.md) at the workspace root as the single universal source of truth for routing. The windsurf plugin mirrors human-facing operational prompts into .windsurf/prompts/*.md with standard YAML frontmatter.
Operational skills, workflows, rules, and subagents remain cleanly self-contained within .rnex/ and active plugin directories (.rnex/plugins/<plugin-name>/).
Capabilities
Native Instructions Support via
.windsurfrules:- Synchronizes Repo Nexus routing instructions to
.windsurfruleswheninstructions: true(default). - Preserves user custom rules and custom sections in
.windsurfrules.
- Synchronizes Repo Nexus routing instructions to
Prompts Mirroring (
.windsurf/prompts/*.md):- Converts standard Repo Nexus operational prompts (
rnex-cross-repo-feature,rnex-workspace-audit) and active plugins' workflows into Windsurf prompt files with YAML frontmatter.
- Converts standard Repo Nexus operational prompts (
Subagent & Skill Execution:
- Skills reside under
.rnex/skills/and.rnex/plugins/<plugin>/skills/. - Workflows reside under
.rnex/workflows/and.rnex/plugins/<plugin>/workflows/. - Subagents reside under
.rnex/agents/and.rnex/plugins/<plugin>/agents/and are invoked as subagents without external mirroring.
- Skills reside under
Enabling the Plugin
Via CLI
# Enable across the workspace in rnex.yaml
rnex plugin enable windsurf
# Enable locally in .local.rnex.yaml for your workstation only
rnex plugin enable --local windsurfOr initialize a new workspace with Windsurf integration pre-configured:
rnex init --windsurfConfiguration Options
Configure options under plugins.windsurf in rnex.yaml or .local.rnex.yaml:
plugins:
windsurf:
instructions: true # Sync routing instructions to .windsurfrules (default: true)
prompts: true # Mirror prompts to .windsurf/prompts/ (default: true)
workflows: true # Mirror active plugin workflows as prompts (default: true)
enabled: true # Set to false to disable| Option | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
instructions | boolean | true | Merge routing instructions into .windsurfrules. |
prompts | boolean | true | Mirror prompts to .windsurf/prompts/*.md. |
workflows | boolean | true | Mirror plugin workflows into .windsurf/prompts/*.md. |
enabled | boolean | true | Enable or disable the plugin. Overridable in .local.rnex.yaml. |
Generated Directory Structure
When windsurf is enabled with functional plugins like karpathy-llm, it generates:
my-workspace/
├── AGENTS.md # Universal workspace instructions & routing
├── .windsurfrules # Windsurf instructions (if instructions: true)
├── .windsurf/
│ └── prompts/
│ ├── rnex-cross-repo-feature.md
│ ├── rnex-workspace-audit.md
│ ├── rnex-wiki-ingest.md
│ └── rnex-wiki-lint.md
├── .rnex/
│ ├── skills/ # Workspace operational skills
│ ├── workflows/ # Workspace workflows
│ └── plugins/
│ └── karpathy-llm/ # Scoped plugin skills, workflows, and agents
└── rnex.yamlDisabling & Pruning
To disable the Windsurf plugin:
rnex plugin disable windsurfRepo Nexus automatically performs surgical cleanup:
- Removes auto-generated prompts under
.windsurf/prompts/. - Cleans up any legacy mirrored skills, agents, or instructions blocks.
- Developer-created custom files under
.windsurf/are preserved.
