Connecting Windsurf to Dailybot

Windsurf bundles an AI pair programmer directly into the editor. Teams that already run standups and agent visibility in Dailybot can wire Windsurf in so manager-friendly timelines reflect Windsurf-assisted work—not just what lands in git.

This guide covers prerequisites, the Windsurf-side setup, reporting configuration, how entries look in Dailybot, and common fixes.

Prerequisites

Gather the following before you connect:

• Dailybot workspace with rights to add integrations.
• Windsurf installed on developer machines (or your standardized golden image) with network access to Dailybot.
• Codeium / Windsurf account aligned with how your company provisions seats—usually the same email domain you use in Dailybot for clean user mapping.
• Optional but common: a shared policy doc that says when Windsurf should rely on automatic reporting versus when engineers must post a human check-in.

If you block third-party IDE extensions by default, pre-approve the Dailybot connector or relay your security team requires.

Enable the Windsurf integration in Dailybot

1. In Dailybot, open Integrations and locate Windsurf (or Codeium Windsurf).
2. Choose Connect and complete authentication—often OAuth to your identity provider or a workspace API token issued by an admin.
3. Pick the target workspace and team that should receive Windsurf events. Pilot with one squad if you are validating signal quality.
4. Save the integration. You should see a “connected” state and a short description of which event types are allowed by default.

Administrators can revoke or rotate credentials from the same screen; treat tokens like any other secret and avoid checking them into repositories.

Windsurf-specific setup in the IDE

On the Windsurf side:

• Sign in with the account your organization expects, and confirm the project root matches the repositories you care about for reporting.
• Install or enable the Dailybot connector if your workspace uses a packaged extension; otherwise follow the relay or CLI instructions your admin published.
• For monorepos, set default working directory to the repo root so metadata (branch, project name) lines up with what Dailybot already shows for other agents.
• If developers use remote or containerized environments, install the connector inside that environment so paths and auth match where code actually runs.

Keep Windsurf updated; breaking changes in the IDE channel sometimes require reconnecting OAuth.

Configure what gets reported

Tune reporting so the timeline stays readable:

• Code changes — typically diff-scale summaries or categorized edits rather than full file contents, depending on your compliance posture.
• Agent actions — explicit agent steps (for example refactors run through the agent panel) that explain bursts of edits.
• Session metrics — duration, approximate suggestion usage, or idle gaps that help managers understand focus time without reading code.

Use filters for sensitive paths (secrets, infra keys) if the integration supports path deny lists. Pair those rules with your internal secure-coding policy.

Viewing Windsurf reports in the unified timeline

Windsurf-sourced items appear inline with other Dailybot activity:

• Labels identify Windsurf or Codeium so they are distinct from Copilot or Cursor.
• Timestamps follow the same ordering as check-ins, making it easy to answer “what happened yesterday afternoon?” in one scroll.
• When metadata includes repository or task hints, they align with human standup answers for the same day.

Encourage engineers to write short human updates when Windsurf-only telemetry would miss intent—for example, why a large deletion happened.

Troubleshooting

Integration shows connected but no events: Confirm Windsurf is logged in, the connector is enabled for the active profile, and corporate firewalls allow outbound HTTPS to Dailybot.

Wrong user attribution: Re-link the Windsurf identity to the correct Dailybot member; directory mismatches are the usual cause.

Too much noise: Narrow event types, increase batching, or disable low-signal counters while keeping session summaries.

Conflicts with manual CLI reports: Document which tool owns which milestone; consider disabling duplicate event categories in one of the channels.

With Windsurf and Dailybot aligned, assisted IDE work becomes visible in the same place leaders already look for team rhythm—without extra screenshots or DMs.