Website audits and SEO fixes inside Windsurf

Setup

1. 1

   Install the squirrelscan CLI

   Run it from Windsurf's terminal. Local audits are free and don't need an account.

   bash

   curl -fsSL https://install.squirrelscan.com | sh

2. 2

   Ask Cascade to audit a site

   The llm format is compact and structured, so Cascade can work from it directly without you summarizing the report first.

   bash

   squirrel audit https://example.com --format llm

3. 3

   Or pipe a report straight to Cascade

   If you'd rather run the audit yourself and hand off the results, export the report and forward it however you normally talk to Cascade.

   bash

   squirrel report <audit-id> --format llm | windsurf

4. 4

   For cloud audits, add the hosted MCP server

   Create the config file if it doesn't exist yet (the standalone editor reads ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json; the JetBrains and VS Code plugin reads ~/.codeium/mcp_config.json, no windsurf segment). Then reload the server from the MCP panel and click Authorize. There's no project-scoped config, this is a global, user-level file.

   json

   {
     "mcpServers": {
       "squirrelscan": {
         "serverUrl": "https://mcp.squirrelscan.com/mcp"
       }
     }
   }