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About Windsurf
Windsurf is an AI-native code editor built on a fork of VS Code, featuring Codeium's Cascade AI system for deep codebase understanding. Cascade acts as a persistent AI pair programmer that maintains context across sessions and can execute multi-step coding tasks autonomously. The editor provides smooth AI interactions with inline suggestions and chat capabilities.
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Key Features
- Cascade multi-step AI agent
- Deep codebase awareness
- VS Code compatible
- Persistent AI context
- Inline AI suggestions
- Multi-file editing
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