What to Build with Windsurf
The first agentic IDE. Windsurf combines AI assistance with deep codebase understanding for faster development.
What Windsurf is Best For
Agentic coding
Codebase understanding
Multi-file editing
Code completion
Refactoring
Project Ideas for Windsurf
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Doctor Debug: Plain-English Errors for AI Agents
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Financial Toolkit for Bootstrapped SaaS Founders
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Client Portal Builder
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AI Meeting Copilot
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Code Coach: AI That Teaches You As You Build
An in-editor AI tutor that explains your code line by line as you write it, so self-taught devs and bootcamp grads fi...
AI Zoning Intelligence for Real Estate Developers
Scan hundreds of municipal databases for zoning changes and permit filings before your competitors. Real-time alerts ...
Vibe Coders for Hire
Connect with elite AI-native developers who ship production-ready MVPs at startup speed. No agency slowness, no freel...
ReviewIQ
AI review intelligence for Shopify: auto-summarize PDP reviews, track weekly sentiment themes, and benchmark competit...
TrendScout
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AI Personal Travel Planner
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MeetingMood AI
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SMS Time Tracker for Side-Hustlers
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Storefront for Custom AI Agents
A Shopify-style storefront and analytics suite for AI agent creators—publish custom agents, set pricing, handle meter...
AI Contract Decoder for Non-Lawyers
An AI contract decoder that turns dense legal documents into plain-English summaries with flagged risks, unusual clau...
AI Accountability Coach
A $19/month AI coach that learns what motivates you, checks in daily on your goals, and calls you out when you drift....
AI Feedback Triage Widget
Embed-in-seconds widget that auto-categorizes user feedback into bugs, features, and praise, then ranks the top 3 pri...
Recall Radar for E-commerce Sellers
Daily match of Amazon and Shopify catalogs against FDA, CPSC, and Health Canada recall feeds. SMS + email alerts with...
Conversational Analytics Digest
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Vehicle Recall Alert Service
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Single-Event App Builder
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AI Landing Page Generator for E-commerce
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AI Expense Report Generator
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Focus Session Timer
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Async Standup Bot
Slack bot that collects async standups, summarizes with AI, surfaces blockers. Flat team pricing under Geekbot. Weeke...
Email to Todo Converter
AI extracts actionable tasks from emails, routes to Todoist/Notion/Linear. Flat pricing, natural priority detection. ...
Minimalist Habit Tracker
Beautiful habit tracker with streaks, Apple Health sync, shared partners. Flat annual pricing under Streaks/Habitica....
Smart Meeting Scheduler
Cross-timezone meeting scheduler with AI conflict resolution and team round-robin. Flat-team pricing under Calendly. ...
AI Nutrition Planner for Trainers
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Virtual Knowledge Hub for Business Leaders & Emerging Professionals
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Getting Started with Windsurf
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Download Windsurf from Codeium
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Open your project
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Use Cascade for AI assistance
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Let Windsurf understand your codebase
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Code with AI pair programming
Windsurf Starter Prompts
Copy and paste these prompts to kickstart your project.
Full-Stack Refactor
Analyze this codebase and refactor the authentication system to use JWT tokens instead of sessions. Update all affected files including API routes, middleware, and frontend components. Maintain backward compatibility.
API Development
Create a RESTful API for [YOUR FEATURE] with proper error handling, validation, rate limiting, and authentication. Follow the existing patterns in this codebase for consistency. Include tests.
Code Review
Review this codebase for security vulnerabilities, performance issues, and code quality problems. Provide specific recommendations with code examples for each issue found.
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