Windsurf Core Workflow A — Cascade Write Mode

Overview

Cascade Write mode is Windsurf's primary productivity tool. It acts as an autonomous agent that can create files, modify code across multiple files, run terminal commands, install dependencies, and debug errors -- all from a single natural language prompt. This is the "money-path" workflow for Windsurf users.

Prerequisites

• Windsurf IDE with Cascade enabled
• .windsurfrules configured (see windsurf-sdk-patterns)
• Git initialized with clean working tree

Instructions

Step 1: Create a Git Checkpoint

Always commit or stash before a Cascade session. Cascade writes directly to your files.