Integrate Live HubSpot Data in the Windsurf IDE via CData Connect AI

Yazhini G
Yazhini G
Technical Marketing Engineer
Leverage the CData Connect AI Remote MCP Server to enable Windsurf's Cascade agent to securely access and query live HubSpot data from within the IDE.

Windsurf is an AI-native IDE built around Cascade, an autonomous coding agent that understands project context and executes multi-step tasks directly inside the editor. Cascade supports the Model Context Protocol (MCP), allowing the agent to discover and call external tools and data sources without leaving the development environment.

By integrating Windsurf with CData Connect AI through the built-in MCP server, the Cascade agent gains governed, real-time access to live HubSpot data. This enables developers to list catalogs, inspect schemas, and query records from HubSpot data within the IDE using natural language prompts.

This article explains how to configure HubSpot connectivity in Connect AI, generate the required personal access token, configure the Connect AI MCP Server in Windsurf, and verify the integration by querying live HubSpot data from the Cascade chat.

About HubSpot Data Integration

CData provides the easiest way to access and integrate live data from HubSpot. Customers use CData connectivity to:

  • Access HubSpot without worrying about API updates or changes.
  • Access custom objects and fields in HubSpot with no extra configuration steps involved.
  • Use SQL stored procedures to perform functional operations like uploading or downloading attachments, inserting engagements, and creating or deleting custom objects or fields.

Users frequently integrate HubSpot with analytics tools such as Tableau, Power BI, and Excel, and leverage our tools to replicate HubSpot data to databases or data warehouses.

To learn about how other customers are using CData's HubSpot solutions, check out our blog: Drivers in Focus: Simplified HubSpot Connectivity.


Getting Started


Step 1: Configure HubSpot connectivity for Windsurf

Connectivity to HubSpot from Windsurf is made possible through Connect AI's Remote MCP Server. To interact with HubSpot data from Windsurf, start by creating and configuring a HubSpot connection in Connect AI.

  1. Log into Connect AI, click Sources, and then click Add Connection
  2. Select HubSpot from the Add Connection panel
  3. HubSpot uses OAuth to authenticate. Click Sign in to authenticate with HubSpot
  4. Navigate to the Permissions tab and update user-based permissions

Add a Personal Access Token

A Personal Access Token (PAT) is used to authenticate the connection to Connect AI from Windsurf. It is best practice to create a separate PAT for each integration to maintain granular access control.

  1. Click the gear icon () at the top right of the Connect AI app to open Settings
  2. On the Settings page, go to the Access Tokens section and click Create PAT
  3. Give the PAT a descriptive name and click Create
  4. Copy the token when displayed and store it securely. It will not be shown again

With the HubSpot connection configured and a PAT generated, Windsurf can now connect to HubSpot data.

Step 2: Configure Connect AI MCP in Windsurf

Next, configure the Connect AI Remote MCP Server in Windsurf so that the Cascade agent can discover and call live data tools through Connect AI.

  1. Download and install the Windsurf IDE
  2. Open Windsurf, click your profile icon in the top right, and select Windsurf Settings
  3. Under the Cascade section, locate MCP Servers and click Open MCP Registry
  4. In the MCP Marketplace, click Add custom MCP in the top right
  5. This opens the mcp_config.json file. Paste the following JSON: 
    {
    "mcpServers": {
        "cdata-mcp": {
            "serverUrl": "https://mcp.cloud.cdata.com/mcp",
            "headers": {
                "Authorization": "Basic your_base64_encoded_email_PAT",
                "Content-Type": "application/json"
            }
        }
    }
}

    Note: Windsurf will use Basic authentication with Connect AI. Combine your Connect AI user email and the PAT you created earlier in the format email:PAT, base64 encode the combined string, and prefix it with Basic. For example, given [email protected]:ABC123...XYZ789, the Authorization header value becomes something like: Basic dXNlckBkb21haW4uY29tOkFCQzEyMy4uLlhZWjc4OQ==

  6. Save the mcp_config.json file and return to the MCP Registry
  7. Under Installed, confirm that cdata-mcp is listed and marked as Enabled

With the MCP server registered and enabled, Windsurf is ready to query live HubSpot data through Connect AI.

Step 3: Query live HubSpot data from Windsurf

With the integration complete, use the Cascade chat panel in Windsurf to interact with live HubSpot data through natural language prompts.

  1. On the top bar of Windsurf, switch from Editor to Agent to open a new Cascade chat
  2. At the bottom of the chat panel, confirm that the cdata-mcp server is listed and the toggle is enabled
  3. Start interacting with the agent by entering prompts like:
    • List all catalogs in my cdata-mcp connection
    • Show the available schemas and tables for HubSpot
    • Query the top 5 records from a table in HubSpot data
  4. The Cascade agent calls the Connect AI MCP Server and returns live results from HubSpot data

At this point, your Windsurf IDE communicates with the Connect AI MCP Server and retrieves live HubSpot data through remote MCP directly from the editor.

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