Connect Devin Desktop

Readyformerly Windsurf · about 1 min

Devin Desktop, formerly Windsurf, reads MCP servers from its config files.

You need an Openpane API key. The API keys page makes one for Devin Desktop and fills it into every step. Here, the steps show YOUR_API_KEY where it goes.

Make a key for Devin Desktop

Config file

Add Openpane to your config

Open Customize → MCPs, open the config file and add:

~/.config/devin/config.jsonJSON

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openpane": {
      "url": "https://openpane.oblaidish.com/api/mcp",
      "transport": "http",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Check it
Customize → MCPs → This computer: Openpane is on.

What you'll see · schematic

Devin Desktop · Customize → MCPs

● openpane · on · This computer

create_pane · update_pane · get_pane · list_panes · delete_pane · share_pane · list_shares

Your first pane

Ask Devin Desktop:

Prompttry it

Make me an Openpane pane with a React counter app.

It answers with a link to a private pane, which opens in any browser where you're signed in to Openpane. To show it to others, see Sharing. Devin Desktop now has Openpane's seven tools, to create, update, list, delete and share panes: the MCP server reference lists them.

Config file

Add Openpane to your config

Check it

Your first pane