Windsurf · You keep what you built
Cascade already planned, edited, and ran terminal checks on a local folder. Now you want that same product on org Git — lockfiles pinned, secrets outside the editor, a start path that boots with Windsurf closed. We help you extract the Cascade-touched tree so preview is no longer the only way it ships.
30 min · senior team · leave with a clear next step
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Leaving Windsurf preview means this: the Cascade-touched tree lives on an org remote, checks run on a clean checkout, and secrets sit outside that chat. Someone else can ship without opening your editor. You are done when the next change ships from that remote — not from a warm Cascade session on one laptop.
Where people get stuck
You do not need every chat transcript. You do need the application tree, lockfiles, a map of which Cascade flows touched which modules, and secrets that are not stuck in the editor.
A teammate cloning still fails if install only worked because Cascade just ran it. Pin lockfiles, env names, and the start command.
Which plans owned which paths must travel with the repo so CI does not invent structure.
Anything only in the editor session is not a safe home. Fresh values on the destination; rotate what touched chat.
Also try cold clone, empty env, Auth with localhost callbacks removed, and a build that does not need your Windsurf window open.
The calm order
We do not ban Cascade mid-sprint. We make org Git the place real releases come from — after a practiced start and a written way back.
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Proven modules stay. Editor caches and secret-bearing chat dumps stay out. Agent rules need an include-or-drop pass.
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Source Control history on the org remote. Main protected where you use review. Someone else can clone.
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No leftover Cascade context. Auth redirects list the destination — not localhost.
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Name sample accounts and the primary journey. Time-box how long Cascade-on-laptop ship is still allowed.
How to
Move the local tree, secrets, and Auth onto an owned host. Success is a practiced start plus a written way back.
Step 01
Cascade flows, local Source Control, preview chrome, chat-held secrets.
Step 02
Lockfiles pinned. Secret names sealed. Start command written down.
Step 03
Odd roles, empty screens, cold clone.
Step 04
Compare what people see. Freeze the working tree at switch time.
Step 05
Support knows editor-era gaps. Time-box going back so two release paths do not invent accounts at once.
Read next
These pages are already on the site. Use them to pressure-test the bet before a call.
Get off Windsurf
Leave runtime dependence if the job is to stop shipping from preview.
Windsurf to production
Own the release path if you are not ready to leave the editor yet.
Production-ready checklist
Moves, backups, and the ship list in checklist form.
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Take the application tree Cascade edited, lockfiles, Source Control history worth keeping, and a written map of which Cascade flows owned which paths. Leave editor caches, chat transcripts with secrets, and unpublished local experiments out unless needed. Capture env names Cascade injected so CI does not invent config.
List install, test, and run commands Cascade ran successfully. Pin language/runtime versions. Replace “available because Cascade just ran it” with install, build, and a host start. Fail the pipeline if install only succeeds inside an open editor session.
Mint new secrets on the destination; never commit Cascade chat dumps or local .env files. Point Auth at the destination origin and verify on a clean runner. Update callbacks and CORS that still hardcode localhost or personal preview URLs. Rotate old laptop values after cutover.
CI images lack editor-injected path assumptions; Cascade may have used uncommitted local state; secrets arrive empty; preview chrome hid missing assets. Normalize install, lockfiles, and env first. A green Cascade session is not a portable build.
Bring the Cascade flow map, lockfiles, and a few test accounts. We put owned ship last — and we name the Windsurf preview path you can roll back to.
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