Mikie vs Windsurf: closed loop.
Cascade fills its own context window. Mikie hands any agent a smaller one — and proves the difference.
What Cascade is
Windsurf's Cascade agent has a built-in context engine that decides what to read as it works. It's a closed loop: context in, answer out, no exported measurement of what was read or wasted.
Positioning comparison — Cascade's internals aren't measurable from outside, so there are no head-to-head rows to publish.
The honest read
We can't measure Cascade from the outside, so we won't score it. We can measure what happens when Windsurf runs with a Mikie packet over MCP — that's a ledger row, not a vibe.
Verdict
Closed loops are fine until the bill is wrong. Mikie keeps the loop open and auditable.
Measure it on your own repo.
Every claim above traces to a measurement row or is labeled as positioning. That’s the product.