Accelerating Development with Cascade Autocomplete

Cascade is brilliant when we have a well-formed ask and a few prompt credits to burn. But some days, you’ve hit your monthly credit ceiling or simply want to stay in keyboard flow without opening the chat pane. That’s where Windsurf Autocomplete—a.k.a. tab suggestions—earns its keep. It’s a lighter-weight AI sidekick: no diff viewer, no chat history, just ghost-text that materialises as you type. We press “Tab,” the code becomes real; press “Esc,” and it evaporates. It is predictive text for programmers, backed by the same context engine that fuels Cascade.

Don’t worry! Inline AI doesn’t hijack your code. These suggestions are entirely ephemeral until you press “Enter” or “Tab.” Until then, they’re just ghost-text. Nothing changes unless you choose to accept it.