What is Mcp Render

mcp-render is an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server designed to simplify the management of your Render.com account, allowing you to interact with your Render services without the need for a graphical user interface.

Use cases

Use cases for mcp-render include automating deployment workflows, managing environment variables programmatically, and retrieving logs for troubleshooting, all aimed at enhancing productivity.

How to use

To use mcp-render, integrate it with your preferred MCP client by adding the specified configuration to your app’s server settings. Ensure you provide your Render API key for authentication.

Key features

Key features of mcp-render include the ability to get a list of services, trigger and retrieve deployments, manage environment variables, and access logs, all through simple commands.

Where to use

mcp-render is ideal for developers and teams using Render.com for cloud hosting, particularly those looking to streamline their deployment processes and reduce manual UI interactions.

MCP Render

This MCP (Model Context Protocol) server makes managing your Render.com account refreshingly easy. Skip the endless clicking, just connect it to your favorite MCP client (like Claude app or windsurf/cursor), tell your LLM what you want done, and let it handle your Render services for you. Deployment management without the UI hassle, because you’ve got better things to do.

About Render

Render is a cloud hosting platform offering a simplified way to build, deploy, and scale applications and websites.

MCP server capabilities

• Get services list
• Create new service
• Get deploys list
• Trigger deploy
• Retrieve deploy
• Cancel deploy
• List environment variables
• Add/update environment variables
• Delete environment variables
• Get logs

Commands to try

• Get me render services list.
• What is the status of my last deploy for <service name>.
• Check logs for <service name>.
• Redeploy <service name>.
• Add new environment variable for <service name>, <env key> = <env value>.

Configuration

1. Get your Render API key from Render Dashboard
   Steps:

• Click on your profile picture in the top right corner
• Select “Account Settings” from the dropdown menu
• Navigate to the “API Keys” section
• Click “Create API Key”

Usage

To integrate this server with the MCP client (ex: claude app, windsurf/cursor, cline), add the following to your app’s server configuration:

NPX

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "render": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-render"
      ],
      "env": {
        "RENDER_API_KEY": "<YOUR_RENDER_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Testing the MCP server

Use MCP inspector tool to test MCP server -> MCP Inspector

Use command:

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector -e RENDER_API_KEY=<YOUR_RENDER_API_KEY> node build/index.js

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Here’s how you can help:

1. Report Bugs

   • Search existing issues to avoid duplicates
   • Provide detailed steps to reproduce the issue
   • Include relevant error messages and screenshots if possible

2. Suggest a new capability

   • Open a new issue with a clear description
   • Explain the use case and potential benefits

3. Submit Pull Requests

   • Fork the repository
   • Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
   • Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some amazing feature')
   • Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
   • Open a Pull Request

License

This MCP server is licensed under the MIT License. This means you are free to use, modify, and distribute the software, subject to the terms and conditions of the MIT License. For more details, please see the LICENSE file in the project repository.