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Render MCP

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Official Render MCP server covering workspaces, services, deployments, logs, metrics, Postgres databases, and Key Value instances. 128 GitHub stars and 7 commits on main in the last 30 days. Apache-2.0.

128·8 tools·Released AUG 2025·Apache-2.0
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Official Render MCP server covering workspaces, services, deployments, logs, metrics, Postgres databases, and Key Value instances. 128 GitHub stars and 7 commits on main in the last 30 days. Apache-2.0 with explicit official-vendor signal.

Reviewed by M. Nouriel · MAY 2026

INSTALL THIS SERVER

Requires authenticationRENDER_API_KEY environment variable. Token from Render Account Settings > API Keys.
{ "mcpServers": { "render": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "-y", "render-mcp-server" ], "env": { "RENDER_API_KEY": "<your-render-api-key>" } } } }
PrereqRequires RENDER_API_KEY from Render Account Settings > API Keys. NPM: `render-mcp-server`. Path: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS).
{ "mcpServers": { "render": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "-y", "render-mcp-server" ], "env": { "RENDER_API_KEY": "<your-render-api-key>" } } } }
{ "mcpServers": { "render": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "-y", "render-mcp-server" ], "env": { "RENDER_API_KEY": "<your-render-api-key>" } } } }
{ "mcpServers": { "render": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "-y", "render-mcp-server" ], "env": { "RENDER_API_KEY": "<your-render-api-key>" } } } }
{ "mcpServers": { "render": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "-y", "render-mcp-server" ], "env": { "RENDER_API_KEY": "<your-render-api-key>" } } } }

8 TOOLS AVAILABLE

list_services
List services in a Render workspace
Read
create_service
Create a new Render service
Admin
restart_service
Restart a Render service
Write
list_deployments
List deployments for a service
Read
trigger_deployment
Trigger a new deployment
Write
query_logs
Query service logs with filters
Read

OUR ASSESSMENT

Strengths
  • Official Render maintenance.
  • Apache-2.0 licence.
  • 7 commits on main in the last 30 days.
  • Tool surface covers the full Render platform: services, deployments, logs, metrics, Postgres, Key Value.
  • Workspaces support for multi-org Render accounts.
  • Logs and metrics tools enable agent-driven debugging of deployed services.
Weaknesses
  • 128 GitHub stars; community contribution surface is small.
  • Render API tokens scope to workspace; multi-workspace operators run separate MCP instances.
  • Service mutation tools (create, update, delete, restart) carry direct production impact; use read-only tokens for diagnostic agents.
Security Notes

Render API tokens grant workspace-scoped access. For production agents, use read-only tokens for diagnostic flows; reserve write tokens for explicit deployment workflows. The MCP forwards all calls to the Render API; data-handling policies on the Render side cover the tool stream.

Best For

Teams using Render for service hosting who want agents to deploy, debug, and inspect services from inside the editor; Postgres-on-Render users who want database lifecycle tooling; multi-workspace Render organisations.

TECHNICAL DETAILS

Language
typescript
Transport
stdio
Clients
Claude DesktopClaude CodeCursorVS CodeWindsurf
License
Apache-2.0
npm
render-mcp-server
Last Release
render-mcp-server (npm latest)MAY 3, 2026
First Released
AUG 1, 2025

ADOPTION METRICS

// GitHub Stars
128

// Reading this128 stars on the render-oss/render-mcp-server repo. 7 commits on main in the last 30 days. Official Render maintenance carries the editorial weight.

// Popularity Rank
#6
Globally · #6 in Cloud

// Reading thisPairs with the Vercel MCP entry as a PaaS option in the cloud category.

SOURCES & VERIFICATION

We don't take any single directory's word for it. Before scoring, we cross-reference 4 public MCP sources, install the server ourselves against the clients we cover, and record when we last re-verified.

01
Discovered
Manual submission
First indexed MAY 3, 2026
02
Cross-referenced
4 directories
PulseMCP, MCP.so, Glama, Smithery
03
Verified against
Claude Desktop, Cursor
Installed and tested across clients
04
Last re-checked
MAY 3, 2026
Weekly re-verification
// How other directories see it

The same server, 4 different lenses. We reconcile these signals into our editorial score, which is why our number sometimes diverges from a directory-aggregate star count.

SourceTheir ratingTheir star countTheir downloadsLast synced
AutomationSwitch This page4.2editorial128MAY 3, 2026
PulseMCP— unratedunavailableunavailableMAY 3, 2026
MCP.so— unratedunavailableunavailableMAY 3, 2026
Glama— unratedunavailableunavailableMAY 3, 2026
Smithery— unratedunavailableunavailableMAY 3, 2026

// Counts are directory-reported; we don't adjust them. Discrepancies usually come from different snapshot times or star-caching.

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