Render's official MCP server lets LLMs create and manage web services, static sites, cron jobs, Postgres and Key Value instances on Render. It can trigger deploys, read logs and metrics and run read queries against databases. The hosted server supports OAuth or a Render API key; a local binary/Docker option is also available.
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Connect
- 1Connect it in ChatGPT
Turn on Developer mode in ChatGPT (Settings → Security and login), open Plugins, select + and paste https://mcp.render.com as the MCP server URL, then sign in with OAuth. Add it to a chat from the composer's tools menu.
- 2Or add it to Codex or the API
codex mcp add render --url https://mcp.render.com codex mcp login renderThe login command opens a browser to finish OAuth.
Configs are generated from the publisher's documented endpoint. Check their docs for plan requirements and scopes. New to this? Read the step-by-step tutorial.
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list_workspacesset_workspacelist_servicesget_servicecreate_serviceupdate_environment_variablestrigger_deploylist_deploy_historylist_logsfetch_metricslist_databasesrun_queryThings to ask
- “List my Render services and their status”
- “Show the last 100 log lines for my api service”
- “Trigger a deploy of the web service”
- “What was CPU usage on my worker over the past day?”