Render Infrastructure Management Utility (MCP Bridge)

This component enables conversational AI models to execute infrastructure management operations on the Render.com cloud environment.

It functions as a Model Context Protocol (MCP) gateway, translating high-level instructions into concrete API calls against the Render infrastructure layer.

Core Capabilities

• Enumerate all existing services within the connected Render account.
• Retrieve detailed metadata for any specified service instance.
• Initiate new service deployments.
• Provision entirely new service entities.
• Decommission (delete) extant services.
• Audit and retrieve historical deployment records.
• Manipulate service-level configuration variables (environment settings).
• Administer custom domain mappings for services.

Deployment Procedure

Installation via Node Package Manager is recommended:

bash npm install -g @niyogi/render-mcp

Initial Setup & Credentialing

1. Acquire your unique Render API access token from the Render Credentials Panel.
2. Establish persistence for this token within the utility's configuration:

bash node bin/render-mcp.js configure --api-key=YOUR_SECRET_TOKEN

Alternatively, executing the configuration command interactively will prompt for the required secret:

bash node bin/render-mcp.js configure

Execution Commands

Launching the Communication Server

To activate the background listener:

bash node bin/render-mcp.js start

Verifying Current Settings

Check the loaded configuration state:

bash node bin/render-mcp.js config

Health Check and Validation

Run diagnostic checks on connectivity and setup:

bash node bin/render-mcp.js doctor

Note: If installed globally, the command prefix can be simplified: render-mcp start, render-mcp config, render-mcp doctor.

Integration with AI Frameworks

Cline Integration Guide

In your Cline configuration file, define the server instance:

{ "mcpServers": { "render": { "command": "node", "args": ["/path/to/render-mcp/bin/render-mcp.js", "start"], "env": { "RENDER_API_KEY": "your-render-api-key" }, "disabled": false, "autoApprove": [] } } }

Reload Cline, and interactions like "Deploy my application on Render" will be routed through this bridge.

Windsurf/Cursor Setup

1. Ensure global package installation is complete.
2. Configure the API secret as detailed above.
3. Start the main server process in a dedicated terminal session.
4. Configure the server connection within the IDE's settings:
   • Server Identifier: render
   • Protocol Type: stdio
   • Execution Path: node
   • Parameters: ["/path/to/render-mcp/bin/render-mcp.js", "start"]

Direct Claude API Connections

When invoking Claude programmatically:

1. Confirm the render-mcp process is active (start command).
2. Embed the connection parameters within your API request payload:

{ "mcpConnections": [ { "name": "render", "transport": { "type": "stdio", "command": "node", "args": ["/path/to/render-mcp/bin/render-mcp.js", "start"] } } ] }

Operational Examples (Agent Prompts)

• "Retrieve a manifest of every deployed asset in my Render organization."
• "Execute a fresh rollout for the service identified as srv-123456."
• "Provision a new static hosting entity sourced from my primary GitHub repository."
• "Display the chronological sequence of prior build attempts for the backend API."
• "Inject a new runtime parameter named LOG_LEVEL into the service environment."
• "Associate the subdomain api.mycorp.com with the main production service."

Development Cycle

Compiling from Source

bash git clone https://github.com/niyogi/render-mcp.git cd render-mcp npm install npm run build

Test Execution

bash npm test

Licensing

Distributed under the MIT License.

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