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Connect Claude & ChatGPT to Render

Ask your AI why the last Render deploy failed, what the logs say, or to roll a service back. It can list services, deploys, events and instances, search logs, and trigger, cancel and roll back deploys. It can also restart, suspend and resume services, run cron jobs and read your Postgres databases and projects.

Connect Render free

Free plan, no credit card. Takes about a minute.

Try asking

“Did the last deploy of the api service go through?”
The AI lists the service's newest deploys and reads the latest one with its status, commit and timing.
“Show me errors from the api service in the last hour.”
It finds your workspace ID and searches the service's logs by error level for the last hour.
“Roll the web service back to the deploy from this morning.”
It finds the earlier deploy in the service's deploy list and rolls back to it. The rollback goes live for users.

What your AI can do

Deploys

List and read deploys, trigger a deploy of a branch or commit, cancel a deploy that is still building, and roll back to an earlier deploy.

Services and logs

List services, instances, events, jobs and custom domains, search logs by text, level, status code or path, and restart, suspend or resume a service.

Workspaces, projects and databases

List workspaces and projects with their environments, run cron jobs, and read your Render Postgres databases with plan, version and status.

“Deploy commit a1b2c3d of the worker and clear the build cache.”
It triggers a new deploy of that commit with the cache cleared. The deploy goes live when it finishes.
“Run the nightly-report cron job now.”
It triggers an immediate run of the cron job, then you can ask for its status.
“What happened to the api service overnight?”
It lists the service's events for the night, such as deploys, restarts, failures and scaling.

22 tools for Render

These tools are switched on when you connect. You can switch any of them off, or require your approval before it runs.

cancel_deployDeletesCancel a deploy that is still building or updating. Pass service_id and deploy_id.
get_deployGet one deploy with its status, commit and timing. Pass service_id and deploy_id.
get_jobGet one job and its status. Pass service_id and job_id.
get_postgres_databaseGet one Render Postgres database by postgres_id with its plan, version and status.
get_projectGet one project by project_id with its environments.
get_serviceGet one service by service_id with its URL, repo, branch, plan and status.
list_custom_domainsList the custom domains of a service and their verification status. Pass service_id.
list_deploysList deploys of a service, newest first. Pass service_id; filter by status or created/finished dates.
list_jobsList one-off jobs run on a service. Pass service_id; filter by status or dates.
list_logsSearch logs. Pass owner_id (workspace ID) and resource (service IDs); filter by text, level, start_time/end_time, status_code or path.
list_postgres_databasesList Render Postgres databases. Filter by name, region or owner_id.
list_projectsList projects. Filter by name or owner_id.
list_service_eventsList events for a service (deploys started/ended, restarts, failures, scaling). Pass service_id; filter by type or start_time/end_time.
list_service_instancesList the running instances of a service. Pass service_id.
list_servicesList services (web services, static sites, background workers, cron jobs). Filter by name, type, region, owner_id or suspended.
list_workspacesList the workspaces (owners) the API key can access. Filter by name or email. Use the workspace ID as owner_id in other tools.
restart_serviceChanges dataRestart all instances of a running service. Pass service_id. Causes a brief interruption.
resume_serviceChanges dataResume a suspended service. Pass service_id.
rollback_deployChanges dataRoll a service back to an earlier deploy. Pass service_id and the deploy_id to roll back to. Goes live for users.
run_cron_jobChanges dataTrigger an immediate run of a cron job. Pass cron_job_id (the cron job's service ID).
suspend_serviceChanges dataSuspend a service so it stops running and stops serving traffic until resumed. Pass service_id.
trigger_deployChanges dataStart a new deploy of a service. Pass service_id; optionally commit_id to deploy a specific commit or clear_cache='clear'. Goes live for users when it finishes.

Set up in three steps

1
Pick the app
Create a free PipMCP account and choose Render from the app list.
2
Paste your key
Paste a Render API key. In the Render Dashboard, open Account Settings > API Keys and click Create API Key. Copy the key. It has access to every workspace you belong to.
3
Add the link to your AI
You get a personal MCP link. Add it to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor:
Click your name, then Settings › Connectors › Add custom connector. Paste your link as the Remote MCP server URL. Switch it on from the + menu in a chat.

Questions

What can the AI do in Render?

The AI can read workspaces, projects, services, deploys, events, instances, jobs, custom domains, logs and Postgres databases. It can trigger, cancel and roll back deploys, restart, suspend and resume services, and run cron jobs.

Does the AI see my Render API key?

No. Your Render API key is encrypted at rest and never shown to the AI. After you save it, it is not shown again, not even to you. The AI only sees the results of the tools it calls.

Can I control what the AI is allowed to do?

Yes. You choose which tools are switched on, so you can start read-only. Deploys, rollbacks, restarts and suspending a service affect live traffic, and cancelling a deploy can require your approval before it runs. Every tool call is logged.

Does it work with ChatGPT?

Yes. In ChatGPT go to Settings › Apps & Connectors › Advanced and turn on Developer mode, then add your PipMCP link. Developer mode needs a paid ChatGPT plan: Plus, Pro, Business or Enterprise. The same link also works in Claude (Settings › Connectors › Add custom connector), Cursor and other MCP clients.

What does it cost?

PipMCP has a free plan with no credit card required. Paid plans bill per completed task. You also need your own Render account.

Which workspaces can the AI reach?

A Render API key has access to every workspace you belong to, so the AI can see services in all of them. It can list the workspaces the key reaches and uses the workspace ID when it searches logs. To limit what it can change, switch off the tools you do not want it to use.