Claude Desktop + Render
Manage your Render apps from Claude Desktop.
Claude Desktop can use the hosted Render MCP server to inspect services, create supported resources, query databases, and read logs and metrics from chat.
Quick start
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Install Claude Desktop from claude.ai/download.
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Add Render as a custom connector. Open Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector and enter:
- Name:
render - Server URL:
https://mcp.render.com/mcp - OAuth Client ID:
claudeunder Advanced settings
- Name:
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Connect with OAuth. Click Add, then Connect, and approve access in your browser. Restart Claude Desktop and open a new chat if the connector does not appear immediately.
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Verify the connection. Ask Claude to run
list_workspaces, choose a workspace if needed, then try "Show the latest deploy status for each of my services."
MCP and authentication
Settings → Connectors → Add custom connectorOAuth is the recommended setup and does not require a Render API key. To use an API key instead, add an Authorization request header with the value Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY> when you create the connector.
See the MCP server docs for API-key and config-file alternatives. Claude Desktop does not read your local repository; use Claude Code for repo-aware changes.
Example prompts
Start with one of these prompts, then refine the plan with your agent.
List my Render services and show the latest deploy status for each.
Create a Render Postgres database and connect it to my web service.
Pull the latest error logs for my API service and summarize the likely cause.
Summarize CPU, memory, and request latency for my web service this week.
Common workflows
Create a service
- Ask Claude to create a supported service from a public Git repository.
- Review the proposed plan and environment variables.
- Confirm the action, then check the first deploy.
Create and query a database
- Ask Claude to create a Render Postgres database.
- Connect it to a service with
DATABASE_URL. - Run read-only SQL queries to inspect the data.
Investigate an incident
- Ask Claude for recent error logs and service metrics.
- Have it summarize the likely cause and affected time range.
- Review the recommendation before applying supported changes.
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