Render Claude plugin

Use Render from Claude Code to deploy apps, validate render.yaml, debug failed deploys, monitor services, and work through common platform workflows.

What you get

• The Render MCP server preconfigured over OAuth (.mcp.json) so Claude can manage services, deploys, logs, metrics, and databases directly — no API key required
• Bundled Render skills for deployment, debugging, monitoring, migrations, and workflows (synced from render-oss/skills)
• A render-assistant agent that specializes in Render deploys
• Slash commands: /deploy-to-render and /check-render-status
• A PostToolUse hook that validates render.yaml whenever you edit it
• Helper scripts at scripts/ for skills sync and Blueprint validation

Install the plugin

Add this repo as a Claude Code marketplace, then install the render plugin from it:

/plugin marketplace add render-oss/render-plugin-claude-code
/plugin install render

Install locally for development

1. Clone this repo, then add it as a local marketplace:

git clone https://github.com/render-oss/render-plugin-claude-code.git

2. In Claude Code, point at the local checkout:

/plugin marketplace add ./render-plugin-claude-code
/plugin install render

3. Restart Claude Code if the plugin doesn't show up immediately.

Get started

Use the plugin to:

• Deploy a project to Render
• Validate and troubleshoot render.yaml
• Debug failed deploys and check service status
• Work through common setup and migration tasks

Good first prompts:

• Help me deploy this project to Render.
• Help me validate my render.yaml for Render.
• Debug a failed Render deployment.

You can also run the slash commands directly:

• /deploy-to-render
• /check-render-status

Set up the Render CLI

The plugin uses the Render CLI for live operations and Blueprint validation. Most workflows depend on it.

1. Install the Render CLI:

brew install render

2. Authenticate:

render login

3. Verify access:

render whoami -o json

If render whoami -o json fails, fix authentication before relying on Render workflows in Claude Code.

MCP server

The plugin bundles Render's MCP server through the .mcp.json at the repo root, so Claude can manage your Render services, deploys, logs, metrics, and databases directly.

Authentication is handled over OAuth — you don't need an API key. The first time Claude uses a Render MCP tool, it opens your browser to sign in to Render and authorize access to https://mcp.render.com/mcp. After you approve, Claude connects automatically on future runs.

The MCP server and the Render CLI (below) are complementary: MCP covers day-to-day service, log, metric, and database operations, while the CLI still backs Blueprint validation and other CLI-only workflows.

For maintainers

Run the sync script to refresh skills/ from render-oss/skills:

./scripts/sync-skills.sh

GitHub Actions also runs .github/workflows/sync-skills.yml each day and opens a pull request when upstream skills change.

License

MIT. See LICENSE.