Render Useful MCP MCP Server

Name: Render Useful MCP MCP Server
Author: io.github.LuSrodri

io.github.LuSrodri/render-useful-mcp

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What is the Render Useful MCP MCP server?

MCP server for the Render Public API: all 207 endpoints plus workflow tools.

How to install Render Useful MCP

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

Environment / auth

RENDER_API_KEY
required
secret
Render API key, created at https://dashboard.render.com/u/settings#api-keys
RENDER_WORKSPACE_ID
Default workspace, applied wherever a tool needs an ownerId and the caller omitted one.
RENDER_MCP_TOOLSETS
Comma-separated toolsets to expose, or 'all'. Defaults to all 17 toolsets.
RENDER_MCP_READ_ONLY
Expose only non-mutating tools.
RENDER_MCP_DYNAMIC_TOOLSETS
Registers the render_toolsets tool, which reports which toolsets exist and which are enabled.

Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "render-useful-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "render-useful-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "RENDER_API_KEY": "<YOUR_RENDER_API_KEY>",
        "RENDER_WORKSPACE_ID": "<YOUR_RENDER_WORKSPACE_ID>",
        "RENDER_MCP_TOOLSETS": "<YOUR_RENDER_MCP_TOOLSETS>",
        "RENDER_MCP_READ_ONLY": "<YOUR_RENDER_MCP_READ_ONLY>",
        "RENDER_MCP_DYNAMIC_TOOLSETS": "<YOUR_RENDER_MCP_DYNAMIC_TOOLSETS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "render-useful-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "render-useful-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "RENDER_API_KEY": "<YOUR_RENDER_API_KEY>",
        "RENDER_WORKSPACE_ID": "<YOUR_RENDER_WORKSPACE_ID>",
        "RENDER_MCP_TOOLSETS": "<YOUR_RENDER_MCP_TOOLSETS>",
        "RENDER_MCP_READ_ONLY": "<YOUR_RENDER_MCP_READ_ONLY>",
        "RENDER_MCP_DYNAMIC_TOOLSETS": "<YOUR_RENDER_MCP_DYNAMIC_TOOLSETS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "render-useful-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "render-useful-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "RENDER_API_KEY": "<YOUR_RENDER_API_KEY>",
        "RENDER_WORKSPACE_ID": "<YOUR_RENDER_WORKSPACE_ID>",
        "RENDER_MCP_TOOLSETS": "<YOUR_RENDER_MCP_TOOLSETS>",
        "RENDER_MCP_READ_ONLY": "<YOUR_RENDER_MCP_READ_ONLY>",
        "RENDER_MCP_DYNAMIC_TOOLSETS": "<YOUR_RENDER_MCP_DYNAMIC_TOOLSETS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "render-useful-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "render-useful-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "RENDER_API_KEY": "<YOUR_RENDER_API_KEY>",
        "RENDER_WORKSPACE_ID": "<YOUR_RENDER_WORKSPACE_ID>",
        "RENDER_MCP_TOOLSETS": "<YOUR_RENDER_MCP_TOOLSETS>",
        "RENDER_MCP_READ_ONLY": "<YOUR_RENDER_MCP_READ_ONLY>",
        "RENDER_MCP_DYNAMIC_TOOLSETS": "<YOUR_RENDER_MCP_DYNAMIC_TOOLSETS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add render-useful-mcp --env RENDER_API_KEY=<YOUR_RENDER_API_KEY> --env RENDER_WORKSPACE_ID=<YOUR_RENDER_WORKSPACE_ID> --env RENDER_MCP_TOOLSETS=<YOUR_RENDER_MCP_TOOLSETS> --env RENDER_MCP_READ_ONLY=<YOUR_RENDER_MCP_READ_ONLY> --env RENDER_MCP_DYNAMIC_TOOLSETS=<YOUR_RENDER_MCP_DYNAMIC_TOOLSETS> -- npx -y render-useful-mcp

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