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Render MCP connector

Connect Render to Elaichi and Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot or any MCP client can list your services, look up deploy events, manage webhooks, blueprints and custom domains, all inside each person's own Render access with every call logged.

  • Connects with an API key
  • Free 14-day trial
  • No credit card
ChatGPT Elaichi connected

Which Render blueprints changed in the last week?

Working in Render with Elaichi

  • List all Render workspaces
  • Get single Render workspace by ID
  • List all Render me
Ask anything…
Governance / Audit log Last 24 hours
Render List all Render me Emily Carter · ChatGPT · 9:41 AM Done
Render Get single Render workspace by ID Emily Carter · ChatGPT · 9:41 AM Done
Render List all Render workspaces Emily Carter · ChatGPT · 9:41 AM Done
Render List all Render workspace members Megan Brooks · Claude · 9:38 AM Done
Render Get single Render event by ID Ryan Hayes · Cursor · 9:35 AM Done

How to connect Render to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot

Step by step, for each AI app

Render MCP connector for Claude

  1. 1

    Open Customize, then Connectors.

  2. 2

    Press Add.

  3. 3

    Name it, paste the MCP server URL, then Continue.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  4. 4

    Sign in and approve.

On Team and Enterprise, an Owner adds it once. Everyone else turns it on for themselves.

Render MCP connector for Claude Code

  1. 1

    In a terminal, run claude mcp add with the endpoint.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  2. 2

    Start Claude Code and run /mcp.

  3. 3

    Pick elaichi, then sign in and approve in the browser.

Terminal

$ claude mcp add --transport http elaichi --scope user https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp

Use --scope project instead to share it with the repository through .mcp.json.

Render MCP connector for ChatGPT

  1. 1

    Open Plugins, then press the + button.

  2. 2

    Name it and paste the endpoint into Server URL.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Leave Authentication on OAuth, then tick the risk acknowledgement.

  4. 4

    Press Create, then sign in and approve.

Works on the web. The plugin directory lives at chatgpt.com/plugins.

Render MCP connector for Cursor

  1. 1

    Open ~/.cursor/mcp.json.

  2. 2

    Add the endpoint under mcpServers.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Reload Cursor, then sign in and approve.

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Set up per machine, so repeat it on each computer you work from.

Render MCP connector for Microsoft Copilot

  1. 1

    In Copilot Studio, open your agent, then Tools, Add a tool, New tool and Model Context Protocol.

  2. 2

    Paste the endpoint into Server URL, choose OAuth 2.0, then Dynamic discovery, and press Create.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Create a new connection, sign in and approve, then press Add to agent.

  4. 4

    Under Channels, open Teams and Microsoft Copilot and make the agent available in Microsoft Copilot.

Server URL
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
Authentication
OAuth 2.0
Type
Dynamic discovery

Microsoft Copilot was called Microsoft 365 Copilot. Keep the tool on end-user credentials, so each person signs in as themselves.

Connect Render to any MCP client

  1. 1

    Add the endpoint as a remote MCP server.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  2. 2

    Sign in and approve.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

The Elaichi Agent already has these tools, with nothing to set up.

What teams do with Render through Elaichi

Ask in plain English. Each person’s AI can do only what they’re allowed to, and every action it takes in Render is logged.

  • Engineering

    Check what a service is running

    Ask which services live in a Render workspace and pull up one service's settings, region and connected repository without opening the Render dashboard.

  • Platform

    Stand up a new service from chat

    Describe the web service or background worker you need and have it created in Render, then adjust its settings later as the plan changes.

  • Platform

    Keep blueprints current and synced

    Review the blueprints defined in Render, see when each one last synced, and update or retire a blueprint once the infrastructure it describes has moved on.

  • Engineering

    Point a custom domain at a service

    Add a customer's domain to the right Render service and confirm it registered, or remove one when a contract ends.

  • Support

    Piece together an incident timeline

    Look up the Render event a customer is asking about and read the webhook events that fired around the same time to see what changed and when.

  • Security

    Review who has access to Render

    List the members of every Render workspace and check the roster against who is still on the team before an access review.

Try asking

  • “Which Render blueprints changed in the last week?”
  • “List webhooks configured across our Render workspaces.”
  • “Show failed deploy events for the checkout service.”

See all 144 Render tools →

What connecting Render gets you

6 screens from Elaichi, each doing one job for your Render account.

Elaichi Agent

Ask Elaichi to work across your apps.

Which Render blueprints changed in the last week?

List webhooks configured across our Render workspaces.

Show failed deploy events for the checkout service.

Also runs in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot

The agent

Ask about Render services in plain language.

Answers come from live Render workspaces, blueprints and deploy events.

ElaichiAI apps
Claude ChatGPT Cursor Microsoft Copilot

Copy the endpoint

https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
Client Connected by Status Last used
Claude
E

Emily Carter

• Connected 4 minutes ago
Cursor
M

Megan Brooks

• Connected 2 hours ago
ChatGPT
R

Ryan Hayes

• Connected Yesterday

AI apps

Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and Microsoft Copilot reach Render here.

One org MCP endpoint over OAuth, no SDK and no shared API key.

ElaichiTools
Tool Action Description
List all Render workspaces List List workspaces accessible by your API key in Render, filtered by name or owner email. Returns owner details including id, name, email, twoFactorAuthEnabled, and type, along with a cursor for pagination.
Get single Render workspace by ID Get Get workspace by ownerId in Render. Provide ownerId which can be a workspace ID starting with 'tea-' or a user ID starting with 'own-'. Returns the workspace details or user's default workspace.
List all Render me List Get the authenticated user in Render. Returns email and name of the user associated with the provided API key.
List all Render workspace members List List workspace members for the workspace with owner_id in Render. Returns userId, name, email, status, role, and mfaEnabled for each member.
Get single Render event by ID Get Get details of a specific event in Render by id. Returns event id, timestamp, serviceId, type, and details describing the event configuration or status.

Tool catalog

144 Render tools ready without custom code.

Browse services, blueprints, webhooks and members with methods already wired up.

ElaichiToolboxes
Name Source template Tools Created

Platform toolbox

Render · workspaces and members

Render starter 18 Mar 4, 2026

Release engineering toolbox

Render · blueprints and deploys

— 9 Mar 2, 2026

Support toolbox

Render · events and service status

— 24 Feb 27, 2026

Security toolbox

Render · webhooks and access

Render starter 6 Feb 19, 2026

Data toolbox

Render · deploy events and metrics

— 31 Jan 30, 2026

QA toolbox

Render · preview environments and builds

— 12 Jan 22, 2026

Toolboxes

Every team gets its own Render toolbox.

Platform, release and support teams each see a curated set of Render tools.

ElaichiConnections
Connection Scope Status Access
RE

Render (Platform)

Connected by Emily Carter

Personal • Active 1 team · 6 members
RE

Render (Release engineering)

Connected by Jake Morgan

Organization • Active 3 teams · 24 members
RE

Render (Support)

Connected by Megan Brooks

Organization • Active 2 teams · 11 members
RE

Render (Security)

Connected by Tyler Reed

Personal • Needs re-auth 1 team · 3 members
RE

Render (Staging)

Connected by Ryan Hayes

Personal • Active Not shared
RE

Render (Production)

Connected by Ashley Parker

Personal • Active 2 teams · 9 members

Shared connections

Teammates use Render accounts without seeing keys.

See who connected each Render account and which teams and members share it.

ElaichiAudit log
When Who What happened Type

2 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:10 PM

E

Emily Carter

[email protected]

Restriction Created Access

8 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:04 PM

J

Jake Morgan

[email protected]

Restriction Updated Access

14 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:58 PM

M

Megan Brooks

[email protected]

Role Assigned Access

20 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:52 PM

T

Tyler Reed

[email protected]

Render Users Updated MCP

26 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:46 PM

R

Ryan Hayes

[email protected]

Render Workspaces Created MCP

32 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:40 PM

A

Ashley Parker

[email protected]

Render Workspaces List Toolbox

Audit log

Answer who deployed what on Render.

Every Render call is logged with time, actor, action, type and resource.

From answering questions to doing the work

A trigger starts the work, inside the same permissions and the same audit log as everything else. Automations, collections and live dashboards come with the Black plan.

Render digest

Run 418 · started 2 minutes ago · on behalf of Emily Carter

  1. ✓

    Schedule

    Every weekday at 8:00 AM

    0.2s
  2. ✓

    Fetch workspaces

    Render

    1.4s
  3. ✓

    Group by owner

    Transform

    0.1s
  4. ✓

    Draft the digest

    Agent step

    Ran with 4 tools, returned a structured summary

    6.2s
  5. Approve the digest

    Needs approval

    Assigned to Jake Morgan

    Approve
  6. Post the digest

    Render

    Queued

Automations

A schedule turns Render events into a digest.

Fetch deploy events, group them, draft a digest, approve, post back to Render.

Render health

Refreshed 4 minutes ago · every 15 minutes · from the workspaces collection

Live

Workspaces

1,284 ↓ 12%

Blueprints

96 ↓ 8%

Needs attention

3 ↑ 2

Updated this week

412 ↑ 9%

Workspaces created

Last 14 days

By team

Share of activity

Platform 34%

Release engineering 27%

Support 21%

Security 18%

Collections and dashboards

Render health arrives computed, not requested.

Four metrics, 14 days of services created, split by team, refreshed on schedule.

For IT and engineering

Elaichi vs Zapier MCP vs Composio for Render

All three can connect Render to an AI assistant, and all three have admin controls. They differ in where access lives and how you pay.

Elaichi compared with Zapier MCP and Composio for Render, by what to check
What to check Elaichi Zapier MCP Composio
Where the AI connects One address for the whole organization. https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp A server per member, created at sign-in. An MCP endpoint per team, or an SDK.
Control over Render tools Allow or restrict single Render tools, per role or user. App and action restrictions on the account. Role permissions, down to the action.
Record of calls One audit entry per Render call. A History tab of tool calls. A log of every tool call.
Single sign-on SAML or OIDC, plus SCIM, on Gold. SAML on Enterprise. SAML and OIDC on Enterprise.
Price Free for one person; $15 per user per month on Gold. 2 tasks per successful call. Billed per tool call.

Sources: Zapier MCP docs, security, usage; Composio docs, gateway, enterprise, pricing. Checked September 2026.

Longer take: Zapier MCP alternative and when you don't need an MCP gateway.

Render tools for your AI agents

144 tools are ready to call through Elaichi's MCP endpoint the moment you connect Render, governed by the same roles, restrictions, and audit log as everything else in Elaichi.

Questions, answered

How do I connect Render to Claude?

Two steps. First connect Render in Elaichi by pasting a Render API key from your Render account settings, there is no client ID or secret to generate and no app to register on the Render side. Then in Claude open Customize, then Connectors, then Add, and paste https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp. Sign in with your Elaichi login and Render appears in Claude.

Does Render work with ChatGPT and Cursor as well as Claude?

Yes. Once Render is connected in Elaichi, the same endpoint, https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, works in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot, any other MCP client and Elaichi's own agent. You connect Render once and every client picks it up.

What can an AI agent actually do with my Render data?

With Render connected, an agent can list your workspaces, services, blueprints, custom domains and webhooks, pull up any one of them by ID, and create or update services, webhooks and custom domains when you ask. It can also read individual events and webhook events to work out what happened during a deploy or an incident. Because Render exposes a lot of actions, short concrete asks like "list the services in the production workspace" get better results than long paragraphs.

Does connecting Render give the AI access to every workspace?

No. Every request runs inside the Render access of the person who signed in, so the AI sees only the workspaces, services and members that person can already see in Render. Elaichi can narrow that further by restricting actions, but it can never grant anything the person does not have in Render.

Can my team share one Render connection?

Yes. One person connects Render in Elaichi and shares the connection with a team, and nobody else ever handles the Render API key. Each teammate still signs in to Elaichi as themselves, so the audit log records exactly who asked for what in Render.

Can I stop an agent from deleting or changing things in Render?

Yes. In Elaichi you can restrict any Render action on its own, for example deleting a service, removing a custom domain or changing a blueprint, while leaving the read-only ones in place. A restricted action still appears in Elaichi's tool search, flagged as restricted, but Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot or any other client cannot run it, whatever the prompt says.

What happens to a Render connection when someone leaves?

When a person is offboarded in Elaichi, their access to Render through every client ends at once. A Render connection they shared with a team keeps working for everyone else on that team. If you want Render gone entirely, disconnecting it once in Elaichi removes it from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot and every other client at the same time.

Does the Render MCP connector work with Gemini, Codex, Claude Code or other MCP clients?

Yes. Render is reached over the same MCP endpoint every client uses, so anything that speaks MCP can call it — Gemini, Codex, Claude Code, Windsurf, Cline, Zed and OpenCode among them — alongside Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot, and the Elaichi Agent. The tools on offer and the access behind them are identical whichever client asks. Only the setup screen differs.

Is Elaichi an alternative to Zapier MCP for Render?

Yes. Both let Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor use Render. Zapier MCP fits a team that already automates in Zapier, since each person signs in and acts as themselves in that account. Elaichi fits when IT wants one address for the whole company, per-tool rules by role, and a record of every Render call.

How is Elaichi different from Composio for Render?

Composio gives AI agents tools and sign-in handling across 1,000+ apps, for developers building agents or people using an assistant, billed per tool call. Elaichi gives a company's own people governed access to Render: one address, restrictions per role or user, and $15 per user per month. Both have role permissions and a log of every call.

Put Render in front of your team

14 days of Black, no credit card. Connect it once and pick what each team can call.

When the trial ends, nothing is deleted. You move to the free Personal plan, and connections, roles and the audit log stay where they are.

Add one link to your AI app

The same link for everyone on your team.

https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  • ChatGPT
  • Claude
  • Cursor
  • Microsoft Copilot