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# Render

> Inspect Render services, deploys, and environment variables

## At a glance

* **Availability**: Experimental ([how to enable](/cloud/integrations)).
* **Auth**: API key.
* **Connection**: The key comes from `RENDER_API_KEY`.
* **Docs**: [https://api-docs.render.com/reference/introduction](https://api-docs.render.com/reference/introduction)

## Credentials

Set these per environment. See [Connect an integration](/cloud/integrations).

| Variable         | Required | Description                                                                       |
| ---------------- | -------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `RENDER_API_KEY` | Yes      | Render API key (Account Settings > API Keys) [Docs](https://render.com/docs/api). |

## Setup

1. **Sign in to Render**: Go to [https://dashboard.render.com](https://dashboard.render.com) and sign in (the free tier with one web service is sufficient for testing).
2. **Create an API key**: Open Account Settings > API Keys ([https://dashboard.render.com/settings#api-keys](https://dashboard.render.com/settings#api-keys)) and create a key.
3. **Set the environment variable**: Add the key to your .env as RENDER\_API\_KEY=...
4. **Verify access**: Run List Services and note the srv-.... IDs for use with the other tools.

* Keys are sent as 'Authorization: Bearer \<key>'
* List responses are arrays of wrapper objects (\{ service, cursor } / \{ deploy, cursor }); pass the last cursor back to paginate
* API keys grant the full permissions of your user account - store them securely

Provider API reference: [https://api-docs.render.com/reference/introduction](https://api-docs.render.com/reference/introduction)

## Tools

| Tool                       | Access | Description                                           |
| -------------------------- | ------ | ----------------------------------------------------- |
| List Services              | Read   | List services owned by the authenticated user or team |
| Get Service                | Read   | Get a service by ID                                   |
| List Deploys               | Read   | List deploys for a service                            |
| Trigger Deploy             | Write  | Trigger a new deploy for a service                    |
| List Environment Variables | Read   | List all environment variables for a service          |

## Example prompts

* List the most recent Render deploys for my service and summarize their statuses.
* Trigger a new deploy of my Render service with a cleared build cache.