Render Skills for AI Agents
Skills to deploy, debug, and monitor Render services.
Table of Contents
Compatibility
| Feature | Claude Code | Codex | OpenCode | Cursor |
|---|
| Skill prompts (SKILL.md) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Render CLI commands | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Render MCP tools | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Auto-approval hooks | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
Installation
Quick Install (Recommended)
Install to all detected tools:
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/render-oss/skills/main/scripts/install.sh | bash
Targets: Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, and Cursor.
Claude Code
/plugin marketplace add render-oss/skills
/plugin install render@skills
OpenAI Codex
$skill-installer render-deploy
$skill-installer render-debug
$skill-installer render-monitor
$skill-installer render-migrate-from-heroku
$skill-installer render-workflows
Manual Installation
Copy each skill directory from skills/ into your tool's skills directory:
- Claude Code (skills mode):
~/.claude/skills/<skill-name>/
- Codex:
~/.codex/skills/<skill-name>/
- OpenCode:
~/.config/opencode/skills/<skill-name>/
- Cursor:
~/.cursor/skills/<skill-name>/
Example (Codex):
cp -R skills/render-deploy ~/.codex/skills/render-deploy
cp -R skills/render-debug ~/.codex/skills/render-debug
cp -R skills/render-monitor ~/.codex/skills/render-monitor
cp -R skills/render-migrate-from-heroku ~/.codex/skills/render-migrate-from-heroku
cp -R skills/render-workflows ~/.codex/skills/render-workflows
Skills
render-deploy
Deploy via Blueprint (render.yaml) or direct MCP creation.
- Detects common stacks and configures build/start
- Creates services, cron jobs, and databases via MCP
- Verifies deploys with basic health/metrics checks
Full Documentation
render-debug
Find root causes using logs, metrics, and (when needed) database queries.
- Structured log queries via MCP
- CPU/memory/latency diagnostics
- Fix suggestions for common deploy failures
Full Documentation
render-monitor
Check service health, performance metrics, and recent logs.
- Health checks and deploy status
- CPU/memory/latency/bandwidth
- Log filtering and summaries
Full Documentation
render-migrate-from-heroku
Migrate Heroku apps to Render by reading local project files and generating equivalent Render services.
- Reads Procfile, dependency files, and app config to determine runtime and commands
- Generates Blueprint YAML or creates services via Render MCP
- Optionally uses Heroku MCP to enrich with live config vars and add-on details
- Generates database migration commands and verifies deployment health
Full Documentation
render-workflows
Set up, develop, test, and deploy Render Workflows.
- Scaffolds a
workflows/ directory via CLI or manual setup (Python and TypeScript)
- Guides task configuration with retries, subtasks, and fan-out patterns
- Local development with
render workflows dev
- Deploys workflow services via Dashboard
- Constraints, pricing, and troubleshooting reference
Full Documentation
Auto-Approval Hooks
Auto-approves safe, read-only CLI operations:
- Listing services:
render services list, render services -o json
- Reading logs:
render logs -r, render logs --raw
- Checking workspaces:
render workspace current, render workspace list
Operations that modify infrastructure still require permission:
- Deployments (
render deploy)
- Service restarts (
render services restart)
- Service creation/deletion (
render services create, render services delete)
- Configuration changes (
render services update)
- Workspace changes (
render workspace set)
Prerequisites
- Render MCP tools configured with an API key
RENDER_API_KEY environment variable- Git repository pushed to GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket (for deploys)
- Optional: Render CLI for streaming logs/SSH
Quick Start
Deploy: "Deploy my application to Render"
Debug: "Debug my Render deployment"
Monitor: "Is my Render service healthy?"
Migrate: "Migrate my Heroku app to Render"
Workflows: "Set up Render Workflows in my project"
Add tasks: "Add a new workflow task with retries"
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