Render CLI

Render CLI is Render's command-line client for operating services, datastores, and workflow services on the platform. It combines a default Bubble Tea TUI with non-interactive commands for deploys, logs, jobs, database access, blueprint validation, and some early-access storage workflows.

• List services, datastores, projects, workspaces, deploys, jobs, environments, workflow versions, tasks, and task runs from the shell.
• Trigger deploys, restarts, one-off jobs, workflow releases, and workflow task runs, then wait for completion and inspect logs or returned resource state.
• Open psql, pgcli, redis-cli, or SSH sessions, validate render.yaml blueprints before deploys, and upload or fetch objects in Render's early-access object storage.

• Many read and write commands support --output json|yaml|text, --confirm, and API-key auth, which makes inspect-change-verify loops workable in CI and agent scripts.
• Structured responses plus --wait flows for deploys and workflow releases make it practical to trigger an action, poll, and branch on success or failure without scraping the dashboard.
• The automation surface is mixed rather than perfect: the CLI defaults to a fullscreen TUI, non-TTY mode falls back to text unless you set output explicitly, and session-oriented commands like SSH stay human-interactive.

• Useful unattended usage usually requires explicit --output json or RENDER_OUTPUT=json; auto mode does not default to JSON.
• You still need Render auth and workspace context, and some capabilities are intentionally terminal-session workflows rather than machine-first APIs.