Deployment

Deployment

Overview

The three services are deployed separately. Deploy them in this order since Backend depends on MCP Server being live first.

1. MCP Server → Render
2. Backend → Render
3. Frontend → Vercel

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MCP Server on Render

1. Go to Render and create a new Web Service.
2. Connect your GitHub repository.
3. Set the Root Directory to MCP Server.
4. Set the Build Command to npm install.
5. Set the Start Command to node index.js.
6. No environment variables are needed.
7. Deploy and note the URL — you will need it for the Backend.

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Backend on Render

1. Create another new Web Service on Render using the same repository.
2. Set the Root Directory to Backend.
3. Set the Build Command to npm install.
4. Set the Start Command to node server.js.
5. Add the following environment variables in the Render dashboard:

Variable	Value
PORT	3000
MONGO_URL	Your MongoDB Atlas connection string
JWT_TOKEN	Your JWT secret key
GROQ_API_KEY	Your Groq API key
MCP_SERVER_URL	The Render URL of your MCP Server

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Free Tier Note

Render free tier services spin down after a period of inactivity. The first request after idle may take 30 to 60 seconds while the service wakes up. This is expected behavior on the free plan.