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Postman MCP server

The Postman MCP server links AI assistants with your Postman workspaces, collections, specifications, and environments.

  • Hosted (remote) · Runs locally
  • Apache-2.0 licence
  • ★ 324 on GitHub
  • Verified against its source 19 Oct 2026
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What the Postman MCP server does

Gemini CLI, Cursor, Claude Code, VS Code Copilot, and GitHub Copilot CLI are among the AI agents and coding helpers it connects directly to your Postman workspaces, collections, specifications, and environments. Users choose from tool groups ranging from a lean set of core Postman actions to a complete collection of more than 100 API tools, along with utilities for producing client code and querying Postman Docs. It runs as a hosted remote server at a web address or locally through npx.

Tools it gives your assistant

4 tools or toolsets, as its documentation lists them.

  • Minimaltoolset Essential tools for basic Postman operations, such as modifying a single element
  • Codetoolset Generates client code from public and internal API definitions
  • Fulltoolset All available Postman API tools, over 100
  • Learntoolset Searches Postman Docs for guides, tutorials, and reference content

How to install it

Hosted server

Add this address to your assistant's MCP settings:

https://mcp.postman.com/minimal

Run it locally

With Node.js (npx)

npx @postman/postman-mcp-server

What you need

In the postmanlabs documentation's own words:

  • “The EU remote server and the local server support only Postman API key”
  • “Set POSTMAN_API_KEY as an environment variable”

Commands and settings change between versions. Check the official instructions before you install.