The Postman MCP Server connects AI tools to Postman's API platform, enabling AI agents and assistants to manage Postman resources, automate workflows, and interact using natural language.
Capabilities:
Collection Management: Create, update, duplicate, and retrieve collections; add requests and responses; run collections with environment variables and iteration control; sync bidirectionally with API specifications.
Workspace Management: Create and manage workspaces with different visibility types (personal, private, public, team, partner); list and filter workspaces by type and creator.
Environment Management: Create, update, and retrieve environments; manage environment variables including secret and default types with descriptions.
API Specification Management: Create and manage single or multi-file specifications (OpenAPI 3.0, AsyncAPI 2.0); generate collections from specs and specs from collections; sync specifications and collections bidirectionally.
Mock Server Management: Create, update, publish, and retrieve mock servers linked to collections.
Code Generation: Generate production-ready client code from API definitions (available in "Code" tool configuration).
Discovery & Search: Get authenticated user information; retrieve entities by tags; check status of asynchronous tasks; discover enabled tools.
Advanced Features: Support for multiple authentication types (Basic, Bearer, OAuth1/2, AWS Signature, JWT, API Key, and more); configure protocol profiles (SSL, redirects, HTTP versions, TLS); handle async operations with polling.
Multiple Tool Configurations: Operate in Minimal (37 essential tools), Full (100+ tools), or Code (code generation) modes to suit different use cases.
Provides comprehensive tools for managing Postman workspaces, collections, environments, and API requests. Enables programmatic interaction with the Postman API including creating, updating, and deleting collections, managing environments, and performing API operations.
Click on "Install Server".
Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state.
In the chat, type
@followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "@Postmanrun the latest test suite from my 'Payment API' collection"
That's it! The server will respond to your query, and you can continue using it as needed.
Here is a step-by-step guide with screenshots.
Postman MCP Server
The Postman MCP Server connects Postman to AI tools, giving AI agents and assistants the ability to access workspaces, manage collections and environments, evaluate APIs, and automate workflows through natural language interactions. Learn more on the Postman MCP Server product page.
Postman also offers the server as an npm package.
Postman MCP Server collection
The Postman MCP Server collection is the quickest way to explore, test, and connect to the Postman MCP Server. Use it to:
Browse the complete list of available tools across all configurations.
Connect to and test the local server.
Related MCP server: Postman MCP Generator
Tool configurations
Minimal — (Default) Only includes essential tools for basic Postman operations. Ideal for users who want to modify a single Postman element, such as collections, workspaces, or environments.
Code — Includes tools to generate high-quality, well-organized client code from public and internal API definitions. Ideal for users who need to consume APIs or get API context to their agents.
Full — Includes all available Postman API tools (100+ tools). Ideal for users who engage in advanced collaboration and Postman's Enterprise features.
Authentication
For the best developer experience and fastest setup, use OAuth on the remote server (https://mcp.postman.com). OAuth is fully compliant with the MCP Authorization specification and requires no manual API key configuration.
The EU remote server and the local server support only Postman API key authentication.
Quick start
Remote (any OAuth-compatible MCP host):
Add this URL to your MCP host's configuration:
https://mcp.postman.com/minimalChange /minimal to /code or /mcp for Code or Full mode. For EU or API key auth, pass Authorization: Bearer <POSTMAN_API_KEY> as a header.
Local:
npx @postman/postman-mcp-serverAdd --code or --full for Code or Full mode. Set POSTMAN_API_KEY as an environment variable.
For IDE-specific setup instructions, see the table below. For more information, see the Postman MCP Server docs.
Supported agents and IDEs
Agent / IDE | Remote | Local |
Claude Code | ||
Claude Desktop | — | |
Cursor | ||
VS Code | ||
Codex | ||
Windsurf | ||
Antigravity | ||
GitHub Copilot CLI | ||
Gemini CLI | ||
Kiro | ||
Docker | — |
EU support
The Postman MCP Server supports the EU region for remote and local servers:
For streamable HTTP, the remote server is available at
https://mcp.eu.postman.com/mcp(Full),https://mcp.eu.postman.com/code, andhttps://mcp.eu.postman.com/minimal.For the STDIO public package, use the
--region euflag, or set thePOSTMAN_API_BASE_URLenvironment variable directly.OAuth isn't supported for the EU server. The EU remote server only supports API key authentication.
Use cases
API Testing — Continuously test your API using your Postman collection. Use the local server to test local APIs, as the remote server won't have network access to your workstation.
Code synchronization — Keep your code in sync with your Postman Collections and specs.
Collection management — Create and tag collections, update documentation, add comments, or perform actions across multiple collections without leaving your editor.
Workspace and environment management — Create workspaces and environments, plus manage environment variables.
Automatic spec creation — Create specs from your code and use them to generate collections.
Client code generation — Generate production-ready client code that consumes APIs following best practices and project conventions.
Docker
For Docker setup and installation, see DOCKER.md.
Questions and support
See Add your MCP requests to your collections to learn how to use Postman to perform MCP requests.
Visit the Postman Community to share what you've built, ask questions, and get help.
You can connect to both the remote and local servers and test them using the Postman MCP Server collection.
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