# postman

The Postman plugin for Claude lets your agent design, mock, test and document APIs through repo files and CLI commands.

- plugin · `type=plugin` · Claude Code · ★ 23
- Author: postmanlabs
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/postmanlabs/postman-plugin
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/plugins/postman

## What it does

Every Postman resource has a filesystem form, so the agent works on APIs the way it works on code. A collection becomes a directory tree under `postman/collections/`, with each request, folder and saved example stored as its own YAML file using the v3 schema. Environments follow the same pattern in `postman/environments/`. Editing one request no longer means rewriting a whole collection export, and the resulting Git diff stays small enough to review.

Schemas cover HTTP, GraphQL, gRPC, WebSocket, Socket.IO, MQTT, MCP and LLM requests. From an API specification the agent can generate requests and examples, then lint and test the files locally before anything reaches a Postman workspace.

The Context Graph is a private, authenticated map of your organisation's API ecosystem. It pulls signals from Postman workspaces, GitHub and New Relic, and the `api-discovery` skill lets the agent ask what a change would break before it touches code. One caveat: the graph refreshes nightly, so a deployment from this morning may not show up yet. The `npx @postman/postman-plugin` installer detects compatible agents on your machine and configures them; with Codex it also approves the session-start hook, and if the hook API is unavailable, installation continues with a note to approve it inside Codex.

## Requirements
- Works with: Postman

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Plugin marketplace**
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin install postman@claude-plugins-official
```
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-official
```

## When to use it
- generate requests and examples from an API specification
- mock an endpoint before the backend exists
- lint and test a collection locally before publishing
- keep collection changes as reviewable Git diffs
- find out which services a change to an endpoint would affect

## Example prompts
- Build a request collection from `openapi.yaml` into `postman/collections/`
- Spin up a mock for the payments endpoint while the backend is unfinished
- Ask the Context Graph what breaks if we change the billing API

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# Postman Plugin
**Powering API engineering for agents**

The Postman plugin brings filesystem-first API development and organization-wide
API context to coding agents. It enables agents to design, mock, test, document,
monitor, and ship APIs directly from Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex. Every
operation produces inspectable files or CLI commands that fit naturally into
Git and CI, while the Postman Context Graph helps agents understand
dependencies, ownership, runtime behavior, and the likely impact of a change.

[Install](#install) · [Highlights](#highlights)

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## Install

Install Postman in every compatible coding agent detected on your machine:

```bash
npx @postman/postman-plugin
```

One command configures **Antigravity, Claude Code, Codex, GitHub Copilot CLI, Cursor,
Factory Droid, Kimi Code, OpenCode and Pi**. Run it again to update, `status` to see what's installed,
and `remove` to uninstall; `--agent <id>` limits any of them to one agent.

For Codex, installation also approves Postman's session-start hook, which adds
instructions for using Postman's API skills. There is no separate hook prompt
or dump of its instructions. Already trusted hooks are left alone. If Codex's
hook API is unavailable, installation continues with a note to approve the hook
inside Codex. Run the installer and Codex with the same `HOME` and `CODEX_HOME`;
hook approval applies to that profile. If Codex later refreshes the plugin from
`main` and its contents change, run the installer again to approve the update.

You can also use the following commands to install individually:

### Antigravity

```bash
agy plugin install https://github.com/postmanlabs/postman-plugin
```

Run the same command again to update; `agy plugin uninstall postman` removes it.
In the Antigravity app, **Customizations → Plugins → + Install from URL** takes
the same URL.

### Claude Code

[View Postman on Claude Plugins](https://claude.com/plugins/postman)

```bash
claude plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-official
claude plugin install postman@claude-plugins-official
```

The first command registers Anthropic's official marketplace, which a fresh
Claude Code doesn't have until an interactive session gets past sign-in. It
does nothing where the marketplace is already registered.

### Codex

[View Postman on ChatGPT Plugins](https://chatgpt.com/plugins/postman?open_in_app)

```bash
codex plugin marketplace add postmanlabs/postman-plugin --ref main
codex plugin marketplace upgrade postman
codex plugin add postman@postman
```

These commands track `main`; review the session-start hook in Codex after a
manual install. The npx installer also approves the hook after each install or
update.

### Cursor

[View Postman on the Cursor Marketplace](https://cursor.com/marketplace/postman)

```text
/add-plugin postman
```

### GitHub Copilot CLI

```bash
copilot plugin marketplace add postmanlabs/postman-plugin
copilot plugin install postman@postman
```

`copilot plugin marketplace update postman`, then `copilot plugin update postman`, updates it. Sign in to Postman's MCP server
with `/mcp` inside a Copilot CLI session.

### Factory Droid

```bash
droid plugin marketplace add https://github.com/postmanlabs/postman-plugin.git
droid plugin install postman@postman-plugin --scope user
```

`droid plugin marketplace update postman-plugin`, then
`droid plugin update postman@postman-plugin --scope user`, updates it. Sign in
to Postman's MCP server with `/mcp` inside a Droid session.

### Kimi Code

Inside a Kimi Code session:

```text
/plugins install https://github.com/postmanlabs/postman-plugin/tree/main
```

Then run `/new` to start a session with the plugin. Run the same command again,
then `/new`, to update; `/plugins remove postman` removes it. Sign in to
Postman's MCP server with `/mcp-config login plugin-postman:postman`.

### OpenCode

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