# Postman MCP Server (MCP server)

> Postman MCP Server is an MCP server that gives your AI agents trusted access to the full Postman platform. It has 318 GitHub stars, is released under the Apache-2.0 license and runs locally with npx -y @postman/postman-mcp-server. It works with Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Claude.ai and ChatGPT and needs an API key.

The Postman MCP Server implements the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to connect AI agents and coding assistants — including Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code Copilot, GitHub Copilot CLI, and Gemini CLI — directly to your Postman workspaces, collections, specifications, and environments.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/postmanlabs/postman-mcp-server |
| GitHub stars | 318 |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Language | TypeScript |
| Transport | stdio, streamable-http |
| Packages | npm: @postman/postman-mcp-server |
| Remote URL | https://mcp.postman.com/mcp, https://mcp.postman.com/minimal, https://mcp.eu.postman.com/mcp |
| Needs API key | yes |
| Official | yes |
| Works with | Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Claude.ai, ChatGPT |
| Category | Developer tools |
| Latest release | v2.13.0 (Sep 21, 2026) |
| Last commit | Sep 21, 2026 |
| MCP registry name | com.postman/postman-mcp-server |

## Install

### Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "postman-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@postman/postman-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "POSTMAN_API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

### Claude Code

```sh
claude mcp add --env POSTMAN_API_KEY=your-value --transport stdio postman-mcp-server -- npx -y @postman/postman-mcp-server
```

### Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "postman-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@postman/postman-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "POSTMAN_API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

### VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "postman_api_key",
      "description": "POSTMAN_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "postman-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@postman/postman-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "POSTMAN_API_KEY": "${input:postman_api_key}"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

### Claude Code (remote)

```sh
claude mcp add --transport http postman-mcp-server "https://mcp.postman.com/mcp"
```

The same server is also hosted as a remote MCP endpoint, so nothing runs on your machine.

Config formats checked against the official docs on 2026-10-07.

## Environment variables

- `POSTMAN_API_KEY` (secret) (required): A valid Postman API key.

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