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DimensionPostman MCP ServerAn MCP server providing access to the Postman APIContext7Upstash's official server providing up-to-date third-party library docs for AI coding assistants
FMRS49 / 100 · D80 / 100 · B
Reliability7 / 2014 / 20
Security and permissions8 / 2016 / 20
Maintenance9 / 2017 / 20
Documentation13 / 2015 / 20
Setup experience12 / 2018 / 20
Best for
  • Teams running complex, multi-step Postman operations through AI assistants
  • Developers automating test workflows and API documentation upkeep
  • Postman users managing many collections and environments
  • Developers using fast-moving frameworks/libraries worried about the AI suggesting stale code
  • Scenarios wanting zero-config documentation lookup
Not for
  • Users who only need simple collection runs or single API calls
  • Developer-driven local iteration better served by CLI or direct API use
  • Anyone expecting an officially maintained Postman server (this is a community project)
  • Looking up internal/private codebase documentation (Context7 targets publicly published open-source libraries)
  • Cases needing very high coverage of obscure, niche libraries (coverage depends on what Context7's platform has indexed)
Required permissions
  • Requires a Postman API key with access to the relevant resources (POSTMAN_API_KEY)
  • The API key grants access to all Postman resources the account has permissions for
  • Supports role-based permissions at workspace and collection levels
  • Usable without an API key (subject to a free-tier rate limit); CONTEXT7_API_KEY is an optional credential for higher quota
  • Read-only documentation lookup — no code execution or local filesystem access involved
Risks and side effects
  • Project is under active development with potential breaking changes
  • Code is AI-generated (Cline with Claude 3.5 Sonnet) and should be reviewed carefully
  • The API key has broad access; leaking it could expose Postman resources to modification or deletion
  • The server communicates over stdio, which makes debugging harder
  • The free tier has limited quota — high-frequency use may hit rate limits
  • Documentation content comes from Context7's platform index, so its accuracy and freshness depend on that platform's crawl cadence
Supported clientsClaude Desktop, Cline, ZedClaude Code, VS Code, Cursor, Cline, Amp
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