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   "tier": "declared"
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  {
   "date": "2026-09-03",
   "fact": "license",
   "note": "Postman sells Free plus paid Solo, Team, and Enterprise plans. Free and Solo are single-player; Team and Enterprise are paid collaboration and governance tiers.",
   "source": "https://www.postman.com/pricing/",
   "tier": "declared"
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  {
   "date": "2026-09-03",
   "fact": "modalities.api.exists",
   "note": "Postman documents a public API for programmatic access to account data, including managing collections, APIs, and workspaces.",
   "source": "https://learning.postman.com/docs/reference/postman-api/make-postman-api-call",
   "tier": "declared"
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  {
   "date": "2026-09-03",
   "fact": "modalities.api.kinds[0]",
   "note": "The first-call tutorial uses HTTPS GET to the /me user endpoint and returns JSON. That is a REST HTTP API.",
   "source": "https://learning.postman.com/docs/reference/postman-api/make-postman-api-call",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-03",
   "fact": "modalities.api.auth[0]",
   "note": "The Postman API authenticates with a Postman API key sent in the X-API-Key header on every request. The same keys authenticate the Postman CLI.",
   "source": "https://learning.postman.com/docs/reference/postman-api/authentication",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-03",
   "fact": "modalities.api.coverage",
   "note": "Documented API actions include managing collections, APIs, and workspaces. That is the Postman platform management surface, not every desktop UI action.",
   "source": "https://learning.postman.com/docs/reference/postman-api/make-postman-api-call",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-03",
   "fact": "modalities.mcp.first_party",
   "note": "Postman documents a first-party MCP server with 100+ tools across collections, specs, environments, and workspaces. Communication is HTTPS; a local STDIO option is also stated. Auth is OAuth or Postman API keys.",
   "source": "https://www.postman.com/product/mcp-server/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-03",
   "fact": "modalities.cli.exists",
   "note": "Postman documents an official signed CLI for collection runs, monitors, mocks, flows, governance checks, and related cloud work, plus agent context commands.",
   "source": "https://learning.postman.com/docs/postman-cli/postman-cli-overview",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-03",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.export[0]",
   "note": "Successful Postman API calls return JSON, shown on the documented /me first-call example.",
   "source": "https://learning.postman.com/docs/reference/postman-api/make-postman-api-call",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-03",
   "fact": "modalities.agent_docs.llms_txt",
   "note": "Postman publishes https://learning.postman.com/llms.txt as a documentation index with explicit instructions for AI agents, including .md export and a docs MCP endpoint.",
   "source": "https://learning.postman.com/llms.txt",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-03",
   "fact": "verdict.scores.api",
   "note": "The REST API is documented and read/write for platform resources, with X-API-Key auth, 300 requests per minute, and monthly plan quotas. Official language SDKs were not established from the opened pages, so the path is broad rather than unusually complete.",
   "source": "https://learning.postman.com/docs/reference/postman-api/postman-api-rate-limits",
   "tier": "declared"
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  {
   "date": "2026-09-03",
   "fact": "verdict.scores.mcp",
   "note": "Hosted streamable-HTTP MCP is official, with Minimal/Code/Full/Learn toolsets and US OAuth. EU remotes are API-key only. MCP calls count toward Postman API monthly limits, so coverage is official and useful rather than unconstrained.",
   "source": "https://learning.postman.com/docs/reference/postman-api/postman-mcp-server/postman-mcp-remote-server",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-03",
   "fact": "verdict.scores.cli",
   "note": "The official Postman CLI covers collection runs and several cloud features, with API-key login for CI. Newman still runs collections but cannot run collection v3 used in Postman v12 Native Git, so the CLI path is maintained and practical rather than complete.",
   "source": "https://learning.postman.com/docs/postman-cli/postman-cli-overview",
   "tier": "declared"
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  {
   "date": "2026-09-03",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[0].url",
   "note": "Opened Postman's MCP product page. It documents 100+ tools, Minimal/Code/Full/Learn toolsets, HTTPS plus local STDIO, OAuth or API keys, and that MCP calls count toward Postman API monthly limits.",
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   "tier": "declared"
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  {
   "date": "2026-09-03",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[1].url",
   "note": "Opened the Learning Center MCP overview. It documents remote streamable HTTPS, local STDIO, npm and Docker, EU remotes at mcp.eu.postman.com, and that OAuth is not supported on the EU remote.",
   "source": "https://learning.postman.com/docs/reference/postman-api/postman-mcp-server/overview",
   "tier": "declared"
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  {
   "date": "2026-09-03",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[2].url",
   "note": "Opened and verified as the current Postman API key page. Keys go in the X-API-Key header for the Postman API and the Postman CLI.",
   "source": "https://learning.postman.com/docs/reference/postman-api/authentication",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-03",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[3].url",
   "note": "Opened and verified as the current official Postman CLI feature overview, including collection runs, monitors, mocks, and agent context.",
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  "volatility": "high",
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    "url": "https://www.postman.com/product/mcp-server/"
   },
   {
    "type": "mcp",
    "url": "https://learning.postman.com/docs/reference/postman-api/postman-mcp-server/overview"
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   {
    "type": "docs",
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   {
    "type": "docs",
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 "id": "postman",
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  },
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   "docs": "https://learning.postman.com/docs/reference/postman-api/make-postman-api-call",
   "exists": true,
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  },
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   "viability": "unknown"
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   ],
   "import": []
  },
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   "scripting": [],
   "webhooks": "unknown"
  },
  "integrations": {
   "make": "unknown",
   "n8n": "unknown",
   "power_automate": "unknown",
   "zapier": "unknown"
  },
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   "third_party": [],
   "verdict": "official"
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  "rpa": {
   "drivability": "unknown",
   "notes": "No repeatable UI probe was run. Postman's REST API, official CLI, Newman collection runner, and first-party remote and local MCP cover practical workspace automation without browser control.\n",
   "ui_stack": [
    "web-dom"
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   "vendor_support": []
  },
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   "exists": "unknown",
   "languages": [],
   "official": "unknown"
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 "name": "Postman",
 "platforms": [
  "web"
 ],
 "related": {
  "alternatives": [
   "github",
   "gitlab",
   "circleci",
   "launchdarkly"
  ],
  "our_products": []
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 "score_version": 1,
 "status": "active",
 "vendor": "Postman",
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  "best_path": "api",
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   "cli": 7,
   "computer_use": null,
   "integrations": null,
   "mcp": 8,
   "overall": 8,
   "rpa": null
  },
  "summary": "Postman is automatable today through a documented REST API. This record is the Postman API platform (workspaces, collections, specifications, environments, mocks, and monitors), not CircleCI, GitHub, GitLab, or LaunchDarkly. Callers authenticate with a Postman API key in the X-API-Key header. Documented API work includes managing collections, APIs, and workspaces. Access is limited to 300 requests per minute, and each plan also has a monthly Postman API call quota. Postman documents a first-party MCP server over streamable HTTPS and a local STDIO server (npx @postman/postman-mcp-server, also as Docker). Toolsets are Minimal (default), Code, Full (100+ tools), and Learn. The opened remote-setup page states US endpoints at https://mcp.postman.com/minimal, /code, /mcp, and /learn. OAuth (DCR, PKCE) is recommended on the US remote and does not require an API key; that remote also accepts a Bearer API key. EU remotes are https://mcp.eu.postman.com/minimal, /code, /mcp, and /learn and accept API keys only. Local STDIO is API-key only; EU local runs use --region eu or POSTMAN_API_BASE_URL. MCP tool calls count toward the same monthly Postman API limits. The official Postman CLI authenticates with postman login or --with-api-key and runs collections, monitors, mocks, and related cloud work. Newman remains a collection runner but cannot run the collection v3 format used in Postman v12 Native Git workflows. iPaaS connectors were not opened. Computer-use viability is unassessed. API and MCP both score 8; API is the best path because EU MCP is API-key only and MCP shares the monthly API quota.\n"
 }
}