Frequently Asked Questions about UBOS MCP Server for Postman Collections

Q: What is an MCP Server? A: MCP (Model Context Protocol) is an open protocol standardizing how applications provide context to LLMs. An MCP server acts as a bridge, allowing AI models to access and interact with external data sources and tools.

Q: What does the UBOS MCP Server for Postman Collections do? A: It enables LLMs to run Postman collections using Newman. This allows LLMs to execute API tests and get detailed results through a standardized interface, improving API integration and testing.

Q: How do I install the MCP Server? A: You can install it via Smithery using the command npx -y @smithery/cli install mcp-postman --client claude, or manually by cloning the repository, installing dependencies, and building the project.

Q: How do I configure the MCP Server with Claude? A: Add the server configuration to your Claude desktop configuration file (~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json) with the command and arguments for running the server.

Q: What tools are available in the MCP Server? A: The primary tool is run-collection, which runs a Postman collection and returns the test results.

Q: What parameters does the run-collection tool accept? A: It requires the collection parameter (path or URL to the Postman collection) and optionally accepts environment (path or URL to environment file), globals (path or URL to globals file), and iterationCount (number of iterations to run).

Q: What kind of results does the run-collection tool return? A: It returns a JSON object containing the success status, a summary of total, failed, and passed tests, detailed failures information, and timings including start time, end time, and duration.

Q: Can you provide an example of how to use the server in Claude? A: Ask Claude to “Run the Postman collection at /path/to/collection.json and tell me if all tests passed.” Claude will use the run-collection tool, analyze the results, and provide a human-friendly summary.

Q: What is UBOS? A: UBOS is a Full-stack AI Agent Development Platform focused on bringing AI Agents to every business department. The platform helps you orchestrate AI Agents, connect them with your enterprise data, build custom AI Agents with your LLM model and Multi-Agent Systems.

Q: What license is the MCP Server released under? A: The MCP Server is released under the ISC license.