Create a workspace in Postman

When you first sign in to Postman, an internal workspace is automatically created for you. You can create a blank workspace or populate your new workspace with the files from your local Git repository. If you consent to Postman’s Terms of Service, you can use AI to create your API content. Later on, you can apply a template to add sample collections and environments for API development, API testing, and other use cases.

Create a new workspace

You can start a new Postman workspace in the following ways:

• Select Workspaces in the header, then click Create Workspace.

  

• Click New in the sidebar, then select Workspace.

  

• Click Create Workspace in the Workspaces dashboard.

  

Then, follow these steps to configure a workspace:

1. Enter a Name for your workspace.

2. Select an Internal, Partner, or Public workspace type. Learn more about workspace types.

   Important

   • (Enterprise plans only) If your team is restricting creation of internal workspaces with team access, users who don’t have permission can raise a request to create an internal workspace with team access, which goes for approval to users who have access to approve such requests.
   • If you choose to create a public workspace and you don’t have an admin role, you’ll be prompted to request access.

3. Select Blank workspace to create an empty workspace, or From a Git repository to sync and version control your existing local files. You can also use natural language to populate your workspace. For example, you can ask it to create an API based on an existing public collection. Learn more about Postman’s Agent Mode.

   Note

   If you create a blank workspace, you can apply a template or connect it to your Git project later.

4. Select who has access to your workspace: everyone in your team or only you and the people you invite.

5. Select Create Workspace.

You can add new elements and invite other people to your workspace.

Apply a template to a workspace

You can apply a template to an existing workspace. Workspace templates are available for a variety of common use cases, including API demos, engineering onboarding, and API testing.

When you apply a workspace template, it populates the workspace description with an introduction and information to help you get started. Each workspace template also includes sample collections and environments that you can use and change as needed. To use a template, create a new workspace or open a newly created workspace.

To use a template in a newly created blank workspace, do the following:

1. In the workspace overview, select Explore workspace templates.
2. Select a template from the list in the sidebar, then select Apply Template.

You can also enhance your workspace with other templates. Go to Collections in the sidebar, then select Create new collection > Collection template.

After you create a workspace, you can use the workspace to collaborate with your team.

• To learn more about what you and your team can do with workspaces, see Use Postman workspaces and Manage Postman workspaces. You can also learn more about public and Partner Workspaces.
• You can also use your workspace activity feed to keep up to date with progress on the projects within it.