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title: Use Postman to interact with your generated MCP server and an AI model
updated: 2025-08-18T00:00:00.000Z
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You can use Postman to interact with your generated MCP server locally and an AI model of your choice.

## Interact with your MCP server and an AI model

To interact with your MCP server and an AI model, do the following:

1. If you haven't already, [set up and start your MCP server](/docs/postman-ai/mcp-servers/set-up-start/).

2. [Create a new MCP request](/docs/postman-ai/mcp-requests/create/#create-a-new-mcp-request) and [save it to a collection](/docs/postman-ai/mcp-requests/create/#save-your-new-mcp-request). When you're prompted, choose your server's communication method:

   * To interact with your [standard input and output](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/docs/concepts/transports#standard-input%2Foutput-stdio) server, choose **STDIO** and enter your server's command. For example, enter:

     ```bash
     node /path/to/your-mcp-server/mcpServer.js
     ```

   * To interact with your [streamable HTTP](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/docs/concepts/transports#streamable-http) server, choose **HTTP** and enter your server's local URL. For example, enter:

     ```bash
     http://localhost:3001/mcp
     ```

3. [Use your MCP request to interact with your MCP server](/docs/postman-ai/mcp-requests/interact/). You can use your request to experiment, test, and evaluate your MCP server.

4. [Create a new AI request](/docs/postman-ai/ai-requests/create/#create-a-new-ai-request) and [save it to a collection](/docs/postman-ai/ai-requests/create/#save-your-new-ai-request). Save your new AI request to the same workspace you saved your MCP request.

5. [Add your MCP request to your AI request](/docs/postman-ai/ai-requests/add-mcp-servers/#add-the-mcp-server). When you're prompted, enter your server's command (STDIO) or URL (streamable HTTP), and search for the MCP request you created in the previous steps.

6. [Use your AI request to interact with your MCP server](/docs/postman-ai/ai-requests/interact/). You can use your request to experiment, test, and evaluate AI models.

To learn more, see [Create MCP requests and add them to your collections](/docs/postman-ai/mcp-requests/overview/) and [Create AI requests and add them to your collections](/docs/postman-ai/ai-requests/overview/).