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This section covers the basic features of Postman that help you send API requests, share your work with others, and use Postman in your API development workflows. You'll also get a tour of the Postman user interface to launch you on your API-first journey.

## Find your way around Postman

Postman has a variety of tools you can use to work with APIs and collaborate with your team. [Learn how to navigate Postman](/docs/getting-started/basics/navigating-postman/), so you can always find the features you're looking for.

Need more help? Postbot is your AI assistant for API workflows. [You can ask Postbot](/docs/getting-started/basics/about-postbot/) to add tests to requests, visualize responses, write documentation, and more.

## Discover Postman elements

Learn how Postman enables you to streamline your API development. [About Postman elements](/docs/getting-started/basics/postman-elements/) explains the meaning and usage of collections, requests, documentation, environments, flows, API Builder, Spec Hub, mock servers, and monitors.

## Send API requests from Postman

[The Postman Agent](/docs/getting-started/basics/about-postman-agent/#select-a-postman-agent-for-requests) enables you to send API requests from a browser using the Postman web app. You can manually select an agent, or Postman can select the best agent for you.

If you're not signed in to a Postman account, you can still send multi-protocol requests using the [lightweight API client](/docs/getting-started/basics/using-api-client/).

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  For the best experience sending API requests, [download the Postman desktop app](/docs/getting-started/first-steps/get-postman/) and [sign in to your Postman account](/docs/getting-started/first-steps/sign-up-for-postman/#sign-in-to-postman).
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## Save your work in Postman

When you're signed in to your Postman account, all of your work is [automatically synced to the Postman cloud](/docs/getting-started/basics/syncing/). That means you can access all of your collections, requests, and other data anywhere you're signed in to Postman.