Report: Postman auto-installs AI plugin and changes configuration
What happened
On November 4, a report on the Hacker News front page said that opening Postman 12.33.4 caused the app to install Codex and Claude Code plugins on its own and to add startup instructions and a remote MCP connection to the configuration. The user says the logs record the automatic install, the plugin source contains an attempt to approve hooks by itself, and the added startup instruction tells the agent to load a Postman skill when handling general API engineering tasks. The user also found a separately installed Postman CLI. The report covers only this user's findings; there is no official Postman response or follow-up.
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- Hacker News front pagePickUser says Postman auto-installed AI plugins and changed Codex and Claude Code configs
A user reports that opening Postman 12.33.4 auto-installed Codex and Claude Code plugins, added startup instructions and a remote MCP connection. Logs record the auto-install, the plugin source tries to approve hooks on its own, and the startup instructions tell general API engineering tasks to load Postman skills. The user also found a separately installed Postman CLI.
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