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Steve Kom
Steve Kom

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What Makes a Postman Alternative Truly AI-Native?

AI-native API development is becoming more than just adding an AI assistant to an API client.

For me, an AI-native Postman alternative should connect the whole workflow:

  • API design and OpenAPI
  • Testing AI/LLM endpoints
  • Mocking and automated tests
  • Documentation
  • Collaboration
  • CLI and CI/CD workflows

I’ve been looking at Apidog as one example, since it combines these parts in a single API development workflow.

With more developers building around LLM and inference APIs, what would actually make an API tool β€œAI-native” rather than simply adding AI features to an existing Postman-style client?

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