{"slug": "postman-s-head-of-product-says-it-will-make-ai-agent-plugin-opt-in-clearer-after", "title": "Postman's head of product says it will make AI agent plugin opt-in clearer after auto-install complaints", "summary": "Postman head of product Sarabmeet Kallar told RuntimeWire on Tuesday, Nov. 3 that Postman will make the opt-in for its AI coding agent plugins clearer, especially for existing users, after a developer reported on Oct. 25 in GitHub issue #14370 that opening the Postman desktop app installed plugins into OpenAI's Codex and Anthropic's Claude Code without asking. The report drew more than 30 comments and a widely read Hacker News discussion, and Kallar said Postman bundles its CLI and agent plugins to ease setup and is reviewing the hook approval and session-start behavior the developer flagged.", "body_md": "# Postman's head of product says it will make AI agent plugin opt-in clearer after auto-install complaints\n\n**Sarabmeet Kallar told RuntimeWire that Postman bundles its CLI and agent plugins to ease setup, and that it is reviewing the hook approval and session-start behavior a developer flagged.**\n\n        By [Emerson Redding](https://runtimewire.com/author/emerson-redding)\n        · Published \n\nPrimary source: [GitHub: postmanlabs/postman-app-support #14370](https://github.com/postmanlabs/postman-app-support/issues/14370)\n\n## Why it matters\n\nCoding agents like Codex and Claude Code take standing instructions from plugins and hooks. When another app installs and trusts those on its own, it changes how a developer's agent behaves without the developer choosing it. Postman's head of product now says the company will make that opt-in clearer.\n\nPostman will make the opt-in for its AI coding agent plugins clearer, especially for existing users, Sarabmeet Kallar, the company's head of product, told RuntimeWire on Tuesday, Nov. 3rd.\n\nThe statement, sent through Postman's press agency, Offleash PR, answers a developer report that opening the Postman desktop app installed plugins into OpenAI's Codex and Anthropic's Claude Code without asking. The report, filed Oct. 25th as GitHub issue #14370 on Postman's app-support tracker, drew more than 30 comments and a widely read Hacker News discussion.…\n\nWhen you purchase through links in our articles, [we may earn a small commission](https://runtimewire.com/affiliate-monetization-standards). This doesn’t affect our editorial independence.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/postman-s-head-of-product-says-it-will-make-ai-agent-plugin-opt-in-clearer-after", "canonical_source": "https://runtimewire.com/article/postmans-head-of-product-says-it-will-make-ai-agent-plugin-o-7933b7", "published_at": "2026-11-04 01:11:10+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-11-04 04:19:19.813150+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "ai-tools", "developer-tools", "ai-safety"], "entities": ["Postman", "Sarabmeet Kallar", "OpenAI", "Codex", "Anthropic", "Claude Code", "RuntimeWire", "Offleash PR"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/postman-s-head-of-product-says-it-will-make-ai-agent-plugin-opt-in-clearer-after", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/postman-s-head-of-product-says-it-will-make-ai-agent-plugin-opt-in-clearer-after.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/postman-s-head-of-product-says-it-will-make-ai-agent-plugin-opt-in-clearer-after.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/postman-s-head-of-product-says-it-will-make-ai-agent-plugin-opt-in-clearer-after.jsonld"}}