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Merge a Postman fork into its parent collection
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Merge a Postman fork back safely, with freshness checked

For developers who want a Postman fork merged into its parent by their AI assistant, with a warning when the parent has changed since the fork.

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Merge a Postman fork into its parent collection
Merge my Jordan refactor fork back into Orders API and keep the fork.
Jordan refactor is a fork of Orders API. - Warning: Orders API changed 2 days after the fork was taken - Strategy: update the parent and keep the fork - Source: Jordan refactor Shall I merge it?
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The problem

The problem

The prompt

Who it's for

How it works

Tools used

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Postman

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The problem

Merges that overwrite newer work

Merging a fork back into its parent is where Postman work gets lost. Swap source and destination and the parent overwrites your fork, and if the parent changed after the fork was taken, the merge overwrites those changes without warning.

Without PopdockAI

  • Pick the source and destination by hand
  • Get them the wrong way round
  • Merge without checking the parent changed
  • Overwrite a colleague's newer work

With PopdockAI

  • The collection is confirmed as a fork and its parent found
  • You are warned if the parent changed since the fork
  • The fork is always the source
  • It merges once after you confirm, and stops if unsure

The prompt

Use this prompt

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Prompt
**Objective:** Merge the forked collection `{fork-name}` back into the collection it was forked from, using strategy `{strategy}` (default updateSourceWithDestination, which keeps the fork).

**Step 1: Find the fork**

Call `postman-get-collections` with `name` = `{fork-name}` (fall back to `name.contains`); the fork label may also match the name the user gives. Keep only results with a forked-from-collection-id. If none, say this collection is not a fork and stop. If several, list name, fork-label, owner and fork-created-at and ask which. Keep the fork's collection-uid and forked-from-collection-id.

**Step 2: Resolve the parent**

Call `postman-get-collections` with `collection-id` = the fork's forked-from-collection-id and keep the parent's name, collection-uid and updated-at. If it returns nothing, the parent is gone or not visible; stop and say so.

**Step 3: Check freshness**

Compare dates. If the parent's updated-at is later than the fork's fork-created-at, the parent has changed since the fork was taken; warn that the merge will overwrite the parent with the fork's version and those parent changes may be lost.

**Step 4: Confirm, then merge**

Show fork name and label, parent name, the freshness warning if any, and the strategy in words: deleteSource merges and deletes the fork, updateSourceWithDestination merges and keeps the fork. After a clear yes, call `postman-merge-collection-fork` once with `source` = the fork's collection-uid, `destination` = the parent's collection-uid and `strategy` = `{strategy}` (omit it when empty).

**Step 5: Report**

Confirm the merge, naming both collections and whether the fork still exists.

**Rules & Guidelines:**

* Never swap source and destination. Source is always the fork.
* Only accept deleteSource or updateSourceWithDestination as the strategy; anything else, ask again.
* `postman-merge-collection-fork` is the only write, called once. Do NOT call `postman-fork-collection`.

**Validation:**

* If the user cannot confirm which parent or fork is meant, stop without merging.

Who it's for

One answer, three teams that use it

API developers

Merge your work back safely

The fork is always the source, so your changes are never overwritten by the parent.

Merge my retry changes fork back into Payments API and delete the fork.

API leads

Protect newer parent changes

A warning appears when the parent changed after the fork was taken, before anything is overwritten.

Has Orders API changed since the QA fork was taken? If not, merge it back and keep the fork.

QA engineers

Return test updates to the main collection

Merge an updated test fork with a clear summary of what will happen first.

Merge the regression suite fork into the Checkout API collection and keep the fork.

How it works

What PopdockAI does when you ask

You name the fork and whether to keep it, and your AI assistant checks the parent before merging. Nothing merges until you confirm, and it stops if the parent is gone.

01

Ask

You name the fork and whether to keep or delete it afterwards.

Your AI tool

02

Check

It confirms it is a fork and finds its parent.

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03

Compare

It warns if the parent has changed since the fork was taken.

No items found.

04

Merge

You confirm, then it merges once with the fork as the source.

Your AI tool

What PopdockAI provides

The tools behind the answer

Ready made tools for Postman and one secure connection to your AI tool. No code, no exports.

get-data

postman-get-collections

Returns Postman collections with their owner, ids, last update and fork details (parent collection, fork label, fork date). Filter by name, collection id or owner.
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postman-merge-collection-fork

Merges a forked Postman collection back into its parent collection, either keeping or deleting the fork.
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The outcome

Forks merged back the right way round

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