# Ship the APIs you test in Insomnia | Volcano

URL: https://volcano.dev/insomnia

> Build your API with your coding agent and run it on Volcano, then test it in Insomnia. Frontends, functions, Postgres and auth in one project.

## Ship the APIs you test in Insomnia.

Build it with your coding agent. Run it on Volcano.

Paste this into your coding agent: Run `npm i -g @volcano.dev/cli && volcano connect --signup` and wait while I sign up.

Copy it, then paste it into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or any coding agent.

Generous free tier. No credit card required.

## What is Volcano?

A cloud for the apps, APIs and agents your coding agent builds. Frontends, functions, Postgres, auth and sandboxes live in one project, and the CLI handles setup and deploys, so your agent does the work instead of you clicking through a dashboard.

Insomnia and Volcano both come from Kong, the company behind Kong Gateway. Insomnia is where you design and test an API. Volcano is where it runs.

- **Insomnia**: Design and test APIs
- **Volcano**: Run them

## From prompt to a request in Insomnia

1. **Build with your agent**: Paste the prompt into Claude Code, Cursor or Codex. Your agent sets up the project and writes the code.
2. **Deploy on Volcano**: One command puts your API, database and functions on a public URL.
3. **Test it in Insomnia**: Point Insomnia at your new endpoint. Same tool you already use, now with something live behind it.

Then paste it into your coding agent.

## Cookbooks for API builders

- **Deploy the Petstore API** (Database, Functions, Auth): Hand your agent the Swagger Petstore spec. It builds the endpoints on Postgres and deploys them. Import the same spec into Insomnia and test the live URL, then add login for writes.
- **Host an MCP server** (Functions, MCP): Deploy an MCP server as a Volcano function, then call its tools from Insomnia's MCP client.
- **GitHub webhook PR summarizer** (Webhooks, Durable): Receive GitHub webhooks, summarize each PR with a durable function, and replay test payloads from Insomnia.

All cookbooks: https://docs.volcano.dev/cookbooks

Documentation: https://docs.volcano.dev

## Get started

Build it with your coding agent. Run it on Volcano. Create a free account at https://volcano.dev/signup, or have your coding agent follow the setup playbook at https://volcano.dev/setup.md.

Sign up on the web: https://volcano.dev/signup