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The official Pinecone plugin for Claude Code adds Pinecone skills, the Pinecone MCP server, and slash commands to Claude Code in your terminal. Use natural language to manage indexes, query data, build RAG applications, and create document Q&A assistants, with up-to-date Pinecone API knowledge.

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Features

  • Built-in skills cover index management, semantic search, full-text search, assistant creation, and more.
  • The integrated MCP server runs Pinecone operations directly from Claude Code.
  • Slash commands like /pinecone:quickstart and /pinecone:query give you quick access to skills.
  • Assistant commands work from natural language, without explicit slash commands.

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Prerequisites

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Installation

1

Set your API key

Replace YOUR_API_KEY with your Pinecone API key.
2

Install the plugin

From your terminal:
Or from within Claude Code:
3

Restart Claude Code

Restart Claude Code to activate the plugin. Then run /pinecone:help to verify the installation.

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Available skills

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MCP tools

The plugin includes the Pinecone MCP server, which provides the following tools:
  • search-docs: Search the official Pinecone documentation.
  • list-indexes: List all available Pinecone indexes.
  • describe-index: Get index configuration and namespaces.
  • describe-index-stats: Get record counts and namespace statistics.
  • create-index-for-model: Create a new index with integrated embeddings.
  • upsert-records: Insert or update records in an index.
  • search-records: Search records with optional metadata filtering and reranking.
  • cascading-search: Search across multiple indexes with deduplication and reranking.
  • rerank-documents: Rerank documents using a specified reranking model.
For full MCP server documentation, see Use the Pinecone MCP server.

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Resources