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Pinecone Assistant MCP Server
Local or remoteMITUpdated on Aug 14, 202645GitHub starsNeeds an API key
Pinecone's MCP server for Pinecone Assistant, its managed document question-answering service.
What it does
Pinecone's MCP server for Pinecone Assistant, its managed document question-answering service. It lets an AI agent pull relevant context snippets from the files uploaded to one of your assistants, with a configurable number of results. This repository holds the self-hosted version, written in Rust and run as a Docker container with a Pinecone API key and the assistant's host. Pinecone also runs a hosted endpoint for every assistant that clients reach over streamable HTTP with the API key as a bearer token. Pinecone's docs give setup for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor and LangChain.
Capabilities
- Retrieve context snippets from a Pinecone Assistant's files
- Set how many results are returned
- Connect to a hosted per-assistant MCP endpoint
Install
- Run this to add it to Any client:
docker run -i --rm -e PINECONE_API_KEY=<YOUR_PINECONE_API_KEY_HERE> -e PINECONE_ASSISTANT_HOST=<YOUR_PINECONE_ASSISTANT_HOST_HERE> pinecone/assistant-mcp
Details
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Type | MCP server | |
| Tool | Pinecone | |
| Publisher | Pinecone | source |
| Official status | OfficialPinecone docs describe the assistant MCP server and link this repository | source |
| Connection | Local or remote | source |
| Can change data | No | source |
| Needs an API key or sign-in | Yes | source |
| Platforms | Not stated in its documentation | |
| AI clients | Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor | source |
| Licence | MIT | source |
| Pricing | Not stated in its documentation | |
| Activity | Last commit Aug 14, 202645 GitHub starsDownload data not available (not on npm or PyPI) | source |
| Links | Repository |
Sources
- Web pagedocs.pinecone.io · Backs: AI clients, Can change data, Connection, Official statusNov 12, 2026
- Licence file (LICENSE)github.com/pinecone-io/assistant-mcp · Backs: LicenceNov 12, 2026
- README (README.md)github.com/pinecone-io/assistant-mcp · Backs: Needs an API key or sign-inNov 12, 2026
- GitHub repositorygithub.com/pinecone-io/assistant-mcp · Backs: Publisher, Activity, LicenceNov 11, 2026
- GitHub API recordgithub.com/pinecone-io/assistant-mcpNov 10, 2026