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Pinecone vector database integration. Streamline your Pinecone development with powerful tools for managing vector indexes, querying data, and rapid prototyping. Use slash commands like /quickstart to generate AGENTS.md files and initialize Python projects and /query to quickly explore indexes. Access the Pinecone MCP server for creating, describing, upserting and querying indexes with Claude. Perfect for developers building semantic search, RAG applications, recommendation systems, and other vector-based applications with Pinecone.
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- Kind
- Plugins
- Topic
- Databases
- Publisher
- pinecone-io
- Origin
- marketplace
- Category
- ferramentas
- Stars
- 68
- Forks
- 11
- Open pull requests
- 3
- Last push
- 2026-09-03T18:59:54Z
- Repository state
- ativo
- Language
- Python
- License
- MIT
- Added
- 2026-08-30 01:48:58
- Updated
- 2026-09-11 22:03:19
- Origin id
pinecone-io/pinecone-claude-code-plugin/pinecone
README
# Pinecone Plugin for Claude Code A lightweight plugin that integrates [Pinecone](https://www.pinecone.io/) vector database capabilities directly into Claude Code, enabling semantic search, index management, and RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) workflows. ## Features - **Pinecone Assistant** – Fully managed RAG service for document Q&A with citations, natural language support, and incremental file syncing - **Pinecone MCP Server** – Full integration with the Pinecone Model Context Protocol server for index creation, listing, searching, and more - **Slash Commands** – Quick access to common Pinecone operations directly from Claude Code - **Semantic Search** – Query your vector indexes using natural language - **Natural Language Recognition** – Assistant commands work without explicit slash commands ## Installation ### Option A: Claude Code Plugins Directory (Recommended) Install from the [official Claude Code Plugins Directory](https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official): 1. Install the plugin: ``` /plugin install pinecone ``` 2. **Restart Claude Code** to activate the plugin. ### Option B: Pinecone Marketplace Alternatively, install directly from the Pinecone marketplace: 1. **Add the Pinecone plugin marketplace:** ``` /plugin marketplace add pinecone-io/pinecone-claude-code-plugin ``` 2. **Install the plugin:** ``` /plugin install pinecone@pinecone-claude-code-plugin ``` 3. **When prompted**, select your preferred installation scope: - **User scope** (default) – Available across all your projects - **Project scope** – Shared with your team via version control - **Local scope** – Project-specific, not shared (gitignored) 4. **Restart Claude Code** to activate the plugin. ### Set Your API Key After installing via either method, configure your Pinecone API key before running Claude Code: ```bash export PINECONE_API_KEY="your-api-key-here" ``` > **Don't have a Pinecone account?** Sign up for free at [app.pinecone.io](https://app.pinecone.io/?sessionType=signup) ### Install uv (Required for Assistant Commands) To use Pinecone Assistant functionality, you must have uv installed. uv is a fast Python package and project manager: **macOS and Linux:** ```bash curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh ``` **Windows:** ```powershell powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -c "irm https://astral.sh/uv/install.ps1 | iex" ``` **With Homebrew:** ```bash brew install uv ``` After installation, restart your terminal and verify with: `uv --version` Full installation guide: https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/ ### Install the Pinecone CLI (Optional) For additional command-line capabilities, install the Pinecone CLI: ```bash brew tap pinecone-io/tap brew install pinecone-io/tap/pinecone ``` ## Available Skills ### `/pinecone:help` Overview of all available Pinecone skills and what you need to get started. Run this when first installing the plugin. ### `/pinecone:quickstart` Interactive quickstart for new developers. Choose between two paths: - **Database** — Create an integrated index, upsert data, and query using Pinecone MCP + Python - **Assistant** — Create a Pinecone Assistant for document Q&A with citations ### `/pinecone:query` Query integrated indexes using natural language. Wraps the Pinecone MCP server for easy searching. ``` /pinecone:query query [your search text] index [indexName] namespace [ns] reranker [rerankModel] ``` > **Note:** Only works with integrated indexes that use Pinecone's hosted embedding models. ### `/pinecone:full-text-search` End-to-end workflow for Pinecone's full-text-search (FTS) preview API (`2026-01.alpha`) — design a document schema, ingest a corpus, and construct `documents.search(...)` calls. Covers BM25 (`text` / `query_string`), `dense_vector` and `sparse_vector` scoring, and text-match filters (`$match_phrase` / `$match_all` / `$match_any`) for hybrid lexical+semantic queries. Ships a `scripts/ingest.py` helper that does bulk `batch_upsert` with per-batch error inspection and post-upsert readiness polling — the three things bare-LLM ingest code reliably skips. > **Requires `pinecone` Python SDK ≥ 9.0.** The FTS document-schema API lives under `pinecone.preview`. ### `/pinecone:assistant` All-in-one skill for Pinecone Assistants — create, upload, sync, chat, context retrieval, and list. Works with both slash commands and natural language: - "Create a Pinecone assistant from my docs" - "Upload files from ./docs to my-assistant" - "Sync my assistant with the docs folder" - "Ask my assistant about authentication" - "Search my assistant for context about embeddings" **Learn more:** https://docs.pinecone.io/guides/assistant/quickstart ### `/pinecone:cli` Guide for using the Pinecone CLI (`pc`) to manage resources from the terminal. The CLI supports all index types and vector operations. ### `/pinecone:mcp` Reference for all Pinecone MCP server tools — parameters, usage, and examples. ### `/pinecone:docs` Curated documentation reference with links to official docs organized by topic and data format references. ## MCP Server Tools The plugin includes the full Pinecone MCP Server with the following tools: | Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | `list-indexes` | List all available Pinecone indexes | | `describe-index` | Get index configuration and namespaces | | `describe-index-stats` | Get statistics including record counts and namespaces | | `search-records` | Search records with optional metadata filtering and reranking | | `create-index-for-model` | Create a new index with integrated embeddings | | `upsert-records` | Insert or update records in an index | | `rerank-documents` | Rerank documents using a specified reranking model | For complete MCP server documentation, visit: [Pinecone MCP Server Guide](https://docs.pinecone.io/guides/operations/mcp-server) ## Troubleshooting ### "API Key not found" or access errors Make sure your `PINECONE_API_KEY` environment variable is set correctly: ```bash echo $PINECONE_API_KEY ``` If it's empty, set it and restart Claude Code. ### MCP server not responding 1. Ensure you have Node.js installed (the MCP server runs via `npx`) 2. Check that your API key is valid 3. Restart Claude Code after setting environment variables ### Query command not working with my index The `/query` command only works with **integrated indexes** that use Pinecone's hosted embedding models. If you're using external embedding providers (OpenAI, HuggingFace, etc.), you'll need to use the MCP tools directly or wait for expanded support. ### Assistant commands not working Make sure you have uv installed. uv is required for all assistant commands: ```bash # Verify uv is installed uv --version # Install if missing curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh # macOS/Linux ``` After installing uv, restart your terminal. ## Keywords `pinecone` · `semantic search` · `vector search` · `vector database` · `retrieval` · `RAG` · `agentic RAG` · `sparse search` · `document Q&A` · `citations` · `assistant` · `managed RAG` ## License MIT License – see [LICENSE](./LICENSE) for details. **Have fun and enjoy developing with Pinecone!** 🌲