Agentic IDEs and CLIs

Use Pinecone with agentic IDEs and CLIs like Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Cursor, and more.

Pinecone provides official plugins, extensions, and agent skills for agentic IDEs and CLIs. Use the Pinecone MCP server (Model Context Protocol) and built-in skills to manage vector database indexes, run semantic search, and build RAG applications — all through natural language in your development environment. For direct, scriptable access from the same terminal, the Pinecone CLI (pc) lets you manage indexes, namespaces, and records without an agent in the loop.

Choose your tool

Claude Code Plugin

Official Pinecone plugin for Claude Code with skills, MCP tools, and slash commands.

Gemini CLI Extension

Official Pinecone extension for Gemini CLI with skills and MCP tools.

Cursor Plugin

Official Pinecone plugin for Cursor with skills, MCP tools, and slash commands.

Agent Skills

Universal skills library for GitHub Copilot, Codex, and other agentic IDEs.

MCP Server

Connect any MCP-compatible client to Pinecone for index management and search.

Pinecone CLI

Direct terminal access to Pinecone — manage indexes, namespaces, and records with pc commands.

Which tool should I use?

If you use…	Install…	Command
Claude Code	Pinecone plugin for Claude Code	claude plugin install pinecone
Gemini CLI	Pinecone Gemini CLI extension	gemini extensions install https://github.com/pinecone-io/gemini-cli-extension
Cursor	Pinecone Cursor plugin	/add-plugin pinecone
GitHub Copilot, Codex, or another agentic IDE	Pinecone Agent Skills	npx skills add pinecone-io/skills
Claude Desktop, Antigravity, or another MCP client	Pinecone MCP server	See MCP server setup
Your terminal directly (no agent)	Pinecone CLI	brew install pinecone-io/tap/pinecone

All tools require a Pinecone API key. Sign up for a free account at app.pinecone.io.

What’s included

Each tool provides access to the following Pinecone skills:

Skill	Description
quickstart	Step-by-step onboarding — create an index, upload data, and run your first search.
query	Search integrated indexes using natural language text via the Pinecone MCP.
assistant	Create, manage, and chat with Pinecone Assistants for document Q&A with citations.
cli	Use the Pinecone CLI for terminal-based index and vector management.
full-text-search	Create, ingest into, and query a Pinecone full-text-search (FTS) index using the preview API.
n8n	Build n8n workflows with the Pinecone Assistant node or Pinecone Vector Store, including best practices and full workflow JSON generation.
mcp	Reference for all available Pinecone MCP server tools and their parameters.
pinecone-docs	Curated links to official Pinecone documentation, organized by topic.
help	Overview of all skills and what you need to get started.

In addition, the Pinecone MCP server provides tools for listing indexes, creating indexes, upserting records, searching, reranking, and more.