Claude Code Plugin

Integrate Pinecone with Claude Code Plugin for vector search, RAG, and production AI workloads.

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

Features

• Built-in skills for index management, semantic search, full-text search, assistant creation, and more
• MCP server integration for direct Pinecone operations from Claude Code
• Slash commands like /pinecone:quickstart and /pinecone:query for quick access
• Natural language recognition — assistant commands work without explicit slash commands

Prerequisites

• A Pinecone API key
• Node.js installed (npx must be on your PATH)
• uv installed (required for assistant commands)
• Pinecone CLI installed (optional, for advanced operations)

Installation

1. Set your API key

   export PINECONE_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"
   

   Replace YOUR_API_KEY with your Pinecone API key.

2. Install the plugin

   From your terminal:

   claude plugin install pinecone
   

   Or from within Claude Code:

   /plugin install pinecone
   
3. Restart Claude Code

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

Available skills

Skill	Command	Description
Help	/pinecone:help	Overview of all skills and setup requirements.
Quickstart	/pinecone:quickstart	Interactive onboarding — create an index, upsert data, and query.
Query	/pinecone:query	Search integrated indexes using natural language.
Assistant	/pinecone:assistant	Create, upload, sync, and chat with Pinecone Assistants.
CLI	/pinecone:cli	Guide for using the Pinecone CLI from the terminal.
Full-text search	/pinecone:full-text-search	Create, ingest into, and query a Pinecone full-text-search (FTS) index using the preview API.
n8n	/pinecone:n8n	Build n8n workflows with the Pinecone Assistant node or Pinecone Vector Store, including best practices and full workflow JSON generation.
MCP	/pinecone:mcp	Reference for all Pinecone MCP server tools.
Docs	/pinecone:docs	Curated links to official Pinecone documentation.

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.

Resources

• GitHub repository
• Pinecone MCP server guide
• Claude Code documentation