Create a project

This page shows you how to create a project. If you are an organization owner or user, you can create a project in your organization:

Pinecone console
Code

In the Pinecone console, go to your profile > Organization settings > Projects.
Click + Create Project.
Enter a Name.
A project name can contain up to 512 characters. For more information, see Object identifiers.
(Optional) Tags are key-value pairs that you can use to categorize and identify the project. To add a tag, click + Add tag and enter a tag key and value.
(Optional) Select Encrypt with Customer Managed Encryption Key. For more information, see Configure CMEK.
Click Create project. To load an index with a sample dataset, click Load sample data and follow the prompts.

The number of projects per organization varies by plan—see Projects per organization. To create additional projects, upgrade your plan.

An access token must be provided to complete this action through the Admin API.

PINECONE_ACCESS_TOKEN="YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN"

curl "https://api.pinecone.io/admin/projects" \
    -H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2025-10" \
	-H "Authorization: Bearer $PINECONE_ACCESS_TOKEN" \
	-d '{
          "name":"example-project"
        }'

The example returns a response like the following:

{
  "id": "32c8235a-5220-4a80-a9f1-69c24109e6f2",
  "name": "example-project",
  "max_pods": 0,
  "force_encryption_with_cmek": false,
  "organization_id": "-NM7af6f234168c4e44a",
  "created_at": "2025-03-16T22:46:45.030Z"
}

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