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Pinecone’s official Agent Skills library brings Pinecone capabilities to any agentic IDE that supports the Agent Skills standard. Use skills to manage indexes, run semantic search, create document Q&A assistants, and more — all through natural language in your IDE. Compatible with Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Codex, Gemini CLI, and other agentic IDEs.
If you use Claude Code, install the dedicated Pinecone plugin for Claude Code instead. If you use Gemini CLI, install the dedicated Pinecone extension for Gemini CLI instead. Both include additional features specific to those tools.

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Features

  • 7 built-in skills for index management, semantic search, assistant creation, and more
  • Universal compatibility with any IDE that supports Agent Skills
  • Works with the Pinecone MCP server for direct index operations

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Prerequisites

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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 skills

npx skills add pinecone-io/skills
This downloads Pinecone’s skills into your project, making them available to your IDE’s AI agent.
3

Configure the MCP server (optional)

For full functionality, configure the Pinecone MCP server in your IDE. This enables the query skill and direct index operations.

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Available skills

SkillDescription
quickstartStep-by-step onboarding — create an index, upload data, and run your first search.
querySearch integrated indexes using natural language text via the Pinecone MCP.
assistantCreate, manage, and chat with Pinecone Assistants for document Q&A with citations.
cliUse the Pinecone CLI for terminal-based index and vector management across all index types.
mcpReference for all available Pinecone MCP server tools and their parameters.
pinecone-docsCurated links to official Pinecone documentation, organized by topic.
helpOverview of all skills and what you need to get started.

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MCP tools

Agent Skills work alongside the Pinecone MCP server, which provides tools for listing indexes, creating indexes, upserting records, searching, reranking, and more. Configure the MCP server in your IDE to enable the query skill and direct index operations. For the full list of MCP tools, see Use the Pinecone MCP server.

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Resources