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POST
/
assistants
PINECONE_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"

curl "https://api.pinecone.io/assistant/assistants" \
  -H "Api-Key: $PINECONE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-Pinecone-API-Version: 2025-10" \
  -d '{
  "name": "example-assistant",
  "instructions": "Use American English for spelling and grammar.",
  "region":"us"
}'
{
  "name": "example-assistant",
  "instructions": "<string>",
  "metadata": {},
  "status": "<string>",
  "host": "<string>",
  "created_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "updated_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
}
PINECONE_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"

curl "https://api.pinecone.io/assistant/assistants" \
  -H "Api-Key: $PINECONE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-Pinecone-API-Version: 2025-10" \
  -d '{
  "name": "example-assistant",
  "instructions": "Use American English for spelling and grammar.",
  "region":"us"
}'

Authorizations

Api-Key
string
header
required

Pinecone API Key

Headers

X-Pinecone-Api-Version
string
default:2025-10
required

Required date-based version header

Body

application/json

The desired configuration to create an assistant.

The configuration needed to create an assistant.

name
string
required

The name of the assistant. Resource name must be 1-63 characters long, start and end with an alphanumeric character, and consist only of lower case alphanumeric characters or '-'.

Required string length: 1 - 63
Example:

"example-assistant"

instructions
string | null

Description or directive for the assistant to apply to all responses.

metadata
object
region
string

The region to deploy the assistant in. Our current options are either us or eu. Defaults to us.

Response

Create request successful.

Describes the configuration and status of a Pinecone Assistant.

name
string
required

The name of the assistant. Resource name must be 1-63 characters long, start and end with an alphanumeric character, and consist only of lower case alphanumeric characters or '-'.

Required string length: 1 - 63
Example:

"example-assistant"

status
string
required
instructions
string | null

Description or directive for the assistant to apply to all responses.

metadata
object | null
host
string

The host where the assistant is deployed.

created_at
string<date-time>
updated_at
string<date-time>
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