CLI quickstart

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Install the Pinecone CLI:

# Using Homebrew (https://brew.sh)
brew tap pinecone-io/tap
brew install pinecone-io/tap/pinecone

Authenticate the CLI with Pinecone by user login:
```
# Authenticate in a web browser
pc auth login
```
To authenticate with Pinecone, visit the URL displayed in the terminal. After you sign in, the terminal displays a success message:
```
[SUCCESS] Logged in as user@example.com. Defaulted to organization ID: <ORGANIZATION_ID>

[INFO] Target org set to <ORGANIZATION_NAME>
[INFO] Target project set to <PROJECT_NAME>
```
As shown by the [INFO] messages, this command automatically sets a target organization and project for the CLI.
If necessary, target a different organization and/or project:
```
pc auth target -o "my-org-name" -p "my-project-name"
```
List the indexes in the project:
```
pc index list
```

Next steps

See the command reference to learn about the various commands offered by the CLI.