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Pinecone MCP server

The Pinecone MCP server lets an AI assistant search Pinecone documentation, list and describe indexes, and search, insert, and rerank records in them.

  • Apache-2.0 licence
  • ★ 72 on GitHub
  • Verified against its source 19 Oct 2026
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What the Pinecone MCP server does

The Pinecone Developer MCP Server connects an assistant with Pinecone projects and documentation. Its tools can search the official Pinecone docs, list indexes, describe index configuration and statistics, and create indexes that use an integrated inference model. Other tools insert or update records, search records by text query with optional metadata filtering and reranking, search across multiple indexes, and rerank documents.

Tools it gives your assistant

9 tools or toolsets, as its documentation lists them.

  • search-docs Searches official Pinecone documentation
  • list-indexes Lists all indexes
  • describe-index Describes an index's configuration
  • describe-index-stats Gives index data statistics, including record count and namespaces
  • create-index-for-model Creates an index using an integrated inference model
  • upsert-records
  • search-records Searches index records by text query, with metadata filtering and reranking
  • cascading-search Searches multiple indexes, deduplicating and reranking results
  • rerank-documents Reranks records or text documents with a reranking model

How to install it

What you need

In the pinecone-io documentation's own words:

  • “The MCP server requires Node.js (https://nodejs.org) v20 or later”
  • “The MCP server only supports indexes with integrated inference”
  • “Without an API key, your AI tool will still be able to search documentation”

Commands and settings change between versions. Check the official instructions before you install.