Pinecone Assistant MCP Server

SSE

by pinecone-io

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About

An MCP server implementation for retrieving information from Pinecone Assistant. It allows users to query a Pinecone Assistant using their Pinecone API key and Assistant host.

Details

Transport
SSE
License
MIT

Explore

- Retrieves information from Pinecone Assistant
- Supports multiple results retrieval with a configurable number of results

Setting up with Highlight

This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:

  1. Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
  2. Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
  3. Configure the plugin with the settings below
    Plugin Name Pinecone Assistant MCP Server
    Command (node, npx, python, etc.)

    Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.

  4. Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches

From the repository

- Docker installed on your system
- Pinecone API key - obtain from the Pinecone Console
- Pinecone Assistant API host - after creating an Assistant (e.g. in Pinecone Console), you can find the host in the Assistant details page

Run the server with your Pinecone API key:

docker run -i --rm \
  -e PINECONE_API_KEY=<YOUR_PINECONE_API_KEY_HERE> \
  -e PINECONE_ASSISTANT_HOST=<YOUR_PINECONE_ASSISTANT_HOST_HERE> \
  pinecone/assistant-mcp

- PINECONE_API_KEY (required): Your Pinecone API key
- PINECONE_ASSISTANT_HOST (optional): Pinecone Assistant API host (default: https://prod-1-data.ke.pinecone.io)
- LOG_LEVEL (optional): Logging level (default: info)

Add this to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pinecone-assistant": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run", 
        "-i", 
        "--rm", 
        "-e", 
        "PINECONE_API_KEY", 
        "-e", 
        "PINECONE_ASSISTANT_HOST", 
        "pinecone/assistant-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PINECONE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PINECONE_API_KEY_HERE>",
        "PINECONE_ASSISTANT_HOST": "<YOUR_PINECONE_ASSISTANT_HOST_HERE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop / Cursor

Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "pinecone assistant mcp server": {
            "assistant-mcp": {
                "command": "docker",
                "args": [
                    "build",
                    "-t",
                    "pinecone/assistant-mcp",
                    "."
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

McpServers

{
    "assistant-mcp": {
        "command": "docker",
        "args": [
            "build",
            "-t",
            "pinecone/assistant-mcp",
            "."
        ]
    }
}

An MCP server implementation for retrieving information from Pinecone Assistant.

Features

- Retrieves information from Pinecone Assistant
- Supports multiple results retrieval with a configurable number of results

Prerequisites

- Docker installed on your system
- Pinecone API key - obtain from the Pinecone Console
- Pinecone Assistant API host - after creating an Assistant (e.g. in Pinecone Console), you can find the host in the Assistant details page

Building with Docker

To build the Docker image:

docker build -t pinecone/assistant-mcp .

Running with Docker

Run the server with your Pinecone API key:

docker run -i --rm \
  -e PINECONE_API_KEY=<YOUR_PINECONE_API_KEY_HERE> \
  -e PINECONE_ASSISTANT_HOST=<YOUR_PINECONE_ASSISTANT_HOST_HERE> \
  pinecone/assistant-mcp

Environment Variables

- PINECONE_API_KEY (required): Your Pinecone API key
- PINECONE_ASSISTANT_HOST (optional): Pinecone Assistant API host (default: https://prod-1-data.ke.pinecone.io)
- LOG_LEVEL (optional): Logging level (default: info)

Usage with Claude Desktop

Add this to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pinecone-assistant": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run", 
        "-i", 
        "--rm", 
        "-e", 
        "PINECONE_API_KEY", 
        "-e", 
        "PINECONE_ASSISTANT_HOST", 
        "pinecone/assistant-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PINECONE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PINECONE_API_KEY_HERE>",
        "PINECONE_ASSISTANT_HOST": "<YOUR_PINECONE_ASSISTANT_HOST_HERE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Building from Source

If you prefer to build from source without Docker:

1. Make sure you have Rust installed (https://rustup.rs/)
2. Clone this repository
3. Run cargo build --release
4. The binary will be available at target/release/assistant-mcp

Testing with the inspector

```sh export PINECONE_API_KEY=<YOUR_PINECONE_API_KEY_HERE> export PINECONE_ASSISTANT_HOST=<YOUR_PINECONE_ASSISTANT_HOST_HERE>
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