
pinecone-docs
โ Officialโ 14by pinecone-io ยท part of pinecone-io/skills
Curated documentation reference for developers building with Pinecone. Contains links to official docs organized by topic and data format references. Use when writing Pinecone code, looking up API parameters, or needing the correct format for vectors or records.
This is the playbook your agent receives when the skill activates โ you don't need to read it to use the skill, but it's here to audit before installing.
Pinecone Developer Reference
A curated index of Pinecone documentation. Fetch the relevant page(s) for the task at hand rather than relying on training data.
NOTE TO AGENT
Please attempt to fetch the url listed when relevant. If you run into an error, please attempt to append ".md" to the url to retrieve the markdown version of the Docs page.
In case you need it: A full reference to ALL relevant URLs can be found here: https://docs.pinecone.io/llms.txt
Use this as a last resort if you cannot find the relevant page below.
Indexes
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Create an index | https://docs.pinecone.io/guides/index-data/create-an-index |
| Index types and conceptual overview | https://docs.pinecone.io/guides/index-data/indexing-overview |
| Integrated inference (built-in embedding models) | https://docs.pinecone.io/guides/index-data/indexing-overview#integrated-embedding |
| Dedicated read nodes โ predictable low-latency performance at high query volumes | https://docs.pinecone.io/guides/index-data/dedicated-read-nodes |
Upsert & Data
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Upsert vectors and text | https://docs.pinecone.io/guides/index-data/upsert-data |
| Multitenancy with namespaces | https://docs.pinecone.io/guides/index-data/implement-multitenancy |
Search
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Semantic search | https://docs.pinecone.io/guides/search/semantic-search |
| Hybrid search | https://docs.pinecone.io/guides/search/hybrid-search |
| Lexical search | https://docs.pinecone.io/guides/search/lexical-search |
Full-text search (preview) โ document-schema FTS indexes with text / query_string / dense / sparse scoring | https://docs.pinecone.io/guides/search/full-text-search |
| Metadata filtering โ narrow results and speed up searches | https://docs.pinecone.io/guides/search/filter-by-metadata |
API & SDK Reference
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Python SDK reference | https://docs.pinecone.io/reference/sdks/python/overview |
| Example Colab notebooks | https://docs.pinecone.io/examples/notebooks |
Production
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Production checklist โ preparing your index for production | https://docs.pinecone.io/guides/production/production-checklist |
| Common errors and what they mean | https://docs.pinecone.io/guides/production/error-handling |
| Targeting indexes correctly โ don't use index names in prod | https://docs.pinecone.io/guides/manage-data/target-an-index#target-by-index-host-recommended |
Data Formats
See references/data-formats.md for vector and record schemas.
npx skills add pinecone-io/skills --skill "pinecone-docs" --full-depthRun this in your project โ your agent picks the skill up automatically.
Getting Started
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Quickstart for all languages and coding environments (Cursor, Claude Code, n8n, Python, JavaScript, Java, Go, C#) | https://docs.pinecone.io/guides/get-started/quickstart |
| Pinecone concepts โ namespaces, terminology, and key database concepts | https://docs.pinecone.io/guides/get-started/concepts |
| Data modeling for text and vectors | https://docs.pinecone.io/guides/index-data/data-modeling |
| Architecture of Pinecone | https://docs.pinecone.io/guides/get-started/database-architecture |
| Pinecone Assistant overview | https://docs.pinecone.io/guides/assistant/overview |
No common issues documented yet. If you hit a problem, the repository's GitHub Issues page is the best place to look.
Licensed under MITโ you can use, modify, and redistribute it under that license's terms.
View the full license file on GitHub โ