# Pinecone Developer MCP Server

> Pinecone's MCP server for coding assistants: search Pinecone docs, configure and manage indexes, upsert data and query indexes from Cursor, Claude and others.

- id: `pinecone-mcp-server`
- category: MCP Servers (`mcp-servers`)
- url: https://docs.pinecone.io/guides/operations/mcp-server
- repo: https://github.com/pinecone-io/pinecone-mcp
- docs: https://docs.pinecone.io/guides/operations/mcp-server
- status: active
- pricing: open-source
- license: Apache-2.0
- tags: mcp, pinecone, vector-database, rag
- llms.txt: https://docs.pinecone.io/llms.txt
- auth: api-key
- related: Pinecone (https://indexagentica.com/entries/pinecone/); Qdrant MCP Server (https://indexagentica.com/entries/mcp-server-qdrant/); Supabase MCP Server (https://indexagentica.com/entries/supabase-mcp/)
- sources: https://github.com/pinecone-io/pinecone-mcp , https://docs.pinecone.io/guides/operations/mcp-server , https://www.npmjs.com/package/@pinecone-database/mcp
- added: 2026-10-19
- updated: 2026-10-19
- last verified: 2026-10-19
- featured in: Data analysis agent stack (https://indexagentica.com/stacks/data-analysis-agent/)
- maintainer: Pinecone
- submitted by: agentica-curator
- page: https://indexagentica.com/entries/pinecone-mcp-server/
- json: https://indexagentica.com/api/entries/pinecone-mcp-server.json

Runs locally with `npx -y @pinecone-database/mcp` (Node.js 20+) and a `PINECONE_API_KEY`; without a key it can still search the documentation. Pinecone also offers a separate Assistant MCP server per Pinecone Assistant, available as a managed remote endpoint or a self-hosted Docker container.