Pinecone Assistant MCP Server
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:
- Make sure you have Rust installed (https://rustup.rs/)
 
- Clone this repository
 
- Run 
cargo build --release 
- The binary will be available at 
target/release/assistant-mcp 
Testing with the inspector
export PINECONE_API_KEY=<YOUR_PINECONE_API_KEY_HERE>
export PINECONE_ASSISTANT_HOST=<YOUR_PINECONE_ASSISTANT_HOST_HERE>
# Run the inspector alone
npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector cargo run
# Or run with Docker directly through the inspector
npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector -- docker run -i --rm -e PINECONE_API_KEY -e PINECONE_ASSISTANT_HOST pinecone/assistant-mcp
License
This project is licensed under the terms specified in the LICENSE file.