# Assistant Mcp

> Pinecone Assistant MCP server

- **Type:** MCP server
- **Install:** `agentstack add mcp-pinecone-io-assistant-mcp`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [pinecone-io](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/pinecone-io)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [AI & ML](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/ai-and-ml)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [pinecone-io](https://github.com/pinecone-io)
- **Source:** https://github.com/pinecone-io/assistant-mcp

## Install

```sh
agentstack add mcp-pinecone-io-assistant-mcp
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# 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](https://app.pinecone.io)
- 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:

```sh
docker build -t pinecone/assistant-mcp .
```

## Running with Docker

Run the server with your Pinecone API key:

```sh
docker run -i --rm \
  -e PINECONE_API_KEY= \
  -e PINECONE_ASSISTANT_HOST= \
  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`:

```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": "",
        "PINECONE_ASSISTANT_HOST": ""
      }
    }
  }
}
```

## 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=
export PINECONE_ASSISTANT_HOST=
# 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.

## Source & license

This open-source MCP server is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [pinecone-io](https://github.com/pinecone-io)
- **Source:** [pinecone-io/assistant-mcp](https://github.com/pinecone-io/assistant-mcp)
- **License:** MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/mcp-pinecone-io-assistant-mcp
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/pinecone-io
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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