What it is
Pinecone is a fully managed vector database for semantic search and retrieval in AI apps, with dense, sparse and full-text indexes. It also offers inference, an Assistant product and Nexus, which compiles company data into governed knowledge for agents. Enterprise features include SSO, RBAC, customer-managed keys, private networking and SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA and ISO 27001 coverage. A free Starter plan is available.
MCP server
What an AI agent can do with it
- Read: search docs, list and describe indexes, search and rerank records
- Write: create indexes and upsert records
MCP docs · Verified 8 Oct 2026
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