docs

name	docs
description	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.

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.

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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.

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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 — 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

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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 — predictable low-latency performance at high query volumes	https://docs.pinecone.io/guides/index-data/dedicated-read-nodes

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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

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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) — document-schema FTS indexes with text / query_string / dense / sparse scoring	https://docs.pinecone.io/guides/search/full-text-search
Metadata filtering — narrow results and speed up searches	https://docs.pinecone.io/guides/search/filter-by-metadata

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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

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Production

Topic	URL
Production checklist — 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 — don't use index names in prod	https://docs.pinecone.io/guides/manage-data/target-an-index#target-by-index-host-recommended

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Data Formats

See references/data-formats.md for vector and record schemas.