# pinecone:query

> Claude/Codex skill by [@pinecone-io](https://omgskills.com/library/pinecone-io/index.md) · 69 stars · Updated 2026-09-09

Query integrated indexes using text with Pinecone MCP. IMPORTANT - This skill ONLY works with integrated indexes (indexes with built-in Pinecone embedding models like multilingual-e5-large). For standard indexes or advanced vector operations, use the pinecone:cli skill instead. Requires PINECONE\_API\_KEY environment variable and Pinecone MCP server to be configured.

Tags: anthropic-claude, claude-code, claude-code-plugin, claude-code-plugin-marketplace, hybrid-search, mcp, pinecone, retrieval-augmented-generation, semantic-search, skills, vector-database

## Install

```sh
git clone https://github.com/pinecone-io/pinecone-claude-code-plugin /tmp/pinecone-claude-code-plugin && ln -s /tmp/pinecone-claude-code-plugin/skills/query ~/.claude/skills/pinecone:query
```

## From README

Pinecone Query Skill Search for records in Pinecone integrated indexes using natural language text queries via the Pinecone MCP server. Whenever this skill asks the user to choose between options, confirm a destructive step, or pick from a list, use the AskUserQuestion tool rather than plain prose. Fall back to prose only if the tool is unavailable. What is this skill for? This skill provides a simple way to query integrated indexes (indexes with built-in Pinecone embedding models) using text queries. The MCP server automatically converts your text into embeddings and searches the index.

## Links

- HTML page: https://omgskills.com/library/pinecone-io/pinecone-claude-code-plugin/skills/query/
- GitHub: https://github.com/pinecone-io/pinecone-claude-code-plugin
- Author: [@pinecone-io](https://omgskills.com/library/pinecone-io/index.md)

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