# pinecone-query

> Claude/Codex skill by [@pinecone-io](https://omgskills.com/library/pinecone-io/index.md) · 15 stars · Updated 2026-09-18

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: agent-skills, agents, pinecone, retrieval-augmented-generation, semantic-search, skills-sh

## Install

```sh
git clone https://github.com/pinecone-io/skills /tmp/skills && ln -s /tmp/skills/skills/pinecone-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. 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/skills/pinecone-query/
- GitHub: https://github.com/pinecone-io/skills
- Author: [@pinecone-io](https://omgskills.com/library/pinecone-io/index.md)

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