Pinecone for VS Code

Build, test, and operate Pinecone indexes and assistants directly inside VS Code.

Why install this extension?

• Manage Pinecone resources without leaving your editor.
• Use guided dialogs for index creation and configuration, backups/restores, querying, and data operations.
• Work with Assistants (chat, files, context/eval tools) in the same workspace.
• Run embeddings and reranking from the Inference Toolbox.

What you can do

Database workflows

• Browse organizations, projects, and indexes.
• Manage project API keys (list, create, and revoke).
• Create serverless indexes:
  • On Demand
    • Integrated embeddings
    • Bring-your-own-vectors (dense/sparse)
  • Dedicated Read Nodes (DRN, manual scaling)
• Configure index settings (tags, deletion protection, DRN settings).
• Query indexes with vector or text search (when integrated embeddings are enabled).
• Run Data Ops (upsert/fetch/update/delete/list vectors and imports).
• Manage namespaces.
• Create backups, restore backups, and monitor backup/restore jobs.

Assistant workflows

• Create, update, and delete assistants.
• Chat with streaming responses and citations.
• Upload files with metadata and multimodal options.
• Retrieve context from assistant.
• Evaluate assistant answers.

Inference workflows

• Generate embeddings.
• Rerank documents.

Project admin workflows

• Create, rename, and delete projects.
• Manage project API keys from each project node.

Screenshots

Explorer tree

Create index (BYOV + DRN)

Data operations

Inference Toolbox

Assistant chat with citations

Project API key management

Installation

From the VS Code Marketplace

1. Open Extensions (Cmd+Shift+X / Ctrl+Shift+X).
2. Search for Pinecone.
3. Install pinecone.pinecone-vscode.

From VSIX

1. Download the latest release .vsix.
2. Run Extensions: Install from VSIX....

Quick start

1. Open the Pinecone view in the Activity Bar.
2. Click Login with Pinecone.
3. Expand your organization/project.
4. Use Database and Assistant tree nodes for operations.
5. Right-click resources to open dialogs and actions.

How to use it

Primary navigation model

Most workflows are tree-context driven:

• Right-click project nodes for project management and API key operations.
• Right-click Database, indexes, namespaces, and backups for index operations.
• Right-click Assistant, assistant items, and Files for assistant operations.
• Use view title actions for global utility commands.

Command Palette usage

The palette is intentionally utility-focused:

• Pinecone: Login with Pinecone
• Pinecone: Logout
• Pinecone: Refresh
• Pinecone: Open Documentation

Operational commands are exposed from the explorer context menus and dialogs.

Requirements

• VS Code >= 1.85.0
• Pinecone account (app.pinecone.io)

Troubleshooting

• If actions are disabled, refresh the explorer and check the index tooltip/state.
• If authentication fails, run logout then login again.
• If data-plane requests fail in OAuth mode, verify project context by re-expanding the project node.

Documentation

• User + developer docs hub: Documentation Index
• UI screenshots gallery: UI Gallery
• Contributing guide: CONTRIBUTING.md
• Architecture: Architecture Overview
• API map: API Reference
• Testing standards: Testing Guide
• Debugging: Debugging Guide

Feedback

• Issues: GitHub Issues
• Pinecone docs: docs.pinecone.io

License

Apache-2.0