4/22/2025 · Roy Miara, Avi Mizrahi
What this post added
This post introduces the capability for Pinecone Assistant to act as a remote Model Context Protocol (MCP) server. This allows AI agents to connect to Pinecone Assistant for contextual information retrieval without requiring the user to manage MCP server infrastructure. The post details the architecture, provides Python SDK examples for creating an assistant and uploading documents, and demonstrates integration with Langchain agents. It also outlines a workaround for using the remote MCP server with Claude Desktop via a local proxy.