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sync: skills update from pinecone-io/skills #9

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contextualize: adapt synced skills for Cursor plugin
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17 changes: 13 additions & 4 deletions skills/pinecone-help/SKILL.md
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Expand Up @@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ Pinecone is the leading vector database for building accurate and performant AI

Here's everything you need to get started and a summary of all available skills.

In Cursor **Agent** chat, invoke a skill by typing **`/`** and the skill name (for example **`/pinecone-n8n`**, **`/pinecone-help`**, or **`/pinecone-quickstart`**).

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## What You Need
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```
PINECONE_API_KEY=your-key
```
For terminal scripts you can also `export PINECONE_API_KEY="your-key"`.
For terminal-only scripts and shells that do not inherit your IDE environment, you can also `export PINECONE_API_KEY="your-key"`.

### Optional (unlock more capabilities)

| Tool | What it enables | Install |
|---|---|---|
| **Pinecone MCP server** | Use Pinecone directly inside your AI agent/IDE without writing code | [Setup guide](https://docs.pinecone.io/guides/operations/mcp-server#tools) |
| **Pinecone MCP server** | Use Pinecone directly inside Cursor (MCP) without writing code | [Setup guide](https://docs.pinecone.io/guides/operations/mcp-server#tools) |
| **Pinecone CLI (`pc`)** | Manage all index types from the terminal, batch operations, backups, CI/CD | `brew tap pinecone-io/tap && brew install pinecone-io/tap/pinecone` |
| **uv** | Run the packaged Python scripts included in these skills | [Install uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/) |

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| `pinecone-query` | Search integrated indexes using natural language text via the Pinecone MCP |
| `pinecone-cli` | Use the Pinecone CLI (`pc`) for terminal-based index and vector management |
| `pinecone-assistant` | Create, manage, and chat with Pinecone Assistants for document Q&A with citations |
| `pinecone-full-text-search` | Create, ingest into, and query a Pinecone full-text-search (FTS) index using the preview API |
| `pinecone-mcp` | Reference for all Pinecone MCP server tools and their parameters |
| `pinecone-full-text-search` | Build a full-text-search index — schema design, safe bulk ingestion, and query construction (`text` / `query_string` / dense / sparse scoring with text-match and metadata filters). **Preview API (`2026-01.alpha`); requires `pinecone` Python SDK ≥ 9.0.** |
| `pinecone-docs` | Curated links to official Pinecone documentation, organized by topic |
| `pinecone-n8n` | Build n8n workflows with the Pinecone Assistant node or Pinecone Vector Store node, including best practices and full workflow JSON generation |

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**Working with documents and Q&A?** → `pinecone-assistant`

**Building a full-text-search index (BM25, hybrid, schemas)?** → `pinecone-full-text-search`
**Building a full-text search index (BM25-style keyword/phrase matching, optionally combined with dense or sparse vectors)?** → `pinecone-full-text-search` (preview API, needs `pinecone` Python SDK ≥ 9.0)

**Building an n8n workflow with Pinecone (RAG pipeline, chat with docs)?** → `pinecone-n8n`

**Need to manage indexes, bulk upload vectors, or automate workflows?** → `pinecone-cli`

**Looking up API parameters or SDK usage?** → `pinecone-docs`

**Need to understand what MCP tools are available?** → `pinecone-mcp`

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*These skills are distributed as part of the [Pinecone Cursor plugin](https://github.com/pinecone-io/pinecone-cursor-plugin).*
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