This page shows you how to create a project.

If you are an [organization owner or organization manager](/guides/admin-assistant-organizations-overview#organization-roles), you can create a project in your organization:

:::::tabs
::::tab{title="Pinecone console"}
1. In the Pinecone console, go to [**your profile > Organization settings > Projects**](https://app.pinecone.io/organizations/-/settings/projects).

2. Click **+ Create Project**.

3. Enter a **Name**.

   :::callout{intent="note"}
   A project name can contain up to 512 characters. For more information, see [Object identifiers](/guides/apis-database-limits-identifier-limits).
   :::

4. (Optional) Tags are key-value pairs that you can use to categorize and identify the project. To add a tag, click **+ Add tag** and enter a tag key and value.

5. (Optional) Select **Encrypt with Customer Managed Encryption Key**. For more information, see [Configure CMEK](/guides/move-to-production-configure-cmek).

6. Click **Create project**.

   To load an index with a [sample dataset](/guides/get-started-data-use-sample-datasets), click **Load sample data** and follow the prompts.

:::callout{intent="note"}
The number of projects per organization varies by plan—see [Projects per organization](/guides/apis-database-limits-object-limits). To create additional projects, [upgrade your plan](/guides/admin-assistant-upgrade-billing-plan).
:::
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::::tab{title="Code"}
:::callout{intent="note"}
An [access token](/guides/admin-assistant-manage-organization-service-accounts#retrieve-an-access-token) must be provided to complete this action through the Admin API. The Admin API is in [public preview](/guides/changelog-feature-availability).
:::

:::code-group
```bash curl theme={null}
PINECONE_ACCESS_TOKEN="YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN"

curl "https://api.pinecone.io/admin/projects" \
    -H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2026-07" \
	-H "Authorization: Bearer $PINECONE_ACCESS_TOKEN" \
	-d '{
          "name":"example-project"
        }'
```

```bash CLI theme={null}
# Target the organization for which you want to 
# create a project.
pc target -o "example-org"
# Create the project and set it as the target 
# project for the CLI.
pc project create -n "example-project" --target
```
:::

The example returns a response like the following:

:::code-group
```json curl theme={null}
{
  "id": "32c8235a-5220-4a80-a9f1-69c24109e6f2",
  "name": "example-project",
  "max_pods": 0,
  "force_encryption_with_cmek": false,
  "organization_id": "-NM7af6f234168c4e44a",
  "created_at": "2025-03-16T22:46:45.030Z"
}
```

```text CLI theme={null}
[SUCCESS] Project example-cli-project created successfully.

ATTRIBUTE           VALUE
Name                example-project
ID                  32c8235a-5220-4a80-a9f1-69c24109e6f2
Organization ID     -NM7af6f234168c4e44a
Created At          2025-10-27 23:27:46.370088 +0000 UTC
Force Encryption    false
Max Pods            5

[SUCCESS] Target project set to example-cli-project
```
:::
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## Next steps

- [Add users to your project](/guides/admin-assistant-manage-project-members#add-members-to-a-project)
- [Create an assistant](/guides/build-an-assistant-create-assistant)

## Related pages

- [Understanding projects](./admin-projects-understanding-projects.md)
- [Create a project](./admin-projects-create-a-project.md)
- [Manage projects](./admin-projects-manage-projects.md)
- [Manage project members](./admin-projects-manage-project-members.md)
- [Manage API keys](./admin-projects-manage-api-keys.md)
- [Manage service accounts at the project-level](./admin-projects-manage-service-accounts.md)
- [Projects overview](./admin-assistant-projects-overview.md)
- [Manage projects](./admin-assistant-manage-projects.md)
- [Manage project members](./admin-assistant-manage-project-members.md)
- [Manage API keys](./admin-assistant-manage-api-keys.md)

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