# Assistant API reference

Use the [Assistant API](/guides/get-started-assistant-quickstart-sdk-quickstart) to upload documents, ask questions, and receive responses that reference your documents. This is known as [retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)](https://www.pinecone.io/learn/retrieval-augmented-generation/).

## SDK support

The following Pinecone SDKs support the Assistant API:

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## Versioning

The Assistant API is versioned to ensure that your applications continue to work as expected as the platform evolves. For more details, see [API versioning](/guides/apis-versioning) in the Pinecone Database documentation.

## Related pages

- [Account management](./account-management-index.md)
- [Admin](./admin-2-index.md)
- [Admin](./admin-index.md)
- [APIs](./apis-index.md)
- [Architecture](./architecture-index.md)
- [Assistants](./assistants-index.md)
- [Bring Your Own Cloud](./bring-your-own-cloud-index.md)
- [Build an assistant](./build-an-assistant-index.md)
- [Build an integration](./build-an-integration-index.md)
- [Changelog](./changelog-index.md)

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