For guidance and examples, see [Create an assistant](/guides/build-an-assistant-create-assistant)

:::code-group
```python Python theme={null}
# To use the Python SDK, install the plugin:
# pip install --upgrade pinecone pinecone-plugin-assistant

from pinecone import Pinecone

pc = Pinecone(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")

assistant = pc.assistant.create_assistant(
    assistant_name="example-assistant",
    instructions="Use American English for spelling and grammar.",
    region="us", # Region to deploy assistant. Options: "us" (default) or "eu".
    timeout=30 # Maximum seconds to wait for assistant status to become "Ready" before timing out.
)
```

```javascript JavaScript theme={null}
import { Pinecone } from '@pinecone-database/pinecone';

const pc = new Pinecone({ apiKey: 'YOUR_API_KEY' });

const assistant = await pc.createAssistant({
  name: 'example-assistant',
  instructions: 'Use American English for spelling and grammar.',
  region: 'us'
});
```

```bash curl theme={null}
PINECONE_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"

curl "https://api.pinecone.io/assistant/assistants" \
  -H "Api-Key: $PINECONE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2025-04" \
  -d '{
  "name": "example-assistant",
  "instructions": "Use American English for spelling and grammar.",
  "region":"us"
}'
```
:::

`POST /assistants`

:::code-group
```json title="200"
{
  "name": "example-assistant",
  "instructions": "<string>",
  "metadata": {},
  "status": "Initializing",
  "host": "<string>",
  "created_at": "<string>",
  "updated_at": "<string>"
}
```

```json title="400"
{
  "error": {
    "code": "INVALID_ARGUMENT",
    "message": "Uploaded file can only currently be either a pdf or txt file"
  },
  "status": 400
}
```

```json title="401"
{
  "error": {
    "code": "UNAUTHENTICATED",
    "message": "Invalid API key."
  },
  "status": 401
}
```

```json title="429"
{
  "error": {
    "code": "QUOTA_EXCEEDED",
    "message": "The index exceeds the project quota of 5 pods by 2 pods. Upgrade your account or change the project settings to increase the quota."
  },
  "status": 429
}
```

```json title="500"
{
  "error": {
    "code": "UNKNOWN",
    "message": "Internal server error"
  },
  "status": 500
}
```
:::

#### Authorizations

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `Api-Key` | `string` | - | Pinecone API Key |

#### Body

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `name` | `string` | - | The name of the assistant. Resource name must be 1-45 characters long, start and end with an alphanumeric character, and consist only of lower case alphanumeric characters or '-'. Required string length: 1 - 45. Example: example-assistant |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `instructions?` | `string \| null` | - | Description or directive for the assistant to apply to all responses. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `metadata?` | `object` | - |  |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `region?` | `enum<string>` | - | The region to deploy the assistant in. Our current options are either us or eu. Defaults to us. Available options: us, eu |

#### Response

`200` — Create request successful.

The AssistantModel describes the configuration and status of a Pinecone Assistant.

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `name` | `string` | - | The name of the assistant. Resource name must be 1-45 characters long, start and end with an alphanumeric character, and consist only of lower case alphanumeric characters or '-'. Required string length: 1 - 45. Example: example-assistant |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `instructions?` | `string \| null` | - | Description or directive for the assistant to apply to all responses. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `metadata?` | `object \| null` | - |  |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `status` | `enum<string>` | - | Available options: Initializing, Failed, Ready, Terminating, InitializationFailed |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `host?` | `string` | - | The host where the assistant is deployed. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `created_at?` | `string` | - |  |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `updated_at?` | `string` | - |  |

## 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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