# Create an assistant

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

:::code-group
```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: 2026-04" \
  -d '{
  "name": "example-assistant",
  "instructions": "Use American English for spelling and grammar.",
  "metadata": {"team": "customer-support", "version": "1.0"},
  "region":"us"
}'
```
:::

:::code-group
```json curl theme={null}
{
  "name": "example-assistant",
  "instructions": "Use American English for spelling and grammar.",
  "metadata": {"team": "customer-support", "version": "1.0"},
  "status": "Initializing",
  "host": "https://prod-1-data.ke.pinecone.io",
  "created_at": "2025-10-01T12:30:00Z",
  "updated_at": "2025-10-01T12:30:00Z"
}
```
:::

`POST /assistants`

#### Authorizations

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

#### Headers

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `X-Pinecone-Api-Version` | `string` | `2026-04` | Required date-based version header |

#### Body

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `name` | `string` | - | The name of the assistant. Resource name must be 1-63 characters long, start and end with an alphanumeric character, and consist only of lower case alphanumeric characters or -. Required string length: 1 - 63. Example: example-assistant |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `instructions?` | `string \| null` | - | Guidance applied to all responses generated by the assistant. Maximum 16 KB. Example: Answer questions with clear, helpful answers. Keep the tone friendly and easy to follow. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `metadata?` | `object` | - | Optional metadata associated with the assistant. Metadata is a JSON object that can store custom organizational data, tags, and attributes. Maximum size is 16KB. |

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

#### Response

`200` — Create request successful.

Describes the configuration and status of a Pinecone Assistant.

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `name` | `string` | - | The name of the assistant. Resource name must be 1-63 characters long, start and end with an alphanumeric character, and consist only of lower case alphanumeric characters or -. Required string length: 1 - 63. Example: example-assistant |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `instructions?` | `string \| null` | - | Guidance applied to all responses generated by the assistant. Example: Answer questions with clear, helpful answers. Keep the tone friendly and easy to follow. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `metadata?` | `object \| null` | - | Optional metadata associated with the assistant. Metadata is a JSON object that can store custom organizational data, tags, and attributes. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `status` | `string` | - | The current operational status of the assistant. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `host?` | `string` | - | The host where the assistant is deployed. Example: https://prod-1-data.ke.pinecone.io |

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

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `created_at?` | `string` | - | The timestamp when the assistant was created, in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ). Example: 2025-10-01T12:30:00.000Z |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `updated_at?` | `string` | - | The timestamp of the most recent update to the assistant, in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ). Example: 2025-10-01T12:45:00.000Z |

## 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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