# List assistants

For guidance and examples, see [Manage assistants](/guides/build-an-assistant-manage-assistants#list-assistants-for-a-project).

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

curl -X GET "https://api.pinecone.io/assistant/assistants" \
  -H "Api-Key: $PINECONE_API_KEY" \
  -H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2026-04"
```

```json curl theme={null}
{
  "assistants": [
    {
      "name": "example-assistant",
      "instructions": "Use American English for spelling and grammar.",
      "metadata": {"team": "customer-support", "version": "1.0"},
      "status": "Ready",
      "host": "https://prod-1-data.ke.pinecone.io",
      "created_at": "2025-10-01T12:30:00Z",
      "updated_at": "2025-10-01T12:45:00Z"
    }
  ]
}
```

`GET /assistants`

:::code-group
```bash title="cURL"
curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.pinecone.io/assistant/assistants \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'
```

```json title="200"
{
  "assistants": [
    {
      "name": "example-assistant",
      "instructions": "Answer questions with clear, helpful answers. Keep the tone friendly and easy to follow.",
      "metadata": {
        "role": "Customer Support Helper",
        "team": "Operations"
      },
      "status": "<string>",
      "host": "https://prod-1-data.ke.pinecone.io",
      "region": "<string>",
      "created_at": "2025-10-01T12:30:00.000Z",
      "updated_at": "2025-10-01T12:45:00.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "pagination": {
    "next": "dXNlcl9pZD11c2VyXzE="
  }
}
```
:::

## Authorizations

- `Authorization` (header, string, required) — Bearer authentication header of the form `Bearer <token>`.

## Query Parameters

- `limit` (query, integer) — Limit on the number of assistants to return. Default is 50. Minimum is 1. Maximum is 100.
- `pagination_token` (query, string) — Pagination token to continue a previous listing operation.

## Headers

- `X-Pinecone-Api-Version` (header, string, required) — Required date-based version header

## Response

- `200` — List all assistants in a project.
- `401` — Unauthorized. Possible causes: Invalid API key.
- `500` — Internal server error.

## 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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