# Chat with an assistant

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:::card{title="Chat through the standard interface" href="/guides/chat-with-an-assistant-chat-with-assistant"}
Chat with Pinecone Assistant through the standard interface with default, streaming, or JSON responses, plus citations and chat history support.
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:::card{title="Chat through the OpenAI-compatible interface" href="/guides/chat-with-an-assistant-chat-through-the-openai-compatible-interface"}
Chat with Pinecone Assistant using the OpenAI-compatible Chat Completion API for inline citations, streaming responses, and easy integration.
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## 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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