# CLI

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Pinecone CLI quickstart for installing pc, authenticating, and managing indexes, vectors, and data imports directly from your terminal.
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:::card{title="CLI command reference" href="/guides/cli-command-reference"}
Complete Pinecone CLI command reference covering syntax, subcommands, flags, help output, and exit codes for auth, index, and project.
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:::card{title="CLI authentication" href="/guides/cli-authentication"}
Authenticate the Pinecone CLI using user login, service accounts, or API keys, including auth priority and Admin API access rules.
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:::card{title="CLI target context" href="/guides/cli-target-context"}
Set the Pinecone CLI target context with pc target to control which organization and project your commands run against, including in CI/CD and JSON mode.
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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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