# Pinecone documentation

## Get started

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:::card{title="Database quickstart" href="/guides/get-started-quickstart" icon="database"}
Build semantic search and knowledge retrieval into your agent or app
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:::card{title="Assistant quickstart" href="/guides/get-started-assistant-quickstart-sdk-quickstart" icon="comments"}
Create an AI assistant that answers questions about your proprietary data
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:::card{title="Nexus quickstart" href="/guides/get-started-nexus-quickstart" icon="brain-circuit"}
Compile your data into a context and query it for grounded, cited answers
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## Build

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Use Pinecone with Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Cursor, and other agentic tools
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:::card{title="MCP server" href="/guides/operations-mcp-server" icon="server"}
Connect any MCP-compatible agent to Pinecone for search and index management
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:::card{title="API reference" href="/guides/apis-introduction" icon="code-simple"}
Comprehensive details about the Pinecone APIs, SDKs, and architecture
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:::card{title="Examples" href="/guides/examples-notebooks" icon="grid-round"}
Notebooks and sample apps with common AI patterns
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:::card{title="Integrations" href="/guides/connect-an-integration-overview" icon="link-simple"}
Third-party integrations for LangChain, LlamaIndex, and more
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:::card{title="Changelog" href="/guides/changelog-2026" icon="party-horn"}
What's new in Pinecone
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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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