Create an assistant
For guidance and examples, see Create an assistant
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"
}'{
"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
Section titled “Authorizations”Api-KeystringrequiredPinecone API Key
Headers
Section titled “Headers”X-Pinecone-Api-VersionstringrequiredRequired date-based version header
The desired configuration to create an assistant.
namestringrequiredThe 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
instructions?string | nullGuidance 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.
metadata?objectOptional metadata associated with the assistant. Metadata is a JSON object that can store custom organizational data, tags, and attributes. Maximum size is 16KB.
region?stringThe region to deploy the assistant in. Our current options are either us or eu. Defaults to us.
Response
Section titled “Response”200 — Create request successful.
Describes the configuration and status of a Pinecone Assistant.
namestringrequiredThe 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
instructions?string | nullGuidance applied to all responses generated by the assistant.
Example: Answer questions with clear, helpful answers. Keep the tone friendly and easy to follow.
metadata?object | nullOptional metadata associated with the assistant. Metadata is a JSON object that can store custom organizational data, tags, and attributes.
statusstringrequiredThe current operational status of the assistant.
host?stringThe host where the assistant is deployed.
Example: https://prod-1-data.ke.pinecone.io
region?stringThe region where the assistant is deployed.
created_at?stringThe timestamp when the assistant was created, in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ).
Example: 2025-10-01T12:30:00.000Z
updated_at?stringThe 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