Set up Pinecone MCP in Continue

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Locate the config file

Continue reads MCP server configuration from the following file:

~/.continue/config.yaml

Create this file if it does not already exist.

Add the configuration

Add the following to your Continue config file:

yaml

mcpServers:
  - name: pinecone-mcp
    command: npx
    args:
      - -y
      - @pinecone-database/mcp
    env:
      PINECONE_API_KEY: YOUR_PINECONE_API_KEY

Set up environment variables

Pinecone MCP requires the following environment variables:

PINECONE_API_KEYRequired

Pinecone API key for authentication

Verify it works

Restart Continue. Pinecone MCP should appear in your MCP server list with 7 tools available.

This server adds approximately 3,605 tokens to your context window for tool definitions.

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