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Set up Pinecone MCP in VS Code

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1

Locate the config file

VS Code reads MCP server configuration from the following file:

.vscode/settings.json → mcp section

Create this file if it does not already exist. For VS Code, this is inside your workspace .vscode/settings.json file under the mcp section.

2

Add the configuration

Add the following to your VS Code config file:

json
{
  "servers": {
    "pinecone-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pinecone-database/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PINECONE_API_KEY": "YOUR_PINECONE_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}
3

Set up environment variables

Pinecone MCP requires the following environment variables:

PINECONE_API_KEYRequired

Pinecone API key for authentication

4

Verify it works

Restart VS Code. 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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