Pinecone · Capability
Pinecone Assistant Data Plane API — Manage Assistants
Pinecone Assistant Data Plane API — Manage Assistants. 7 operations. Lead operation: Chat with an assistant. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one Pinecone business surface.
What You Can Do
POST
Chatassistant
— Chat with an assistant
/v1/chat/{assistant-name}
POST
Chatcompletionassistant
— Chat through an OpenAI-compatible interface
/v1/chat/{assistant-name}/chat/completions
POST
Contextassistant
— Retrieve context from an assistant
/v1/chat/{assistant-name}/context
GET
Listfiles
— List Files
/v1/files/{assistant-name}
POST
Uploadfile
— Upload file to assistant
/v1/files/{assistant-name}
GET
Describefile
— Describe a file upload
/v1/files/{assistant-name}/{assistant-file-id}
DELETE
Deletefile
— Delete an uploaded file
/v1/files/{assistant-name}/{assistant-file-id}
MCP Tools
chat-assistant
Chat with an assistant
chat-through-openai-compatible-interface
Chat through an OpenAI-compatible interface
retrieve-context-assistant
Retrieve context from an assistant
read-only
list-files
List Files
read-only
idempotent
upload-file-assistant
Upload file to assistant
describe-file-upload
Describe a file upload
read-only
idempotent
delete-uploaded-file
Delete an uploaded file
idempotent
Capability Spec
naftiko: 1.0.0-alpha2
info:
label: Pinecone Assistant Data Plane API — Manage Assistants
description: 'Pinecone Assistant Data Plane API — Manage Assistants. 7 operations. Lead operation: Chat with an assistant.
Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one Pinecone business surface.'
tags:
- Pinecone
- Manage Assistants
created: '2026-05-19'
modified: '2026-05-19'
binds:
- namespace: env
keys:
PINECONE_API_KEY: PINECONE_API_KEY
capability:
consumes:
- type: http
namespace: assistant-data-manage-assistants
baseUri: https://{assistant_host}
description: Pinecone Assistant Data Plane API — Manage Assistants business capability. Self-contained, no shared references.
resources:
- name: chat-assistant_name
path: /chat/{assistant_name}
operations:
- name: chatassistant
method: POST
description: Chat with an assistant
outputRawFormat: json
outputParameters:
- name: result
type: object
value: $.
inputParameters:
- name: X-Pinecone-Api-Version
in: header
type: string
description: Required date-based version header
required: true
- name: assistant_name
in: path
type: string
description: The name of the assistant to be described.
required: true
- name: body
in: body
type: object
description: Request body (JSON).
required: true
- name: chat-assistant_name-chat-completions
path: /chat/{assistant_name}/chat/completions
operations:
- name: chatcompletionassistant
method: POST
description: Chat through an OpenAI-compatible interface
outputRawFormat: json
outputParameters:
- name: result
type: object
value: $.
inputParameters:
- name: X-Pinecone-Api-Version
in: header
type: string
description: Required date-based version header
required: true
- name: assistant_name
in: path
type: string
description: The name of the assistant to be described.
required: true
- name: body
in: body
type: object
description: Request body (JSON).
required: true
- name: chat-assistant_name-context
path: /chat/{assistant_name}/context
operations:
- name: contextassistant
method: POST
description: Retrieve context from an assistant
outputRawFormat: json
outputParameters:
- name: result
type: object
value: $.
inputParameters:
- name: X-Pinecone-Api-Version
in: header
type: string
description: Required date-based version header
required: true
- name: assistant_name
in: path
type: string
description: The name of the assistant to be described.
required: true
- name: body
in: body
type: object
description: Request body (JSON).
required: true
- name: files-assistant_name
path: /files/{assistant_name}
operations:
- name: listfiles
method: GET
description: List Files
outputRawFormat: json
outputParameters:
- name: result
type: object
value: $.
inputParameters:
- name: X-Pinecone-Api-Version
in: header
type: string
description: Required date-based version header
required: true
- name: assistant_name
in: path
type: string
description: The name of the assistant to list files for.
required: true
- name: filter
in: query
type: string
description: Optional JSON-encoded metadata filter for files.
- name: uploadfile
method: POST
description: Upload file to assistant
outputRawFormat: json
outputParameters:
- name: result
type: object
value: $.
inputParameters:
- name: X-Pinecone-Api-Version
in: header
type: string
description: Required date-based version header
required: true
- name: assistant_name
in: path
type: string
description: The name of the assistant to upload files to.
required: true
- name: metadata
in: query
type: string
description: Optional JSON-encoded metadata for files.
- name: multimodal
in: query
type: string
description: Optional flag to opt in to multimodal file processing (PDFs only). Can be either `true` or `false`.
Default is `false`.
- name: body
in: body
type: object
description: Request body (JSON).
required: true
- name: files-assistant_name-assistant_file_id
path: /files/{assistant_name}/{assistant_file_id}
operations:
- name: describefile
method: GET
description: Describe a file upload
outputRawFormat: json
outputParameters:
- name: result
type: object
value: $.
inputParameters:
- name: X-Pinecone-Api-Version
in: header
type: string
description: Required date-based version header
required: true
- name: assistant_name
in: path
type: string
description: The name of the assistant to upload files to.
required: true
- name: assistant_file_id
in: path
type: string
description: The uuid of the file to be described.
required: true
- name: include_url
in: query
type: string
description: Include the signed URL of the file in the response.
- name: deletefile
method: DELETE
description: Delete an uploaded file
outputRawFormat: json
outputParameters:
- name: result
type: object
value: $.
inputParameters:
- name: X-Pinecone-Api-Version
in: header
type: string
description: Required date-based version header
required: true
- name: assistant_name
in: path
type: string
description: The name of the assistant to upload files to.
required: true
- name: assistant_file_id
in: path
type: string
description: The uuid of the file to be described.
required: true
authentication:
type: apikey
key: Api-Key
value: '{{env.PINECONE_API_KEY}}'
placement: header
exposes:
- type: rest
namespace: assistant-data-manage-assistants-rest
port: 8080
description: REST adapter for Pinecone Assistant Data Plane API — Manage Assistants. One Spectral-compliant resource per
consumed operation, prefixed with /v1.
resources:
- path: /v1/chat/{assistant-name}
name: chat-assistant-name
description: REST surface for chat-assistant_name.
operations:
- method: POST
name: chatassistant
description: Chat with an assistant
call: assistant-data-manage-assistants.chatassistant
with:
X-Pinecone-Api-Version: rest.X-Pinecone-Api-Version
assistant_name: rest.assistant_name
body: rest.body
outputParameters:
- type: object
mapping: $.
- path: /v1/chat/{assistant-name}/chat/completions
name: chat-assistant-name-chat-completions
description: REST surface for chat-assistant_name-chat-completions.
operations:
- method: POST
name: chatcompletionassistant
description: Chat through an OpenAI-compatible interface
call: assistant-data-manage-assistants.chatcompletionassistant
with:
X-Pinecone-Api-Version: rest.X-Pinecone-Api-Version
assistant_name: rest.assistant_name
body: rest.body
outputParameters:
- type: object
mapping: $.
- path: /v1/chat/{assistant-name}/context
name: chat-assistant-name-context
description: REST surface for chat-assistant_name-context.
operations:
- method: POST
name: contextassistant
description: Retrieve context from an assistant
call: assistant-data-manage-assistants.contextassistant
with:
X-Pinecone-Api-Version: rest.X-Pinecone-Api-Version
assistant_name: rest.assistant_name
body: rest.body
outputParameters:
- type: object
mapping: $.
- path: /v1/files/{assistant-name}
name: files-assistant-name
description: REST surface for files-assistant_name.
operations:
- method: GET
name: listfiles
description: List Files
call: assistant-data-manage-assistants.listfiles
with:
X-Pinecone-Api-Version: rest.X-Pinecone-Api-Version
assistant_name: rest.assistant_name
filter: rest.filter
outputParameters:
- type: object
mapping: $.
- method: POST
name: uploadfile
description: Upload file to assistant
call: assistant-data-manage-assistants.uploadfile
with:
X-Pinecone-Api-Version: rest.X-Pinecone-Api-Version
assistant_name: rest.assistant_name
metadata: rest.metadata
multimodal: rest.multimodal
body: rest.body
outputParameters:
- type: object
mapping: $.
- path: /v1/files/{assistant-name}/{assistant-file-id}
name: files-assistant-name-assistant-file-id
description: REST surface for files-assistant_name-assistant_file_id.
operations:
- method: GET
name: describefile
description: Describe a file upload
call: assistant-data-manage-assistants.describefile
with:
X-Pinecone-Api-Version: rest.X-Pinecone-Api-Version
assistant_name: rest.assistant_name
assistant_file_id: rest.assistant_file_id
include_url: rest.include_url
outputParameters:
- type: object
mapping: $.
- method: DELETE
name: deletefile
description: Delete an uploaded file
call: assistant-data-manage-assistants.deletefile
with:
X-Pinecone-Api-Version: rest.X-Pinecone-Api-Version
assistant_name: rest.assistant_name
assistant_file_id: rest.assistant_file_id
outputParameters:
- type: object
mapping: $.
- type: mcp
namespace: assistant-data-manage-assistants-mcp
port: 9090
transport: http
description: MCP adapter for Pinecone Assistant Data Plane API — Manage Assistants. One tool per consumed operation, routed
inline through this capability's consumes block.
tools:
- name: chat-assistant
description: Chat with an assistant
hints:
readOnly: false
destructive: false
idempotent: false
call: assistant-data-manage-assistants.chatassistant
with:
X-Pinecone-Api-Version: tools.X-Pinecone-Api-Version
assistant_name: tools.assistant_name
body: tools.body
outputParameters:
- type: object
mapping: $.
- name: chat-through-openai-compatible-interface
description: Chat through an OpenAI-compatible interface
hints:
readOnly: false
destructive: false
idempotent: false
call: assistant-data-manage-assistants.chatcompletionassistant
with:
X-Pinecone-Api-Version: tools.X-Pinecone-Api-Version
assistant_name: tools.assistant_name
body: tools.body
outputParameters:
- type: object
mapping: $.
- name: retrieve-context-assistant
description: Retrieve context from an assistant
hints:
readOnly: true
destructive: false
idempotent: false
call: assistant-data-manage-assistants.contextassistant
with:
X-Pinecone-Api-Version: tools.X-Pinecone-Api-Version
assistant_name: tools.assistant_name
body: tools.body
outputParameters:
- type: object
mapping: $.
- name: list-files
description: List Files
hints:
readOnly: true
destructive: false
idempotent: true
call: assistant-data-manage-assistants.listfiles
with:
X-Pinecone-Api-Version: tools.X-Pinecone-Api-Version
assistant_name: tools.assistant_name
filter: tools.filter
outputParameters:
- type: object
mapping: $.
- name: upload-file-assistant
description: Upload file to assistant
hints:
readOnly: false
destructive: false
idempotent: false
call: assistant-data-manage-assistants.uploadfile
with:
X-Pinecone-Api-Version: tools.X-Pinecone-Api-Version
assistant_name: tools.assistant_name
metadata: tools.metadata
multimodal: tools.multimodal
body: tools.body
outputParameters:
- type: object
mapping: $.
- name: describe-file-upload
description: Describe a file upload
hints:
readOnly: true
destructive: false
idempotent: true
call: assistant-data-manage-assistants.describefile
with:
X-Pinecone-Api-Version: tools.X-Pinecone-Api-Version
assistant_name: tools.assistant_name
assistant_file_id: tools.assistant_file_id
include_url: tools.include_url
outputParameters:
- type: object
mapping: $.
- name: delete-uploaded-file
description: Delete an uploaded file
hints:
readOnly: false
destructive: true
idempotent: true
call: assistant-data-manage-assistants.deletefile
with:
X-Pinecone-Api-Version: tools.X-Pinecone-Api-Version
assistant_name: tools.assistant_name
assistant_file_id: tools.assistant_file_id
outputParameters:
- type: object
mapping: $.