# \#pinecone-assistant **URL:** https://community.pinecone.io/tag/pinecone-assistant/84.md [Latest](https://community.pinecone.io/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.pinecone.io/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.pinecone.io/tags.md) --- ## [Best way to add in table data for assistant](https://community.pinecone.io/t/best-way-to-add-in-table-data-for-assistant/8457)
**Author:** [@dan1](https://community.pinecone.io/u/dan1)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2025, 5:30pm UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/best-way-to-add-in-table-data-for-assistant/8457 "2025-12-11T17:30:15Z")
Lets’s say you upload a scanned pdf (or not) which has tables (like a row of items) and sometimes using the chat isn’t the best. Would it be better to get the text of the PDF and insert the table row items as metadata? --- ## [Why my Token in Pinecone Assistance is not reset?](https://community.pinecone.io/t/why-my-token-in-pinecone-assistance-is-not-reset/8484)
**Author:** [@taspon.edu](https://community.pinecone.io/u/taspon.edu)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2025, 12:37pm UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/why-my-token-in-pinecone-assistance-is-not-reset/8484 "2025-11-25T12:37:54Z")
Hello , I am new to using Pinecone here. Last month around October , I using Pinecone Free tier to testing my RAG Engine and using 1.5 Input token which is reaching limit. Then I upgrade to standard tier and continue tes… --- ## [Rasterized PDF failed to upload](https://community.pinecone.io/t/rasterized-pdf-failed-to-upload/8442)
**Author:** [@dan1](https://community.pinecone.io/u/dan1)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2025, 3:05pm UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/rasterized-pdf-failed-to-upload/8442 "2025-11-07T15:05:51Z")
I have a PDF file that is 20 pages and under 10MB (I am on Standard plan).. and no matter what.. it says Processing failed. If this assistant thing is not the best way… what is the best way to upload these scanned PD… --- ## [Assistant list files filter not working](https://community.pinecone.io/t/assistant-list-files-filter-not-working/8439)
**Author:** [@ikaroisdm](https://community.pinecone.io/u/ikaroisdm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2025, 2:15pm UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/assistant-list-files-filter-not-working/8439 "2025-11-04T14:15:08Z")
Im using pinecone assistant and I have more than 1400 files uploaded to it, when I try to run assistant.listFiles with a filter inside it returns 1400 files instead of the ones I’ve filtered, no type of filtering works, … --- ## [Join Pinecone Office Hours, this Friday on Zoom](https://community.pinecone.io/t/join-pinecone-office-hours-this-friday-on-zoom/8431)
**Author:** [@jocelyn](https://community.pinecone.io/u/jocelyn)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2025, 7:23pm UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/join-pinecone-office-hours-this-friday-on-zoom/8431 "2025-10-21T19:23:02Z")
What are you up to this Friday? Don’t miss Pinecone Office Hours on Zoom! Deets below :backhand\_index\_pointing\_down: → Register: Webinar Registration - Zoom Have questions or need help launching your projects? Drop … --- ## [Delete Assistant File via API SDK/WEBHOOK](https://community.pinecone.io/t/delete-assistant-file-via-api-sdk-webhook/8427)
**Author:** [@biyikgokhan](https://community.pinecone.io/u/biyikgokhan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2025, 1:42pm UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/delete-assistant-file-via-api-sdk-webhook/8427 "2025-10-16T13:42:54Z")
I can upload a file to an assistant through n8n webhook, I record the fileID (pineconeID), but I cannot delete the file. I’ve tried n8n webhook and SDK with CURSOR on high reasoning. Always failing in file deletion. I t… --- ## [Duplicate Prometheus metrics](https://community.pinecone.io/t/duplicate-prometheus-metrics/8422)
**Author:** [@tpispirigkos](https://community.pinecone.io/u/tpispirigkos)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2025, 9:38am UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/duplicate-prometheus-metrics/8422 "2025-10-14T09:38:44Z")
When I set up the Prometheus http\_sd\_configs i get the Prometheus PrometheusDuplicateTimestamps alert. When i request the metrics manually, i can see that the same metrics with the same value are reported multiple times. … --- ## [Pinecone API error: (400) Reason: Bad Request HTTP response headers](https://community.pinecone.io/t/pinecone-api-error-400-reason-bad-request-http-response-headers/5933)
**Author:** [@btejasri1996](https://community.pinecone.io/u/btejasri1996)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2025, 6:43am UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/pinecone-api-error-400-reason-bad-request-http-response-headers/5933 "2025-10-14T06:43:41Z")
Hi, I am getting an error when using Pinecone and Streamlit. The error message is as follows: Pinecone API error: (400) Reason: Bad Request HTTP response headers: HTTPHeaderDict({‘Date’: ‘Wed, 12 Jun 2024 22:03:59 GMT’, … --- ## [Failed to upload PDF file in Pinecone Assistant](https://community.pinecone.io/t/failed-to-upload-pdf-file-in-pinecone-assistant/8412)
**Author:** [@nerstuff24](https://community.pinecone.io/u/nerstuff24)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2025, 11:37pm UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/failed-to-upload-pdf-file-in-pinecone-assistant/8412 "2025-10-13T23:37:18Z")
Hello community, I’m new here. I want to ask about uploading my PDF file. Why does it keep failing? My PDF has been compressed to 3 MB. Can anyone help? Thank you. --- ## [ForbiddenException: Terms of service not accepted. Please accept via the console](https://community.pinecone.io/t/forbiddenexception-terms-of-service-not-accepted-please-accept-via-the-console/7766)
**Author:** [@anindyamitra2002](https://community.pinecone.io/u/anindyamitra2002)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2025, 10:01pm UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/forbiddenexception-terms-of-service-not-accepted-please-accept-via-the-console/7766 "2025-09-17T22:01:45Z")
Suddenly got this error (with the same code It was running properly before). I can even access my assistant from the Console. I have tried a new a/c and a new API key. But got the same error. pinecone\_plugins.assistant.… --- ## [Can I configure prompts using Pinecone Assistant?](https://community.pinecone.io/t/can-i-configure-prompts-using-pinecone-assistant/6641)
**Author:** [@dandur](https://community.pinecone.io/u/dandur)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2025, 1:46pm UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/can-i-configure-prompts-using-pinecone-assistant/6641 "2025-09-12T13:46:25Z")
I was able to use pinecone assistant quickly to search content from the documents i have uploaded. How do i allow other users to access the Assistant i have created and am I allowed to use Prompts using Pinecone Assista… --- ## [Assistants Hourly Count cost](https://community.pinecone.io/t/assistants-hourly-count-cost/6720)
**Author:** [@seodevse](https://community.pinecone.io/u/seodevse)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2025, 4:32am UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/assistants-hourly-count-cost/6720 "2025-07-18T04:32:02Z")
Got a bill of $21 for 2526 qty of Assistants Hourly Count. I used two assistants for 2 hours in the Playground then left them there for a month. Is the “Assistants Hourly Count” also including inactive hours? Seems very… --- ## [Why is signed\_url always "null"?](https://community.pinecone.io/t/why-is-signed-url-always-null/8240)
**Author:** [@kyleheney](https://community.pinecone.io/u/kyleheney)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2025, 12:12pm UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/why-is-signed-url-always-null/8240 "2025-07-17T12:12:39Z")
I’m using Pinecone inside a Glide app, using Glide’s Call API feature. I’ve been able to pull in the list of files stored in my Assistant, including the files’ names, size, and file\_ID. Now though, I need to pull in the … --- ## [Excessive Input Token Usage in Pinecone Assistant Queries and Cost Concerns](https://community.pinecone.io/t/excessive-input-token-usage-in-pinecone-assistant-queries-and-cost-concerns/7503)
**Author:** [@info12](https://community.pinecone.io/u/info12)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2025, 7:18pm UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/excessive-input-token-usage-in-pinecone-assistant-queries-and-cost-concerns/7503 "2025-07-16T19:18:11Z")
I am exploring Pinecone Assistant for a specific use case and uploaded 5 files, each approximately 5 KB in size, containing around 3,000 characters per file. When I query using the Assistant console, I noticed that the … --- ## [Need Help Configuring Upsert with PineconeVector in n8n](https://community.pinecone.io/t/need-help-configuring-upsert-with-pineconevector-in-n8n/8162)
**Author:** [@chathuranga](https://community.pinecone.io/u/chathuranga)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2025, 2:30pm UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/need-help-configuring-upsert-with-pineconevector-in-n8n/8162 "2025-07-11T14:30:05Z")
Hi everyone, I’m facing an issue when using Google Sheets to input values into Pinecone. I’m using an n8n workflow to execute the process. With the PineconeVector node, I’m able to insert values into the database, but I … --- ## [Processing PDF's into Assistant starts throwing OCR error](https://community.pinecone.io/t/processing-pdfs-into-assistant-starts-throwing-ocr-error/8211)
**Author:** [@agentgill](https://community.pinecone.io/u/agentgill)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2025, 6:36pm UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/processing-pdfs-into-assistant-starts-throwing-ocr-error/8211 "2025-07-09T18:36:29Z")
We have a python script which loads files locally stored PDF’s into a pinecone assistant - nothing too clever . After what appears to be a random number of API calls and PDFs uploaded successfully, it starts to throw th… --- ## [Model in assistant chat costing](https://community.pinecone.io/t/model-in-assistant-chat-costing/8206)
**Author:** [@agentgill](https://community.pinecone.io/u/agentgill)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2025, 3:58pm UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/model-in-assistant-chat-costing/8206 "2025-07-04T15:58:00Z")
I’m trying to understand if the cost associated with this falls under Pinecone or OpenAI. Is the GPT-4o cost part of Pinecone or external? const contextResponse = await this.assistant.chat({ messages: \[{ … --- ## [Accessing Context API usage via MCP server/client](https://community.pinecone.io/t/accessing-context-api-usage-via-mcp-server-client/8159)
**Author:** [@arubasak](https://community.pinecone.io/u/arubasak)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2025, 12:15pm UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/accessing-context-api-usage-via-mcp-server-client/8159 "2025-06-24T12:15:05Z")
Am I the only one who feels that the Context API is not hallucination-free while we use it through accessing of MCP server/client versus far accurate answers with direct usage of the Pinecone Assistant client? I was usi… --- ## [Add namespaces feature to assistant; add info about chosen chuck size, embedding, etc](https://community.pinecone.io/t/add-namespaces-feature-to-assistant-add-info-about-chosen-chuck-size-embedding-etc/8021)
**Author:** [@raphael.gugger](https://community.pinecone.io/u/raphael.gugger)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 10:15am UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/add-namespaces-feature-to-assistant-add-info-about-chosen-chuck-size-embedding-etc/8021 "2025-06-23T10:15:23Z")
Hi folks, I find the Pinecone assistant super useful to start out with a use case. Great job! What I dearly miss is the possibility to test namespaces with the assistant. Example: If my use case involves three clients … --- ## [Why is Pinecone Assistant so expensive? Any tips to reduce the cost?](https://community.pinecone.io/t/why-is-pinecone-assistant-so-expensive-any-tips-to-reduce-the-cost/8111)
**Author:** [@butiktakicom](https://community.pinecone.io/u/butiktakicom)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2025, 2:25pm UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/why-is-pinecone-assistant-so-expensive-any-tips-to-reduce-the-cost/8111 "2025-06-19T14:25:32Z")
I’ve been building an AI assistant using Pinecone and love the capabilities it offers, especially for RAG-based applications. However, the pricing for Pinecone Assistant is surprisingly high — much higher than I expected… --- ## [Pinecone Assistant - chatStream topk and snippet\_size](https://community.pinecone.io/t/pinecone-assistant-chatstream-topk-and-snippet-size/8065)
**Author:** [@idgonzabr](https://community.pinecone.io/u/idgonzabr)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2025, 3:16am UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/pinecone-assistant-chatstream-topk-and-snippet-size/8065 "2025-06-09T03:16:07Z")
Hi everyone, I’m trying to limit how much context the Assistant sends to the LLM because the defaults (top\_k = 16, snippet\_size ~2000) are just too expensive for my use case. The documentation under “Control the context… --- ## [Building an AI-Powered Discord Bot with Railway and Pinecone](https://community.pinecone.io/t/building-an-ai-powered-discord-bot-with-railway-and-pinecone/8090)
**Author:** [@GreenFlux](https://community.pinecone.io/u/GreenFlux)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2025, 1:49pm UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/building-an-ai-powered-discord-bot-with-railway-and-pinecone/8090 "2025-06-04T13:49:38Z")
Hey everyone, I wanted to share a guide I wrote on using a Pinecone assistant to power a Discord bot hosted on Railway.com. I chose Pinecone because the assistant API is much easier to use than OpenAI’s assistants, si… --- ## [Cost Estimation for Using Pinecone Assistant (Storage + Context Tokens + Hourly Rate Only)](https://community.pinecone.io/t/cost-estimation-for-using-pinecone-assistant-storage-context-tokens-hourly-rate-only/7997)
**Author:** [@gauravmindzk](https://community.pinecone.io/u/gauravmindzk)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2025, 4:28am UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/cost-estimation-for-using-pinecone-assistant-storage-context-tokens-hourly-rate-only/7997 "2025-05-27T04:28:35Z")
Hi Pinecone Team, We’re currently developing a chatbot for a customer and plan to integrate Pinecone Assistant MCP server along with our own GPT-4o-mini-powered agent (for final answers). We’ve completed a prototype usi… --- ## [Pinecone Assistant - Inconsistent Answers](https://community.pinecone.io/t/pinecone-assistant-inconsistent-answers/8038)
**Author:** [@mim](https://community.pinecone.io/u/mim)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2025, 1:52pm UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/pinecone-assistant-inconsistent-answers/8038 "2025-05-22T13:52:12Z")
Hi there, I created a Pinecone Assistant for a set of ~ 1000 reports. The reports are in JSON format and small (~5kb each) and each includes the same 15 fields e.g. a Headline, Summary, Keywords, Dates, and Citations/R… --- ## [Assistant Metadata limit 40KB or 1KB?](https://community.pinecone.io/t/assistant-metadata-limit-40kb-or-1kb/8014)
**Author:** [@ankur.kumar](https://community.pinecone.io/u/ankur.kumar)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/assistant-metadata-limit-40kb-or-1kb/8014 "2025-05-20T16:27:11Z")
Howdy, in the docs it states that: “Pinecone Assistant supports 40KB of metadata per file.” However, when adding metadata, I’m getting back: {"code":"INVALID\_ARGUMENT","message":"Metadata failed validation: Metadata siz… --- ## [Is there a way to filter out duplicate vectors if i upload the same document twice?](https://community.pinecone.io/t/is-there-a-way-to-filter-out-duplicate-vectors-if-i-upload-the-same-document-twice/2474)
**Author:** [@balaji](https://community.pinecone.io/u/balaji)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2025, 10:18am UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/is-there-a-way-to-filter-out-duplicate-vectors-if-i-upload-the-same-document-twice/2474 "2025-05-20T10:18:18Z")
Hi, We are currently using Pinecone for our customer-facing application. However, we have noticed that the size of the index keeps increasing when we repeatedly ingest the same data into the vector store. Here is the co… --- ## [How to create Pinecone MCP server in JS?](https://community.pinecone.io/t/how-to-create-pinecone-mcp-server-in-js/7962)
**Author:** [@gauravmindzk](https://community.pinecone.io/u/gauravmindzk)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 5:06am UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/how-to-create-pinecone-mcp-server-in-js/7962 "2025-05-15T05:06:27Z")
the documentation only has integration guide in python. is it possible to have a similar setup in javascript ( nodejs ) ? --- ## [I want to connect the assistant with the database](https://community.pinecone.io/t/i-want-to-connect-the-assistant-with-the-database/7976)
**Author:** [@bermaneyal](https://community.pinecone.io/u/bermaneyal)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2025, 7:30pm UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/i-want-to-connect-the-assistant-with-the-database/7976 "2025-05-13T19:30:21Z")
i have a database with embeded data. i want to add an assitans that will use that db as data --- ## [Accessing Assistant using Open AI chat API](https://community.pinecone.io/t/accessing-assistant-using-open-ai-chat-api/7899)
**Author:** [@jocelyn](https://community.pinecone.io/u/jocelyn)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2025, 8:08pm UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/accessing-assistant-using-open-ai-chat-api/7899 "2025-04-25T20:08:10Z")
:waving\_hand: Jocelyn here, community manager – Received this question from a community member and sharing the answer here as its helplful- feel free to weigh in with your own experiences! Hi. I’m unclear on if I crea… --- ## [Pinecone assistant vs pinecone DB](https://community.pinecone.io/t/pinecone-assistant-vs-pinecone-db/7898)
**Author:** [@ai15](https://community.pinecone.io/u/ai15)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2025, 6:02pm UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/pinecone-assistant-vs-pinecone-db/7898 "2025-04-25T18:02:31Z")
I am trying to understand the difference between the assistant and main vector DB I started off creating a db in the main and then learned about the assistant Uploading the files without having to go through multiple s… [Next page](https://community.pinecone.io/tag/pinecone-assistant/84.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=pinecone-assistant)