How to integrate Pinecone MCP with Hermes

Hermes is a 24/7 autonomous agent that lives on your computer or server — it remembers what it learns and evolves as your usage grows. This guide explains the easiest and most robust way to connect your Pinecone account to Hermes. You can do this through either Composio Connect CLI or Composio Connect MCP. For personal use we recommend the CLI, but you won't go wrong with MCP either.

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Introduction

Hermes is a 24/7 autonomous agent that lives on your computer or server — it remembers what it learns and evolves as your usage grows.

This guide explains the easiest and most robust way to connect your Pinecone account to Hermes. You can do this through either Composio Connect CLI or Composio Connect MCP. For personal use we recommend the CLI, but you won't go wrong with MCP either.

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What is Composio Connect?

Composio Connect is a consumer offering that lets anyone plug 1,000+ applications directly into their agent harness — including Hermes. It can:

  • Search and load tools from relevant toolkits on-demand, reducing context usage.
  • Chain multiple tools to accomplish complex workflows via a remote workbench, without excessive back-and-forth with the LLM.
  • Manage app authentication end-to-end with zero manual overhead.

Integrating Pinecone with Hermes

Using Composio Connect CLI

1. Install the Composio CLI

Run the install script directly, or paste https://composio.dev/hermes into your Hermes chat box to have it installed for you.

bash
curl -fsSL https://composio.dev/install | bash
Hermes authenticating with Composio

2. Authenticate

Once the CLI is installed, ask Hermes to authenticate with Composio.

3. Connect to Pinecone

Ask your agent to connect to Pinecone, or simply request any Pinecone-related task. Hermes will prompt you to authenticate and authorize access.

4. Done. You're all set with a new Pinecone connection.


Using Composio Connect MCP

1. Get your MCP URL and API Key

Go to dashboard.composio.dev and copy your Connect MCP URL and API key.

Copy MCP URL and API key from Composio dashboard

2. Open the Hermes config file

bash
nano ~/.hermes/config.yaml

3. Add the Composio Connect MCP server

bash
mcp_servers:
  composio:
    url: "https://connect.composio.dev/mcp"
    headers:
      x-consumer-api-key: "YOUR_COMPOSIO_API_KEY"
    connect_timeout: 60
    timeout: 180

Save with Ctrl + O, Enter, then exit with Ctrl + X.

4. Restart your Hermes agent

Once restarted, ask your agent to connect to Pinecone or request any Pinecone-related task. It will prompt you to authenticate and authorize access.

5. Done!

What is the Pinecone MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The Pinecone MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Pinecone account. It provides structured and secure access so your agent can perform Pinecone operations on your behalf.

Way Forward

With Pinecone connected, Hermes can now act on your behalf whenever it detects a relevant task or you ask it to.

From here, you can extend Hermes further:

  • Connect more apps: Calendar, Slack, Notion, Linear, and hundreds of others are available through the same Composio Connect setup. Each new integration compounds what Hermes can do for you.
  • Build workflows across tools: Once multiple apps are connected, Hermes can chain actions together — turn an email into a calendar invite, a Slack message into a Linear ticket, or a meeting note into a follow-up draft.
  • Let it learn your patterns: The more you use Hermes, the better it gets at anticipating how you'd handle recurring tasks. Give it feedback on drafts and decisions, and it will adapt.

If you run into trouble or want to share what you've built, join the community or check out the Docs for deeper configuration options.

TOOLS

Supported Tools

Every Pinecone action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Cancel Bulk Import

Tool to cancel a bulk import operation in Pinecone.

Configure Index

Tool to configure an existing Pinecone index, including pod type, replicas, deletion protection, and tags.

Create Backup

Tool to create a backup of a Pinecone index for disaster recovery and version control.

Create Index

Tool to create a Pinecone index with specified configuration.

Create Index with Embedding Model

Tool to create a Pinecone index with integrated embedding model for automatic vectorization.

Create Index from Backup

Tool to create an index from a backup.

Create Namespace

Tool to create a namespace within a serverless Pinecone index.

Delete Index

Tool to permanently delete a Pinecone index.

Delete Namespace

Tool to permanently delete a namespace from a serverless index.

Describe Backup

Tool to retrieve detailed information about a specific backup.

Describe Bulk Import

Tool to describe a specific bulk import operation in Pinecone.

Describe Index Stats

Tool to get index statistics including vector count per namespace, dimensions, and fullness.

Describe Restore Job

Tool to get detailed information about a specific restore job in Pinecone.

Generate Embeddings

Tool to generate vector embeddings for input text using Pinecone's hosted embedding models.

Get Model Information

Tool to retrieve detailed information about a specific model hosted by Pinecone.

List Bulk Imports

Tool to list all recent and ongoing bulk import operations in Pinecone.

List Collections

Tool to list all collections in a Pinecone project (pod-based indexes only).

List Index Backups

Tool to list all backups for a specific Pinecone index.

List Indexes

Tool to list all indexes in a Pinecone project.

List Available Models

Tool to list all available embedding and reranking models hosted by Pinecone.

List Namespaces

Tool to list all namespaces in a serverless Pinecone index.

List Project Backups

Tool to list all backups for indexes in a Pinecone project.

List Restore Jobs

Tool to list all restore jobs for a project with pagination support.

List Vectors

Tool to list vector IDs in a Pinecone serverless index.

Query Vectors

Tool to perform semantic search within a Pinecone index using a query vector.

Rerank Documents

Tool to rerank documents by semantic relevance to a query.

Search Records in Namespace

Tool to search records within a Pinecone namespace using text, vector, or ID query.

Start Bulk Import

Tool to start an asynchronous bulk import of vectors from object storage (S3, GCS, or Azure Blob Storage) into a Pinecone index.

Update Vector

Tool to update a vector in Pinecone by ID.

Upsert Records to Namespace

Tool to upsert text records into a Pinecone namespace.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

With a standalone Pinecone MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of Pinecone tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from Pinecone and many other apps based on the task at hand, all through a single MCP endpoint.

Yes, you can. Hermes fully supports MCP integration. You get structured tool calling, message history handling, and model orchestration while Tool Router takes care of discovering and serving the right Pinecone tools.

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Pinecone scopes and actions are allowed when connecting your account to Composio. You can also bring your own OAuth credentials or API configuration so you keep full control over what the agent can do.

All sensitive data such as tokens, keys, and configuration is fully encrypted at rest and in transit. Composio is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and follows strict security practices so your Pinecone data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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