Pinecone Assistant 1-Click Deploy

Deploy a Pinecone Assistant chat interface to Vercel with one click.

🚀 Deploy to Vercel

🎨 Features

• 🚀 Super Simple - Deploy your Pinecone Assistant to Vercel with one click
• 💬 Streaming Chat - Real-time streaming responses from your Assistant
• 📁 Files Panel - View all files uploaded to your assistant
• 📱 Responsive - Works on all devices

Deployment Steps

1. Click the "Deploy" button above

   • You'll be redirected to Vercel's deployment page
   • If you're not logged in, sign in with GitHub

2. Configure your repository and set environment variables

   • Vercel will automatically detect this repository to clone
   • Choose the Git account & enter the repository name you want to clone to (make the repository public if you have a personal Vercel account)
   • Choose a Vercel team to deploy your site to
   • Click the Create button
   • Add your environment variables (you'll have to set all of them in Vercel)
     Required:
     • PINECONE_API_KEY - Your Pinecone API key
     • PINECONE_ASSISTANT_NAME - Your Pinecone Assistant name
     • NEXT_PUBLIC_ASSISTANT_NAME - The name you want to be displayed for your assistant
     • NEXT_PUBLIC_WELCOME_MESSAGE - Your custom welcome message Optional (set after initial deploy and redploy):
     • MODEL - The model to use for chat responses. Options: gpt-4o (default), gpt-4.1, o4-mini, claude-3-5-sonnet, claude-3-7-sonnet, gemini-2.5-pro
     • NEXT_PUBLIC_HIDE_FILES - Set to true to hide the files drawer panel completely (both desktop and mobile). Default: false
   • Click the Deploy button

3. Your chat interface will be live!

   • Once deployment completes, your chat interface will be ready to use

📋 Getting Your Pinecone Credentials

Before deploying, make sure you have:

1. Pinecone API Key

   • Visit Pinecone Console
   • Go to API Keys section
   • Copy your API key

2. Pinecone Assistant Name

   • Visit Pinecone Console
   • Go to Assistants section
   • Create a new assistant or select an existing one
   • Copy the Assistant name (this is the identifier you'll use)

🔄 Automatic UI Updates

🔧 Local Preview (Optional)

If you want to preview the app locally before deploying:

1. Clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/pinecone-io/pinecone-assistant-vercel-1-click-deploy.git
   cd pinecone-assistant-vercel-1-click-deploy

2. Create .env file:

   cp example.env .env

3. Edit .env with your credentials:

   PINECONE_API_KEY=your-api-key-here
   PINECONE_ASSISTANT_NAME=your-assistant-name-here
   NEXT_PUBLIC_ASSISTANT_NAME=your-assistant-name-here
   NEXT_PUBLIC_WELCOME_MESSAGE=Your custom welcome message here
   # Optional
   MODEL=gpt-4o
   NEXT_PUBLIC_HIDE_FILES=false

4. Install dependencies and run:

   npm install
   npm run dev

5. Open http://localhost:3000 to see the app

📚 Resources

• Pinecone Assistant Docs
• Vercel Deployment Docs
• Next.js Documentation

📝 License

MIT