# Pinecone Assistant

> Managed RAG. Starter caps. Not LangChain RAG

**Subcategory:** Pinecone  
**License:** MIT  
**Source:** https://github.com/pinecone-io/skills/blob/main/skills/pinecone-assistant/SKILL.md

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## When it is useful

Create and chat with Pinecone Assistant, a managed RAG service with citations. Upload docs, ask questions. Not LangChain RAG pipelines and not pinecone-query vector search. Starter Assistant caps: 1GB / 500k in / 300k out / 1k ingest.

## The Catch

Managed RAG. Starter Assistant caps 1GB / 500k in / 300k out / 1k ingest. Not LangChain RAG. Distinct from pinecone-quickstart Assistant tour and from upstash-vector-js.