diff --git a/skills/pinecone-assistant/spec.yaml b/skills/pinecone-assistant/spec.yaml
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+# Pinecone pinecone-assistant Skill
+# Create, manage, and chat with Pinecone Assistants for document Q&A.
+# Source: https://github.com/pinecone-io/skills
+# Will publish as: ghcr.io/stacklok/dockyard/skills/pinecone-assistant:0.1.0
+
+metadata:
+  name: pinecone-assistant
+  description: "Create, manage, and chat with Pinecone Assistants for document Q&A with citations — fully managed RAG (create, upload, sync, chat, context retrieval, list) via bundled uv-run Python scripts"
+
+spec:
+  repository: "https://github.com/pinecone-io/skills"
+  ref: "787cd274ffeae942c9dcd693eadb86bafcacca19"  # main as of 2026-03-11
+  path: "skills/pinecone-assistant"
+  version: "0.1.0"
+
+provenance:
+  repository_uri: "https://github.com/pinecone-io/skills"
+  repository_ref: "refs/heads/main"
+
+security:
+  allowed_issues:
+    - rule_id: MANIFEST_MISSING_LICENSE
+      reason: "pinecone-io/skills is licensed MIT at the repository root; upstream does not embed an SPDX license identifier in per-skill SKILL.md frontmatter."
diff --git a/skills/pinecone-cli/spec.yaml b/skills/pinecone-cli/spec.yaml
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+# Pinecone pinecone-cli Skill
+# Manage Pinecone resources from the terminal with the `pc` CLI.
+# Source: https://github.com/pinecone-io/skills
+# Will publish as: ghcr.io/stacklok/dockyard/skills/pinecone-cli:0.1.0
+
+metadata:
+  name: pinecone-cli
+  description: "Use the Pinecone CLI (`pc`) to manage Pinecone resources from the terminal — supports all index types (standard, integrated, sparse) and all vector operations; backups, namespaces, CI/CD automation"
+
+spec:
+  repository: "https://github.com/pinecone-io/skills"
+  ref: "787cd274ffeae942c9dcd693eadb86bafcacca19"  # main as of 2026-03-11
+  path: "skills/pinecone-cli"
+  version: "0.1.0"
+
+provenance:
+  repository_uri: "https://github.com/pinecone-io/skills"
+  repository_ref: "refs/heads/main"
+
+security:
+  allowed_issues:
+    - rule_id: MANIFEST_MISSING_LICENSE
+      reason: "pinecone-io/skills is licensed MIT at the repository root; upstream does not embed an SPDX license identifier in per-skill SKILL.md frontmatter."
diff --git a/skills/pinecone-docs/spec.yaml b/skills/pinecone-docs/spec.yaml
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+# Pinecone pinecone-docs Skill
+# Curated documentation reference index for developers building with Pinecone.
+# Source: https://github.com/pinecone-io/skills
+# Will publish as: ghcr.io/stacklok/dockyard/skills/pinecone-docs:0.1.0
+
+metadata:
+  name: pinecone-docs
+  description: "Curated Pinecone documentation reference — organized links by topic (getting started, indexes, upsert, search, production) and data format references for vectors and records"
+
+spec:
+  repository: "https://github.com/pinecone-io/skills"
+  ref: "787cd274ffeae942c9dcd693eadb86bafcacca19"  # main as of 2026-03-11
+  path: "skills/pinecone-docs"
+  version: "0.1.0"
+
+provenance:
+  repository_uri: "https://github.com/pinecone-io/skills"
+  repository_ref: "refs/heads/main"
+
+security:
+  allowed_issues:
+    - rule_id: MANIFEST_MISSING_LICENSE
+      reason: "pinecone-io/skills is licensed MIT at the repository root; upstream does not embed an SPDX license identifier in per-skill SKILL.md frontmatter."
diff --git a/skills/pinecone-help/spec.yaml b/skills/pinecone-help/spec.yaml
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+# Pinecone pinecone-help Skill
+# Overview of available Pinecone skills and getting-started essentials.
+# Source: https://github.com/pinecone-io/skills
+# Will publish as: ghcr.io/stacklok/dockyard/skills/pinecone-help:0.1.0
+
+metadata:
+  name: pinecone-help
+  description: "Overview of available Pinecone skills and getting-started essentials — what a user needs (account, API key, optional CLI/MCP/uv) and which skill to use for each Pinecone task"
+
+spec:
+  repository: "https://github.com/pinecone-io/skills"
+  ref: "787cd274ffeae942c9dcd693eadb86bafcacca19"  # main as of 2026-03-11
+  path: "skills/pinecone-help"
+  version: "0.1.0"
+
+provenance:
+  repository_uri: "https://github.com/pinecone-io/skills"
+  repository_ref: "refs/heads/main"
+
+security:
+  allowed_issues:
+    - rule_id: MANIFEST_MISSING_LICENSE
+      reason: "pinecone-io/skills is licensed MIT at the repository root; upstream does not embed an SPDX license identifier in per-skill SKILL.md frontmatter."
diff --git a/skills/pinecone-mcp/spec.yaml b/skills/pinecone-mcp/spec.yaml
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+# Pinecone pinecone-mcp Skill
+# Reference for the Pinecone MCP server tools.
+# Depends on: Pinecone MCP server (packaged in toolhive-catalog under
+#   registries/*/servers/pinecone; dockyard ghcr.io/stacklok/dockyard/npx/pinecone-mcp).
+# Source: https://github.com/pinecone-io/skills
+# Will publish as: ghcr.io/stacklok/dockyard/skills/pinecone-mcp:0.1.0
+
+metadata:
+  name: pinecone-mcp
+  description: "Reference for the Pinecone MCP server tools — list-indexes, describe-index, describe-index-stats, create-index-for-model, upsert-records, search-records, cascading-search, rerank-documents, search-docs"
+
+spec:
+  repository: "https://github.com/pinecone-io/skills"
+  ref: "787cd274ffeae942c9dcd693eadb86bafcacca19"  # main as of 2026-03-11
+  path: "skills/pinecone-mcp"
+  version: "0.1.0"
+
+provenance:
+  repository_uri: "https://github.com/pinecone-io/skills"
+  repository_ref: "refs/heads/main"
+
+security:
+  allowed_issues:
+    - rule_id: MANIFEST_MISSING_LICENSE
+      reason: "pinecone-io/skills is licensed MIT at the repository root; upstream does not embed an SPDX license identifier in per-skill SKILL.md frontmatter."
diff --git a/skills/pinecone-query/spec.yaml b/skills/pinecone-query/spec.yaml
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+# Pinecone pinecone-query Skill
+# Query Pinecone integrated indexes using text via the Pinecone MCP server.
+# Depends on: Pinecone MCP server (packaged in toolhive-catalog).
+# Source: https://github.com/pinecone-io/skills
+# Will publish as: ghcr.io/stacklok/dockyard/skills/pinecone-query:0.1.0
+
+metadata:
+  name: pinecone-query
+  description: "Query Pinecone integrated indexes using natural-language text via the Pinecone MCP — search-records with filtering and reranking; interactive argument resolution via list-indexes and describe-index when the user omits required fields"
+
+spec:
+  repository: "https://github.com/pinecone-io/skills"
+  ref: "787cd274ffeae942c9dcd693eadb86bafcacca19"  # main as of 2026-03-11
+  path: "skills/pinecone-query"
+  version: "0.1.0"
+
+provenance:
+  repository_uri: "https://github.com/pinecone-io/skills"
+  repository_ref: "refs/heads/main"
+
+security:
+  allowed_issues:
+    - rule_id: MANIFEST_MISSING_LICENSE
+      reason: "pinecone-io/skills is licensed MIT at the repository root; upstream does not embed an SPDX license identifier in per-skill SKILL.md frontmatter."
diff --git a/skills/pinecone-quickstart/spec.yaml b/skills/pinecone-quickstart/spec.yaml
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+# Pinecone pinecone-quickstart Skill
+# Interactive quickstart for new Pinecone developers.
+# Depends on: Pinecone MCP server (packaged in toolhive-catalog).
+# Source: https://github.com/pinecone-io/skills
+# Will publish as: ghcr.io/stacklok/dockyard/skills/pinecone-quickstart:0.1.0
+
+metadata:
+  name: pinecone-quickstart
+  description: "Interactive Pinecone quickstart — two paths: Database (create integrated index, upsert sample data, semantic search via Pinecone MCP + Python) or Assistant (document Q&A via Pinecone Assistant)"
+
+spec:
+  repository: "https://github.com/pinecone-io/skills"
+  ref: "787cd274ffeae942c9dcd693eadb86bafcacca19"  # main as of 2026-03-11
+  path: "skills/pinecone-quickstart"
+  version: "0.1.0"
+
+provenance:
+  repository_uri: "https://github.com/pinecone-io/skills"
+  repository_ref: "refs/heads/main"
+
+security:
+  allowed_issues:
+    - rule_id: MANIFEST_MISSING_LICENSE
+      reason: "pinecone-io/skills is licensed MIT at the repository root; upstream does not embed an SPDX license identifier in per-skill SKILL.md frontmatter."