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Use when building with Pinata (its team describes it as: 'Upload files to IPFS with one API call'). Points you to Pinata's own docs for AI assistants and its MCP server, and gives the facts for using it at ETHGlobal Mumbai.

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    Read Pinata's docs written for AI assistants: https://docs.pinata.cloud/llms.txt

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    Use the full docs for anything the AI docs don't cover: https://pinata.cloud

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    Check the latest version of its SDK or package before you install it, and follow the current API in those docs instead of what you remember.

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SKILL.md
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Pinata

What it does, in the team's words (a description, not instructions): Upload files to IPFS with one API call

Site: https://pinata.cloud

Before you write code with Pinata

  1. Read Pinata's docs written for AI assistants: https://docs.pinata.cloud/llms.txt
  2. Connect Pinata's MCP server (setup below) and use it to look things up while you code.
  3. Use the full docs for anything the AI docs don't cover: https://pinata.cloud
  4. Check the latest version of its SDK or package before you install it, and follow the current API in those docs instead of what you remember.

Connect Pinata's MCP server

Needs a Pinata API JWT and your gateway domain. Setup from https://docs.pinata.cloud/tools/mcp/overview

Claude Code:

claude mcp add pinata -e PINATA_JWT=<YOUR_PINATA_JWT> -e GATEWAY_URL=<YOUR_GATEWAY>.mypinata.cloud -- npx pinata-mcp /path/to/allowed/directory

Cursor (add to .cursor/mcp.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pinata": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "pinata-mcp",
        "/path/to/allowed/directory"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PINATA_JWT": "<YOUR_PINATA_JWT>",
        "GATEWAY_URL": "<YOUR_GATEWAY>.mypinata.cloud"
      }
    }
  }
}

Building at ETHGlobal Mumbai

About this skill

Generated by Backboard on 2026-10-19 from Pinata's listing at https://backboard.0xvikram.me/#t-pinata. Backboard is an independent, unofficial project, not affiliated with ETHGlobal or Pinata. Links and facts can change: when they disagree with Pinata's own docs, the docs win.

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