Pinata for AI agents
Pinata manages public IPFS files and groups, letting developers upload, inspect, and generate signed upload URLs. Web3 teams use it to pin and serve decentralized content reliably. Connect it once through Arc0, and your agent, or Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor, can use it through one MCP endpoint, limited to what each user approved.
What agents do in Pinata.
Upload a file to IPFS
Pin a file to IPFS so it is available through a public gateway.
Check a file's gateway status read-only
Look up how a pinned file resolves through the gateway before sharing its link.
Create a signed upload URL
Generate a constrained upload URL so a user can add a file without full API access.
9 Pinata actions, graded by risk.
Every Pinata action is tagged read, write or destructive, so one policy covers the whole app and new actions inherit the right default.
read
5Look things up. Allowed by default.
- pinata.list_gatewaysList Gateways
- pinata.get_public_groupGet Public Group
- pinata.list_public_filesList Public Files
- pinata.list_public_groupsList Public Groups
- pinata.list_upload_metadataList Upload Metadata
write
3Create and change things. Allow, or ask the user first.
- pinata.create_public_groupCreate Public Group
- pinata.update_public_groupUpdate Public Group
- pinata.create_signed_public_upload_urlCreate Signed Public Upload URL
destructive
1Delete, cancel or archive. Ask first, or deny outright.
- pinata.delete_public_groupDelete Public Group
Pinata in three steps.
- 01Your users connect PinataThey add their Pinata api key on Arc0 Connect, under your brand. It goes straight into the vault.
- 02You set the rulesReads run, writes like “create Public Group” can wait for the user, and “delete Public Group” can be denied outright.
- 03Any agent can actYour agent calls Pinata through the Arc0 SDK or MCP, and so can Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor. Every call lands on the audit log.
await arc0.policies.set('pinata', { read: 'allow', write: 'ask', // create_public_group destructive: 'deny', // delete_public_group }) # Claude Code: the same connection, one URL $ claude mcp add --transport http arc0 \ https://mcp.arc0.ai/u/u_8f2
How Pinata connects.
Users add their Pinata api key on Arc0 Connect. It is encrypted in the vault, never shown to the model, and each user can rotate or revoke it at any time.
The same Pinata connection serves your agent over MCP and your own backend over REST and the proxy, so a user connects once. How Arc0 handles credentials →
- AUTH
- API key
- CREDENTIALS
- Per-tenant encrypted vault
- MODEL SEES
- Results only, never credentials
- AUDIT LOG
- Every call, on every plan
Use Pinata from any agent.
ClaudeChatGPTCursor
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VS CodeOpenAI Agents SDKClaude Agent SDK
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Pinata and Arc0, answered.
Can I use Pinata with Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor?
Yes. Connect Pinata to Arc0 once, then add your Arc0 MCP URL to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code or any other remote-MCP client. Each assistant only gets the Pinata actions you allow.
How do users connect Pinata?
Users add their Pinata api key on Arc0 Connect. It is encrypted in the vault, never shown to the model, and each user can rotate or revoke it at any time.
Which Pinata actions can my agent take?
9 in total: 5 read, 3 write and 1 destructive, such as “create Public Group”. Your policies decide which of them each agent may call.
Can I stop my agent from deleting things in Pinata?
Yes. Actions like “delete Public Group” are graded destructive. Set destructive actions to deny, or to ask so the user approves each one, and blocked calls still show up on the audit log.
Can my own backend call Pinata too?
Yes. The same Pinata connection is available over REST and through the Arc0 proxy, so your product and your agent share one connection per user.
Plug Pinata into your agent.
Your users connect Pinata once, under your brand. Your agent gets 9 actions behind your policies, with every call on the record.
Free to build · MCP + REST · Audit log on every plan