mistral-install-auth

name	mistral-install-auth
description	Install and configure the Mistral AI SDK with authentication. Use when setting up a new Mistral integration, configuring API keys, or initializing Mistral AI in your project. Trigger with phrases like "install mistral", "setup mistral", "mistral auth", "configure mistral API key".
allowed-tools	Read, Write, Edit, Bash(npm:*), Bash(pip:*), Grep
version	1.12.0
license	MIT
author	Jeremy Longshore <[e-mail]>
tags	["saas","mistral","api","authentication"]
compatibility	Designed for Claude Code

Mistral AI Install & Auth

Overview

Set up the official Mistral AI SDK (@mistralai/mistralai for TypeScript, mistralai for Python) and configure authentication for chat completions, embeddings, function calling, vision, and agents.

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+ or Python 3.9+
• Package manager (npm, pnpm, yarn, or pip)
• Mistral AI account at console.mistral.ai
• API key from La Plateforme (Settings > API Keys)

Instructions

Step 1: Install SDK

Node.js (TypeScript/JavaScript) — ESM only

set -euo pipefail
# npm
npm install @mistralai/mistralai

# pnpm
pnpm add @mistralai/mistralai

# yarn
yarn add @mistralai/mistralai

Python

set -euo pipefail
pip install mistralai

Step 2: Configure Authentication

Environment Variables (Recommended)

# Set in shell
export MISTRAL_API_KEY="your-api-key"

# Or create .env file (add to .gitignore!)
echo 'MISTRAL_API_KEY=your-api-key' >> .env
echo '.env' >> .gitignore

Using dotenv (Node.js)

set -euo pipefail
npm install dotenv

import 'dotenv/config';

Step 3: Verify Connection

TypeScript

import { Mistral } from '@mistralai/mistralai';

const client = new ({
  : process..,
});

  () {
   {
     models =  client..();
    .();
     ( model  models. ?? []) {
      .();
    }
  }  (: ) {
     (error. === ) {
      .();
    }  {
      .(, error.);
    }
  }
}

();