MistralAI-User
MistralAI-User is the bot from Mistral AI, Europe's leading AI company. According to its official documentation, it serves Vibe, its assistant: it doesn't crawl the web automatically or collect content for training, it only visits specific pages when a user asks a question that requires it, and the answer includes a link to the source. For a European business, it's a direct path to citations with a link.
- User-agent
MistralAI-UserMozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; MistralAI-User/1.0; +https://docs.mistral.ai/robots)- Does it respect robots.txt?
- Yes
- Official documentation
- https://docs.mistral.ai/robots
How to allow it in your robots.txt
User-agent: MistralAI-User
Allow: /How to block it (not recommended)
User-agent: MistralAI-User
Disallow: /Frequently asked questions
Should I block MistralAI-User?
It's not advisable. Its visits are triggered by real users asking about content like yours, and the answers link to your site. Blocking it only takes away citations and traffic from Mistral's assistant.
Does MistralAI-User train models with my content?
No. Mistral's official documentation states this agent doesn't crawl the web automatically or collect content for generative AI training; it only responds to user requests.
How do I know if MistralAI-User visits my site?
Search for "MistralAI-User" in your server logs. Every visit corresponds to a real question from a Mistral user that led the assistant to your page.