MistralAI-User
Mistral's user-triggered fetcher - retrieves pages in real time when a Le Chat user's question requires them.
Reference reviewed by Sona
| Operator | Mistral AI |
|---|---|
| Powers | Le Chat live page fetches |
| Purpose | User-triggered fetch |
| User-agent token | MistralAI-User |
| Respects robots.txt | Yes |
MistralAI-User fires when a user of Le Chat, Mistral's assistant, asks a question that requires fetching a live web page - it is a user-triggered fetcher, not a bulk training crawler.
Mistral documents the MistralAI-User token and states that it respects robots.txt directives.
Full user-agent string
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MistralAI-User/1.0; +https://docs.mistral.ai/robots)
Allow MistralAI-User
Users asking Le Chat about your page get answers grounded in your actual content, with citations.
User-agent: MistralAI-User Allow: /
Block MistralAI-User
You want to prevent programmatic access from Mistral's assistant.
User-agent: MistralAI-User Disallow: /
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