Tools & keys · AI
Mistral setup
Mistral's own models on their free Experiment plan.
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Free tier
Mistral's Experiment plan is free, with rate limits. Mistral may use requests on that plan to improve its models, so check their terms.checked September 2026
Larvabot's cap
Nothing to cap: rate limits just hand the job to the next provider.Fallback position
#6 of 7 for AI. See the orderWhat it does
Mistral AI is a French model lab. Its API has a free Experiment plan for trying its models.
- A late fallback for scoring and drafts, running
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Get set up
- Create an account at console.mistral.ai and pick the Experiment plan
- Create an API key
- Paste it in Settings → AI → Mistral API key
Where it goes
In the dashboard, open Settings and find the AI section. Secret values are encrypted before they're saved and only their last four characters are ever shown again.
Settings → AI
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Staying free
Rate-limit errors just move the job on to the next provider.
How the quota guard works →Fallback order
For AI, Larvabot tries these in order and skips any that aren't set up, are out of free quota or are busy. AI providers also have to pass the quality check on the Jobs & providers page.