How to integrate Mistral ai MCP with CrewAI

This guide walks you through connecting Mistral ai to CrewAI using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Mistral ai agent that can summarize this research paper in simple terms, generate python code for sorting a list, explain the difference between ai and ml through natural language commands. This guide will help you understand how to give your CrewAI agent real control over a Mistral ai account through Composio's Mistral ai MCP server. Before we dive in, let's take a quick look at the key ideas and tools involved.

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Introduction

This guide will help you understand how to give your CrewAI agent real control over a Mistral ai account through Composio's Mistral ai MCP server.

Before we dive in, let's take a quick look at the key ideas and tools involved.

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TL;DR

Here's what you'll learn:

Get a Composio API key and configure your Mistral ai connection
Set up CrewAI with an MCP enabled agent
Create a Tool Router session or standalone MCP server for Mistral ai
Build a conversational loop where your agent can execute Mistral ai operations

What is CrewAI?

CrewAI is a powerful framework for building multi-agent AI systems. It provides primitives for defining agents with specific roles, creating tasks, and orchestrating workflows through crews.

Key features include:

Agent Roles: Define specialized agents with specific goals and backstories
Task Management: Create tasks with clear descriptions and expected outputs
Crew Orchestration: Combine agents and tasks into collaborative workflows
MCP Integration: Connect to external tools through Model Context Protocol

What is the Mistral ai MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The Mistral ai MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Mistral ai account. It provides structured and secure access to your Mistral AI models, so your agent can perform actions like generating text, summarizing content, answering questions, extracting structured information, and handling advanced language tasks on your behalf.

Text generation and completion: Have your agent produce coherent, context-aware text responses, complete prompts, or generate creative content leveraging Mistral's advanced models.
Summarization and paraphrasing: Ask your agent to summarize lengthy documents or rephrase input text for improved clarity or brevity.
Question answering and information extraction: Let your agent answer questions, extract key facts, or pull structured data from unstructured content automatically.
Content classification and sentiment analysis: Enable your agent to categorize text, detect topics, or analyze sentiment to inform downstream workflows.
Conversational AI and dialogue management: Build rich, multi-turn conversations or chatbots that handle context, intent, and user queries seamlessly using Mistral's models.

What is the Composio tool router, and how does it fit here?

What is Composio SDK?

Composio's Composio SDK helps agents find the right tools for a task at runtime. You can plug in multiple toolkits (like Gmail, HubSpot, and GitHub), and the agent will identify the relevant app and action to complete multi-step workflows. This can reduce token usage and improve the reliability of tool calls. Read more here: Getting started with Composio SDK

The tool router generates a secure MCP URL that your agents can access to perform actions.

How the Composio SDK works

The Composio SDK follows a three-phase workflow:

Discovery: Searches for tools matching your task and returns relevant toolkits with their details.
Authentication: Checks for active connections. If missing, creates an auth config and returns a connection URL via Auth Link.
Execution: Executes the action using the authenticated connection.

Step-by-step Guide

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Prerequisites

Before starting, make sure you have:

Python 3.9 or higher
A Composio account and API key
A Mistral ai connection authorized in Composio
An OpenAI API key for the CrewAI LLM
Basic familiarity with Python

Getting API Keys for OpenAI and Composio

OpenAI API Key

Go to the OpenAI dashboard and create an API key. You'll need credits to use the models, or you can connect to another model provider.
Keep the API key safe.

Composio API Key

Log in to the Composio dashboard.
Navigate to your API settings and generate a new API key.
Store this key securely as you'll need it for authentication.

Install dependencies

bash

pip install composio crewai crewai-tools[mcp] python-dotenv

What's happening:

composio connects your agent to Mistral ai via MCP
crewai provides Agent, Task, Crew, and LLM primitives
crewai-tools[mcp] includes MCP helpers
python-dotenv loads environment variables from .env

Set up environment variables

bash

COMPOSIO_API_KEY=your_composio_api_key_here
USER_ID=your_user_id_here
OPENAI_API_KEY=your_openai_api_key_here

Create a .env file in your project root.

What's happening:

COMPOSIO_API_KEY authenticates with Composio
USER_ID scopes the session to your account
OPENAI_API_KEY lets CrewAI use your chosen OpenAI model

Import dependencies

python

import os
from composio import Composio
from crewai import Agent, Task, Crew
from crewai_tools import MCPServerAdapter
import dotenv

dotenv.load_dotenv()

COMPOSIO_API_KEY = os.getenv("COMPOSIO_API_KEY")
COMPOSIO_USER_ID = os.getenv("COMPOSIO_USER_ID")

if not COMPOSIO_API_KEY:
    raise ValueError("COMPOSIO_API_KEY is not set")
if not COMPOSIO_USER_ID:
    raise ValueError("COMPOSIO_USER_ID is not set")

What's happening:

CrewAI classes define agents and tasks, and run the workflow
MCPServerHTTP connects the agent to an MCP endpoint
Composio will give you a short lived Mistral ai MCP URL

Create a Composio Tool Router session for Mistral ai

python

composio_client = Composio(api_key=COMPOSIO_API_KEY)
session = composio_client.create(user_id=COMPOSIO_USER_ID, toolkits=["mistral_ai"])

url = session.mcp.url

What's happening:

You create a Mistral ai only session through Composio
Composio returns an MCP HTTP URL that exposes Mistral ai tools

Initialize the MCP Server

python

server_params = {
    "url": url,
    "transport": "streamable-http",
    "headers": {"x-api-key": COMPOSIO_API_KEY},
}

with MCPServerAdapter(server_params) as tools:
    agent = Agent(
        role="Search Assistant",
        goal="Help users search the internet effectively",
        backstory="You are a helpful assistant with access to search tools.",
        tools=tools,
        verbose=False,
        max_iter=10,
    )

What's Happening:

Server Configuration: The code sets up connection parameters including the MCP server URL, streamable HTTP transport, and Composio API key authentication.
MCP Adapter Bridge: MCPServerAdapter acts as a context manager that converts Composio MCP tools into a CrewAI-compatible format.
Agent Setup: Creates a CrewAI Agent with a defined role (Search Assistant), goal (help with internet searches), and access to the MCP tools.
Configuration Options: The agent includes settings like verbose=False for clean output and max_iter=10 to prevent infinite loops.
Dynamic Tool Usage: Once created, the agent automatically accesses all Composio Search tools and decides when to use them based on user queries.

Create a CLI Chatloop and define the Crew

python

print("Chat started! Type 'exit' or 'quit' to end.\n")

conversation_context = ""

while True:
    user_input = input("You: ").strip()

    if user_input.lower() in ["exit", "quit", "bye"]:
        print("\nGoodbye!")
        break

    if not user_input:
        continue

    conversation_context += f"\nUser: {user_input}\n"
    print("\nAgent is thinking...\n")

    task = Task(
        description=(
            f"Conversation history:\n{conversation_context}\n\n"
            f"Current request: {user_input}"
        ),
        expected_output="A helpful response addressing the user's request",
        agent=agent,
    )

    crew = Crew(agents=[agent], tasks=[task], verbose=False)
    result = crew.kickoff()
    response = str(result)

    conversation_context += f"Agent: {response}\n"
    print(f"Agent: {response}\n")

What's Happening:

Interactive CLI Setup: The code creates an infinite loop that continuously prompts for user input and maintains the entire conversation history in a string variable.
Input Validation: Empty inputs are ignored to prevent processing blank messages and keep the conversation clean.
Context Building: Each user message is appended to the conversation context, which preserves the full dialogue history for better agent responses.
Dynamic Task Creation: For every user input, a new Task is created that includes both the full conversation history and the current request as context.
Crew Execution: A Crew is instantiated with the agent and task, then kicked off to process the request and generate a response.
Response Management: The agent's response is converted to a string, added to the conversation context, and displayed to the user, maintaining conversational continuity.

Complete Code

Here's the complete code to get you started with Mistral ai and CrewAI:

python

from crewai import Agent, Task, Crew, LLM
from crewai_tools import MCPServerAdapter
from composio import Composio
from dotenv import load_dotenv
import os

load_dotenv()

GOOGLE_API_KEY = os.getenv("GOOGLE_API_KEY")
COMPOSIO_API_KEY = os.getenv("COMPOSIO_API_KEY")
COMPOSIO_USER_ID = os.getenv("COMPOSIO_USER_ID")

if not GOOGLE_API_KEY:
    raise ValueError("GOOGLE_API_KEY is not set in the environment.")
if not COMPOSIO_API_KEY:
    raise ValueError("COMPOSIO_API_KEY is not set in the environment.")
if not COMPOSIO_USER_ID:
    raise ValueError("COMPOSIO_USER_ID is not set in the environment.")

# Initialize Composio and create a session
composio = Composio(api_key=COMPOSIO_API_KEY)
session = composio.create(
    user_id=COMPOSIO_USER_ID,
    toolkits=["mistral_ai"],
)
url = session.mcp.url

# Configure LLM
llm = LLM(
    model="gpt-5",
    api_key=os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY"),
)

server_params = {
    "url": url,
    "transport": "streamable-http",
    "headers": {"x-api-key": COMPOSIO_API_KEY},
}

with MCPServerAdapter(server_params) as tools:
    agent = Agent(
        role="Search Assistant",
        goal="Help users with internet searches",
        backstory="You are an expert assistant with access to Composio Search tools.",
        tools=tools,
        llm=llm,
        verbose=False,
        max_iter=10,
    )

    print("Chat started! Type 'exit' or 'quit' to end.\n")

    conversation_context = ""

    while True:
        user_input = input("You: ").strip()

        if user_input.lower() in ["exit", "quit", "bye"]:
            print("\nGoodbye!")
            break

        if not user_input:
            continue

        conversation_context += f"\nUser: {user_input}\n"
        print("\nAgent is thinking...\n")

        task = Task(
            description=(
                f"Conversation history:\n{conversation_context}\n\n"
                f"Current request: {user_input}"
            ),
            expected_output="A helpful response addressing the user's request",
            agent=agent,
        )

        crew = Crew(agents=[agent], tasks=[task], verbose=False)
        result = crew.kickoff()
        response = str(result)

        conversation_context += f"Agent: {response}\n"
        print(f"Agent: {response}\n")

Conclusion

You now have a CrewAI agent connected to Mistral ai through Composio's Tool Router. The agent can perform Mistral ai operations through natural language commands.

Next steps:

Add role-specific instructions to customize agent behavior
Plug in more toolkits for multi-app workflows
Chain tasks for complex multi-step operations

TOOLS

Supported Tools

Every Mistral ai action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Append to conversation

Tool to append new entries to an existing conversation in Mistral AI.

Create Agent

Tool to create a new AI agent with custom configuration (Beta).

Create Agents Completion

Tool to generate completions using a Mistral AI agent with specific instructions and tools.

Create Audio Transcription

Transcribe audio files to text using Mistral AI's Voxtral models.

Create Chat Completion

Generate conversational responses from Mistral AI models.

Create Chat Moderation

Tool to classify chat content for moderation purposes across 9 categories.

Create Embeddings

Tool to generate vector embeddings for input text using Mistral AI embedding models.

Create FIM Completion

Generate code completions using fill-in-the-middle functionality.

Create library

Tool to create a new document library.

Create library share

Create or update sharing permissions for a library.

Create Moderation

Tool to classify text content for moderation purposes across 9 categories.

Create OCR

Extract text and structured data from images and documents using Mistral AI's OCR capabilities.

Create or Update Agent Alias

Tool to create or update an agent version alias.

Delete agent

Permanently deletes an agent by its ID (Beta feature).

Delete Conversation

Tool to delete a conversation by its ID (Beta).

Delete File

Delete a file by its ID from Mistral AI.

Delete library

Permanently deletes a library and all of its documents from Mistral AI.

Delete library document

Permanently deletes a document from a Mistral AI library.

Delete library share

Remove sharing permissions for a library from a user, workspace, or organization.

Download File

Download the content of a previously uploaded file from Mistral AI.

Get Agent

Tool to retrieve details of a specific Mistral AI agent by its ID.

Get Agent Version

Retrieve a specific version of an agent (Beta).

Get Conversation

Tool to retrieve details of a specific conversation.

Get Conversation History

Retrieve the full history of a conversation in Mistral AI.

Get Conversation Messages

Retrieve all messages from a Mistral AI conversation.

Get document extracted text URL

Retrieve a signed URL to download the extracted text from a document in a Mistral AI library.

Get document signed URL

Get a signed URL to download a document from a Mistral AI library.

Get Document Status

Retrieve the processing status of a document in a Mistral AI library.

Get Document Text Content

Retrieve the extracted text content of a specific document from a Mistral AI library (Beta).

Get File Signed URL

Get a time-limited signed URL for downloading a file from Mistral AI.

List Fine Tuning Jobs

List fine-tuning jobs with optional filtering and pagination.

Get library

Retrieve detailed information about a specific library.

Get Library Document

Retrieve metadata for a specific document in a Mistral AI library.

Get Model

Tool to retrieve detailed information about a specific Mistral AI model by its ID.

List agent aliases

Retrieve all aliases for an agent version.

List Agents

Tool to list all configured agents (Beta).

List Agent Versions

List all versions of a specific agent.

List Batch Jobs

Tool to retrieve a list of all batch jobs with optional filtering and pagination.

List Conversations

List all created conversations (Beta).

List Files

Tool to list all files available to the user.

List libraries

List all document libraries accessible to your organization.

List Library Documents

List all documents in a Mistral AI document library.

List library shares

List all sharing permissions for a document library.

List Models

Tool to retrieve all available Mistral AI models including base models and fine-tuned models.

Reprocess document

Reprocess a document in a Mistral AI library (Beta).

Restart Conversation

Tool to restart a conversation from a specific point (Beta).

Retrieve File

Retrieve metadata of a file uploaded to Mistral AI.

Start Conversation

Tool to start a new conversation with a Mistral AI agent or base model.

Update Agent

Tool to update an existing agent's configuration.

Update agent version

Tool to update the current version of an agent (Beta).

Update library

Tool to update an existing document library's properties.

Update library document

Update the metadata of a document in a Mistral AI library.

Upload File

Upload a file to Mistral AI for use in fine-tuning, batch processing, or OCR.

Upload Library Document

Upload a document to a Mistral AI library for use with RAG-enabled agents.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

With a standalone Mistral ai MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of Mistral ai tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from Mistral ai and many other apps based on the task at hand, all through a single MCP endpoint.

Yes, you can. CrewAI fully supports MCP integration. You get structured tool calling, message history handling, and model orchestration while Tool Router takes care of discovering and serving the right Mistral ai tools.

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Mistral ai scopes and actions are allowed when connecting your account to Composio. You can also bring your own OAuth credentials or API configuration so you keep full control over what the agent can do.

All sensitive data such as tokens, keys, and configuration is fully encrypted at rest and in transit. Composio is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and follows strict security practices so your Mistral ai data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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How to integrate Mistral ai MCP with CrewAI

Connect Mistral ai without auth hassles

Introduction

Also integrate Mistral ai with

TL;DR

What is CrewAI?

What is the Mistral ai MCP server, and what's possible with it?

What is the Composio tool router, and how does it fit here?

What is Composio SDK?

How the Composio SDK works

Step-by-step Guide

Prerequisites

Getting API Keys for OpenAI and Composio

Install dependencies

Set up environment variables

Import dependencies

Create a Composio Tool Router session for Mistral ai

Initialize the MCP Server

Create a CLI Chatloop and define the Crew

Complete Code

Conclusion

Supported Tools

How to build Mistral ai MCP Agent with another framework

ChatGPT

OpenAI Agents SDK

Claude Agent SDK

Claude Code

Claude Cowork

Codex

Cursor

OpenClaw

Hermes

CLI

Google ADK

LangChain

Vercel AI SDK

Mastra AI

LlamaIndex

OpenCode

VS Code

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Composio

Composio search

Perplexityai

Browser tool

Frequently asked questions

What are the differences in Tool Router MCP and Mistral ai MCP?+

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How safe is my data with Composio Tool Router?+

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