--- title: Mistral Vibe with AI Gateway product: vercel url: /docs/ai-gateway/coding-agents/vibe canonical_url: "https://vercel.com/docs/ai-gateway/coding-agents/vibe" last_updated: 2026-09-13 type: how-to prerequisites: - /docs/ai-gateway/coding-agents - /docs/ai-gateway related: - /docs/cli/ai-gateway - /docs/ai-gateway/observability-and-spend/observability - /docs/ai-gateway/sdks-and-apis/openai-chat-completions - /docs/ai-gateway/observability-and-spend/budgets summary: Connect Mistral Vibe to AI Gateway with the Vercel CLI or a TOML provider and model shortlist. install_vercel_plugin: npx plugins add vercel/vercel-plugin --- # Mistral Vibe with AI Gateway [Mistral Vibe](https://github.com/mistralai/mistral-vibe) is Mistral AI's terminal coding agent. It reads a TOML config at `$VIBE_HOME/config.toml` (default `~/.vibe`), whose custom providers you can point at AI Gateway for unified model access and spend monitoring. ## Related pages > **For AI agents:** Follow these links to understand how this page connects to the rest of the Vercel ecosystem. For the full cross-link map (inbound, outbound, prerequisites, and semantic neighbors), see the .graph.md link below. - [AI Gateway](https://vercel.com/docs/agent-resources/vercel-mcp/tools/ai-gateway?from=related&source_path=%2Fdocs%2Fai-gateway%2Fcoding-agents%2Fvibe&source_site=vercel-docs&relationship=related) — Vercel MCP tools for ai gateway. - [gptme with AI Gateway](https://vercel.com/docs/ai-gateway/coding-agents/gptme?from=related&source_path=%2Fdocs%2Fai-gateway%2Fcoding-agents%2Fvibe&source_site=vercel-docs&relationship=related) — Connect gptme to AI Gateway with the Vercel CLI or a TOML provider configuration. - [Deep Agents CLI with AI Gateway](https://vercel.com/docs/ai-gateway/coding-agents/deepagents?from=related&source_path=%2Fdocs%2Fai-gateway%2Fcoding-agents%2Fvibe&source_site=vercel-docs&relationship=related) — Connect Deep Agents CLI to AI Gateway with the Vercel CLI or a TOML provider and model profiles. - [Continue CLI with AI Gateway](https://vercel.com/docs/ai-gateway/coding-agents/continue?from=related&source_path=%2Fdocs%2Fai-gateway%2Fcoding-agents%2Fvibe&source_site=vercel-docs&relationship=related) — Connect Continue CLI to AI Gateway with the Vercel CLI or a YAML model configuration that reads your API key from the en - [Xcode with AI Gateway](https://vercel.com/docs/ai-gateway/ecosystem/framework-integrations/xcode?from=related&source_path=%2Fdocs%2Fai-gateway%2Fcoding-agents%2Fvibe&source_site=vercel-docs&relationship=related) — Connect Xcode's AI chat to AI Gateway through the Chat Completions API. Configure the provider, API key, and models in X Full cross-link map for this page: [/docs/ai-gateway/coding-agents/vibe.graph.md](/docs/ai-gateway/coding-agents/vibe.graph.md?from=related&source_path=%2Fdocs%2Fai-gateway%2Fcoding-agents%2Fvibe&source_site=vercel-docs&relationship=graph) ## Set up with the Vercel CLI Run the [Vercel CLI setup command](/docs/cli/ai-gateway#setup) for Mistral Vibe: ```bash filename="terminal" npx vercel ai-gateway setup --agent vibe ``` The command writes the gateway provider and an unaliased `[[models]]` shortlist into `$VIBE_HOME/config.toml`, with Mistral's top models first and the leaderboard's most-used models after them. It pins `active_model` to the leading Mistral model. Re-run the command to refresh the list. ## Configuring Mistral Vibe If you can't use the Vercel CLI, configure Mistral Vibe manually: - ### Create an API key Go to the [**AI Gateway**](https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai-gateway\&title=Go+to+AI+Gateway) section in the Vercel dashboard sidebar and click **API keys** to create a new API key. - ### Export the key Export the key in your shell: ```bash filename="Terminal" export AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY="your-ai-gateway-api-key" ``` To persist the key, add the same line to your shell's startup file. - ### Add the gateway provider Add the provider and model entries to `~/.vibe/config.toml`: ```toml filename="~/.vibe/config.toml" active_model = "openai/gpt-6-astra" [[providers]] name = "vercel-ai-gateway" api_base = "https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/coding-agent/v1" api_key_env_var = "AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY" api_style = "openai" backend = "generic" [[models]] name = "openai/gpt-6-astra" provider = "vercel-ai-gateway" ``` `api_key_env_var` keeps the key in the shell environment, so it never lands in the file. Model entries must be unaliased because Vibe resolves `[[models]]` names against the provider list. The picker scrolls without type-to-filter, so keep the shortlist focused. - ### Start Mistral Vibe Open a new terminal so the key is loaded, then run: ```bash filename="Terminal" vibe ``` Switch models with `/model`. Vibe's own Mistral models are listed first, followed by the shortlisted gateway models. ### Monitor usage and spend View your usage, spend, and request activity in the [**AI Gateway**](https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai-gateway\&title=Go+to+AI+Gateway) section in the Vercel dashboard sidebar. See the [observability documentation](/docs/ai-gateway/observability-and-spend/observability) for more details. ## Environment variables | Variable | Description | | -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- | | `AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY` | Your AI Gateway API key, named by `api_key_env_var`. Required | | `VIBE_HOME` | Overrides the config directory. Defaults to `~/.vibe` | > **💡 Note:** Mistral Vibe calls AI Gateway through the [OpenAI-compatible Chat > Completions API](/docs/ai-gateway/sdks-and-apis/openai-chat-completions), so > any model that supports Chat Completions works. ## Next steps - Browse the [models catalog](/ai-gateway/models) for available models - Configure [spend limits](/docs/ai-gateway/observability-and-spend/budgets) on your API key --- [View full sitemap](/docs/sitemap)