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# Mistral

> Using Cognisafe with Mistral — proxy mode.

## How it works

Mistral uses **proxy mode**. The Mistral API is OpenAI-compatible, so the Cognisafe SDK rewrites the Mistral client's base URL to point to the proxy. Requests flow through the proxy to `https://api.mistral.ai` and are logged asynchronously.

## Installation

```bash theme={null}
pip install "cognisafe[all]"
```

## Setup

```python theme={null}
import cognisafe
from mistralai import Mistral

cognisafe.configure(
    api_key="csk_your_key_here",
    project_id="my-app",
)
cognisafe.patch_mistral()

client = Mistral(api_key="your-mistral-api-key")

response = client.chat.complete(
    model="mistral-large-latest",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello from Mistral!"}],
)

print(response.choices[0].message.content)
```

## Supported models

All Mistral models are supported. The proxy forwards to `https://api.mistral.ai` by default. To change the upstream, set the `UPSTREAM_URL` environment variable on the proxy service.

## Proxy configuration

Set `UPSTREAM_URL` on the Cognisafe proxy to point at Mistral's API:

```bash theme={null}
UPSTREAM_URL=https://api.mistral.ai
```

If you run multiple proxy instances for different providers, deploy separate proxy containers with different `UPSTREAM_URL` values.