// Mistral
MistralAI-Index
// Overview
What it is
MistralAI-Index indexes web pages for Mistral's search and retrieval features. Aiola classifies it as indexing because it supports a searchable retrieval index.
In Aiola's taxonomy, Indexing means crawled for ai or search indexing.
// Headers
User agent
Look for the match token inside the complete HTTP User-Agent header. Tokens can be spoofed, so use the network checks below for authentication.
MistralAI-IndexMistralAI-Index// Network
Official IP ranges
Mistral has not published official IP ranges that Aiola successfully fetched for MistralAI-Index. Aiola does not list cloud-provider ranges or community guesses as if they authenticated this crawler.
// Verification
Verify authenticity
Start with the source IP recorded by your trusted edge or server, not an untrusted forwarded header.
host REQUEST_IP
# Confirm the hostname ends in an official suffix
host RETURNED_HOSTNAME
# The forward lookup must return REQUEST_IPFor production checks, test against every current prefix in the vendor feed. Re-fetch feeds regularly: a July 2026 snapshot is evidence of publication, not a permanent firewall list.
// Robots.txt
Control it with robots.txt
Mistral does not provide crawler documentation that Aiola could confidently verify for this token. The rules below express your preference, but vendor compliance is unconfirmed.
User-agent: MistralAI-Index
Allow: /User-agent: MistralAI-Index
Disallow: /No official crawler documentation URL is listed because Aiola could not verify one confidently.
// Analytics
Track it
Aiola tracks this crawler on your site — crawls, pages, trends. See when MistralAI-Index arrives, which URLs it requests, and how activity changes over time.
// FAQ
FAQ
What is MistralAI-Index?
MistralAI-Index indexes web pages for Mistral's search and retrieval features. Aiola classifies it as indexing because it supports a searchable retrieval index.
What user-agent token identifies MistralAI-Index?
Match the case-insensitive token “MistralAI-Index” in the User-Agent header. A matching header alone does not authenticate the sender.
Can I verify MistralAI-Index by IP address?
No official MistralAI-Index CIDR snapshot was successfully fetched for this verification date. Do not treat an arbitrary cloud IP as proof of identity.
Can robots.txt block MistralAI-Index?
Mistral does not provide crawler documentation that Aiola could confidently verify for this token. The rules below express your preference, but vendor compliance is unconfirmed. Use the specific “MistralAI-Index” group when you want a rule for this identity without changing rules for every crawler.
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