MistralAI-User
What is MistralAI-User?
About
MistralAI-User is an AI assistant operated by Mistral. It's not currently known to be artificially intelligent or AI-related. If you think that's incorrect or can provide more detail about its purpose, please contact us. You can see how often MistralAI-User visits your website by setting up Dark Visitors agent analytics.
Detail
| Operator | Mistral |
Type
Expected Behavior
AI assistants make one-off visits to websites based on user requests, rather than crawling the web in any automatic fashion. This allows the underlying LLM to incorporate up-to-date information outside of its training data in its answers, using a technique called retrieval-augmented generation (RAG).
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Top Websites
Robots.txt
Should I Block MistralAI-User?
Probably not. AI assistants visit websites directly on behalf of human users, so blocking them will effectively block those users. This could lead to a poor user experience and possible negative sentiment about your website. Not blocking AI assistants will allow more human users to use your website as they choose.
How Do I Block MistralAI-User?
You can block MistralAI-User or limit its access by setting user agent token rules in your website's robots.txt. Set up Dark Visitors agent analytics to check whether it's actually following them.
| User Agent Token | Description |
|---|---|
MistralAI-User |
Should match instances of MistralAI-User |
# robots.txt
# This should block MistralAI-User
User-agent: MistralAI-User
Disallow: /
Recommended Solution
Instead of doing this manually, use automatic robots.txt to keep your rules updated with the latest AI scrapers, crawlers, and assistants automatically.
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