Mistral Vibe: Trying out the new agentic Work and Code interfaces

Le Chat becomes Vibe: French AI manufacturer Mistral renames the user interface of its LLM models, stepping into the agentic era of AI applications. Moving away from a purely chat-focused interface towards a central workspace that allows external applications to connect and tasks to be completed as automatically as possible via prompts.

Vibe is divided into three areas: Chat, Work, and Code. In addition to the familiar chatbot, Work is the described work environment, and Code is its counterpart as a programming environment that can be used as a web application, via command line interface, or as a VS Code extension.

Logged-in Mistral users can now switch between "Chat" and "Work" in the top left corner of the start screen in the Free version. "Work" contains the new agentic user interface. Vibe Code is not yet publicly available.

Agentic work with skills and connectors

The two crucial core elements of Work are Skills and Connectors. Connectors are integrations with external applications, similar to those found in Claude, ChatGPT, and others. Vibe can connect to Gmail, Outlook, Slack, and Github, among others. The following screenshot shows a complete overview of the possible apps (as of Friday, May 29, 2026).

Users can also connect their own applications via the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Skills control the capabilities with which Mistral models are equipped when used. In addition to the usual AI capabilities for data analysis, document creation, and similar tasks, skills such as challenge-my-thinking and internal-comms can be activated. The former is intended to make Mistral an argumentative sparring AI with which a user can have their arguments, ideas, and thoughts specifically questioned or checked for counterarguments, blind spots, or similar issues. internal-comms is intended to assist users with internal corporate communication and provides standard templates for typical documents such as presentations or newsletters directly within a canvas. Currently, internal-comms cannot access connected connectors and independently retrieve the necessary information for a document (as of Friday, May 29, 2026).

Each skill can be enabled or disabled individually. Vibe automatically loads activated skills as needed, but they can also be specifically invoked by mentioning them in the prompt. Users can also write their own skills as Markdown files and import them into Vibe. Conveniently, there is also the pre-installed skill skill-creator, which assists users in creating new skills or modifying existing ones. However, pre-installed skills cannot be modified this way.

For Work to function efficiently as an agent, users can create separate libraries that can be optionally enabled or disabled. Users can store PDFs, tables, text files, images, and similar items in these libraries. The documentation for Vibe Work provides a complete overview of supported file formats.

Programming mode still limited availability

Vibe Code is Mistral's programming mode, but it is not yet fully available. Currently, Mistral Code is available as a CLI and as a VS Code extension; a web application is planned to be added. According to the documentation, Mistral plans to roll it out gradually. The CLI is available for MacOS, Linux, and Windows. Mistral offers console commands for quick installation, which require the execution of third-party scripts. Manual installation is also possible. The CLI essentially brings the web application into the Mac or Linux terminal or the Windows PowerShell. Those who prefer working via the console will find it to their liking, as everything here is controlled via keyboard shortcuts or command-line commands.

Conveniently, CLI sessions can be transferred to the web application via the /teleport command for paying Pro, Team, or Enterprise users, allowing work to continue from there. A URL can also be generated in the CLI to track the session via a web browser – provided a connected Git repository is available. Furthermore, Github branches and pull requests can be created from the CLI, and reviews for the final code in Github are also possible. The CLI can also edit and create files in local directories, but it always asks for permission beforehand.

As a third option, there is the Mistral Vibe VS Code extension. With it, files in VS Code can be modified and analyzed via prompt, but permission is always requested before each change. The extension also optionally integrates context from GitHub, GitLab, Jira, or Linear. The CLI and VS Code extension variants are particularly advantageous when working with local files.

Some Vibe features require a paid subscription. Mistral is currently available in Free, Pro (€14.99 per month), Team (€24.99 per month), and Enterprise (prices for businesses on request) variants. Unfortunately, Mistral is not entirely transparent about the differences. For example, the paid versions offer five times as many web searches and up to 40 times as many image generations as the Free version, but the exact numbers are not stated anywhere. Furthermore, the Free version cannot generate canvases and does not support remote coding – which means the web application of Vibe Code is likely to be very limited once Mistral makes it available. The Team variant is significantly more expensive than the Pro variant but has almost the same usage quotas. Only the storage capacity is higher. Additionally, the Team version offers domain verification, data export, and shared workspaces with admin functions.

(nen)