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title: "MistralAI-Index: block or allow this AI crawler · DotsAgent"
description: "MistralAI-Index is run by Mistral and listed under search. Its robots.txt token, whether it follows the rules, its IP list and how to control it."
url: https://dotsagent.io/agent-ready/bots/mistralai-index
---

Mistral · Search

# What is MistralAI-Index?

Mistral's crawler for building its search index. It follows robots.txt and has a published IP list.

- **robots.txt token**: `MistralAI-Index`
- **Operator**: Mistral
- **Purpose**: Search
- **Obeys robots.txt**: The operator says it follows robots.txt.
- **Documented by operator**: Yes, on the operator's own pages.
- **Published IP list**: [mistral.ai/mistralai-index-ips.json](https://mistral.ai/mistralai-index-ips.json)
- **Documentation**: [docs.mistral.ai](https://docs.mistral.ai/robots)

## Block MistralAI-Index from your whole site

`robots.txt`

```
User-agent: MistralAI-Index
Disallow: /
```

## Allow it, but keep private paths out

`robots.txt`

```
User-agent: MistralAI-Index
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/
```

## Other bots from Mistral

[MistralAI-User](https://dotsagent.io/agent-ready/bots/mistralai-user)

[MistralAI-Training](https://dotsagent.io/agent-ready/bots/mistralai-training)

[Add it to a robots.txt in the generator →](https://dotsagent.io/agent-ready/robots-txt)

## Sources

1. [docs.mistral.ai](https://docs.mistral.ai/robots)/robots

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