Mistral AI's Agents API gives developers a way to carry context windowThe maximum amount of text a model can consider at once — its working memory for the current conversation or task.Full definition → through work involving several tools or agents. Conversations retain structured histories and can be continued or branched from an earlier point. Developers also define which agents may hand work to others, allowing a specialist to pass a calculation or search to an AI agentAn AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.Full definition → equipped for it. The May 2025 release combines these handoffs with callable tools, so a single request can become a sequence of actions whose conversation history remains available.
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context window — The maximum amount of text a model can consider at once — its working memory for the current conversation or task.
AI agent — An AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.
MCP — The Model Context Protocol — an open standard that lets any AI assistant plug into any tool or data source without custom integration code.
