Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1

Mistral

mistral/mixtral-8x7b-instruct-v0.1Open Weights

Open sparse mixture-of-experts Mistral instruction model

Benchmark Pricing$0.49 / 1M in$0.76 / 1M out

Context: 32,768 tokens•Max Output: 32,768 tokens•Released: 2023-12-11

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Context Window32,76832.8K tokens

Max Output32,76832.8K tokens

LicenseApache 2.0Self-hostable

Input Modalities

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Function / Tool CallingNot Supported

Structured OutputsPrompt Based

MODEL CONTEXT PROTOCOL (MCP) READINESS

⚠ Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1 does not natively advertise tool-calling capabilities. When connecting to MCP servers, function calling must be handled via structured prompt injection.

MCP Context Window Recommendations

With a context capacity of 32,768 tokens, this model can handle compact tool sets. Consider keeping MCP server tool manifests minimal to preserve headroom.

API CALL INVOCATION EXAMPLE

// Example: Calling Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1 via OpenAI SDK
import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  apiKey: process.env.MISTRAL_API_KEY,
});

const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "mistral/mixtral-8x7b-instruct-v0.1",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello! Can you inspect MCP tools?" }],
});

console.log(response.choices[0].message.content);