Ministral 3 8B 2512

MistralMCP Tool Call

mistral/ministral-8b-2512Open Weights

Compact Mistral model for edge, latency-sensitive, and cost-efficient workloads

Benchmark Pricing$0.15 / 1M in$0.15 / 1M out$0.01 cache read

Context: 262,144 tokens•Max Output: 209,715 tokens•Released: 2025-12-02

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Context Window262,144262.1K tokens

Max Output209,715209.7K tokens

LicenseOpen SourceSelf-hostable

Input Modalities

TextVision

Function / Tool CallingSupported (MCP Ready)

Structured OutputsGuaranteed Schema

MODEL CONTEXT PROTOCOL (MCP) READINESS

✓ Ministral 3 8B 2512 natively supports OpenAI / Anthropic format tool calling and is fully compatible with MCP servers and agent loops.

MCP Context Window Recommendations

With a context capacity of 262,144 tokens, this model can handle moderately large MCP tool definitions and multi-turn conversation logs comfortably.

API CALL INVOCATION EXAMPLE

// Example: Calling Ministral 3 8B 2512 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/ministral-8b-2512",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello! Can you inspect MCP tools?" }],
});

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