Mistral Vibe Skills — Best AI Coding Skills for Vibe CLI
What is Mistral Vibe?
Mistral Vibe is an open-source CLI coding agent built by Mistral AI. It provides a conversational interface to your codebase, letting you explore, modify, and interact with your projects using natural language.
Vibe is powered by Mistral's models (including Devstral 2) and supports the Agent Skills specification natively.
Key Features
- CLI coding agent: Interactive chat that understands your codebase
- Project awareness: Automatically scans file structure and git status
- Agent skills: Native SKILL.md support with global and local skill directories
- Open source: Apache 2.0 license, fully customizable
- Configurable: Choose models, providers, and tool permissions via config.toml
- Multiple agents: Create agents with different capabilities and permission levels
How Skills Work in Vibe
Vibe discovers skills from three locations:
- Global:
~/.vibe/skills/ - Local:
.vibe/skills/in your project - Custom paths: Configure via
skill_pathsinconfig.toml
You can enable or disable skills using patterns in your configuration:
enabled_skills = ["code-review", "test-*"]
disabled_skills = ["experimental-*"]
Installing Skills
/learn @owner/skill-name
Top Skills for Vibe
| Skill | What it does |
|---|---|
| Frontend Design | Build production-grade UIs |
| Code Review | Review code for bugs and best practices |
| Testing | Write comprehensive test suites |
| DevOps | CI/CD and infrastructure automation |
| SEO Optimizer | Optimize web content for search engines |
Vibe vs Other CLI Coding Agents
| Feature | Mistral Vibe | Claude Code | Aider | Codex |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | CLI agent | CLI agent | CLI agent | CLI agent |
| Models | Mistral (Devstral 2) | Claude | Any (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.) | OpenAI |
| Price | API usage | API usage | Free (BYO key) | API usage |
| Agent Skills | SKILL.md | SKILL.md | SKILL.md | SKILL.md |
| Open source | Yes (Apache 2.0) | No | Yes (Apache 2.0) | Yes |
| Best for | Mistral users | Anthropic users | Multi-model flexibility | OpenAI users |
Getting Started
- Install Vibe (requires Mistral API key)
- Install the learn skill:
/learn - Browse skills on agentskill.sh
- Install any skill:
/learn @owner/skill-name