Agents

Mistral Vibe

Configure Mistral Vibe CLI in Palabre and use it as a CLI agent in a debate pair.

Mistral Vibe is a development assistance CLI. Palabre uses it in programmatic mode with --prompt, then captures its text output.

Install before Palabre

Install and configure Mistral Vibe outside Palabre, then verify that the command works:

vibe --version

If Mistral Vibe was installed after your first Palabre configuration, open palabre again or synchronize explicitly:

palabre config --sync-agents

On Windows, shell: true is often required for wrappers such as vibe. Palabre does not pass the prompt through cmd.exe: it prefers the native executable, then the PowerShell .ps1 shim generated by npm or pnpm. If neither safe path is available, startup is rejected with an actionable error.

Default model

Palabre does not choose the Mistral Vibe model for you. Vibe uses its own default configuration. If you pass a model with --model-a, --model-b, or --summary-model, Palabre passes the value through the configured model option.

Typical configuration

"vibe": {
  "type": "cli",
  "command": "vibe",
  "args": ["--output", "text", "--trust", "--enabled-tools", "read", "--enabled-tools", "grep", "--prompt"],
  "promptMode": "argument",
  "modelArg": "--model",
  "shell": true,
  "role": "reviewer"
}

--enabled-tools read --enabled-tools grep disables every other tool in programmatic mode. --trust only skips the working-directory trust prompt; it does not authorize additional tools.

Usage

palabre codex-vibe "Review this plan" -t 4
palabre vibe-claude "Compare these options" -t 3

Ollama

Use Ollama with Palabre to bring in local models or models compatible with your Ollama configuration.

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