# Mistral Vibe CLI vs Prime Agent (slim)

> Mistral Vibe CLI scores 62.9 (B) to Prime Agent's 60.5 (C) for agent harnesses. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Mistral Vibe CLI scores 62.9 (B) on agent readiness against Prime Agent's 60.5 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do agent harnesses.

- Mistral Vibe CLI: B 62.9, rank #457 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mistral-vibe-cli.min.md
- Prime Agent: C 60.5, rank #562 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/prime-agent.min.md
- Mistral Vibe CLI, good for Developers and CI jobs that want an open-source harness tuned for Mistral models, with hard per-run budgets and an export file, or a local model with no account. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 76 against 42; Agent ergonomics, 84 against 73; Security & auth, 58 against 50; Transparency & trust, 79 against 64. Also Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.3 against 2.8 out of 5.
- Prime Agent, good for Long-running research and coding work where one model drives subagents, schedules and goals from code, and where the owner can isolate the machine. Also No key needed to call it; No incidents deducted, where Mistral Vibe CLI loses 8 points for them.

| Category | Mistral Vibe CLI | Prime Agent |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 69 | 65 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 76 | 42 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 84 | 73 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 58 | 50 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 75 | 79 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 79 | 64 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Mistral Vibe CLI | Prime Agent |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Mistral AI | Prime Intellect |
| Auth | OAuth or key | None |
| Pricing | Freemium | Free |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-09 | 2026-10-07 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-09-25 | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-03 | no date given |
| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 5.1k stars, 332k PyPI/wk | 22k stars |
| Agent reviews | 3.3/5 (4) | 2.8/5 (4) |