diff --git a/src/core/ai/recipes/index.ts b/src/core/ai/recipes/index.ts
index 098691b46..2e6954089 100644
--- a/src/core/ai/recipes/index.ts
+++ b/src/core/ai/recipes/index.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import { azureOpenAI } from './azure-openai.ts';
 import { zeroentropyai } from './zeroentropyai.ts';
 import { llamaServerReranker } from './llama-server-reranker.ts';
 import { moonshot } from './moonshot.ts';
+import { mistral } from './mistral.ts';
 
 const ALL: Recipe[] = [
   openai,
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ const ALL: Recipe[] = [
   azureOpenAI,
   zeroentropyai,
   moonshot,
+  mistral,
 ];
 
 /** Map from `provider:id` key to recipe. */
diff --git a/src/core/ai/recipes/mistral.ts b/src/core/ai/recipes/mistral.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c22cce549
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/ai/recipes/mistral.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+import type { Recipe } from '../types.ts';
+
+/**
+ * Mistral AI exposes an OpenAI-compatible API at https://api.mistral.ai/v1
+ * (/embeddings + /chat/completions). EU-hosted — the reason this recipe
+ * exists: a brain that must stay inside EU jurisdiction can run embed +
+ * expansion + chat on a single provider without a US hop.
+ *
+ * Verified against the live API on 2026-07-19 (model catalog, embedding
+ * dimensions, dimension-parameter rejection, and the batch ceiling — see
+ * the notes on each field below).
+ *
+ * DIMENSIONS — mistral-embed is FIXED 1024 and accepts NO dimension
+ * parameter at all. Both spellings are rejected upstream:
+ *   {"dimensions": 512}        -> 400 extra_forbidden (not in the API schema)
+ *   {"output_dimension": 512}  -> 400 "This model does not support output_dimension"
+ * The generic `openai-compatible` branch of dims.ts:dimsProviderOptions()
+ * already falls through to `return undefined` for these model ids, so no
+ * dimension field is emitted. Do NOT add mistral-embed to any of the
+ * flexible-dim allowlists there — it would 400 every embed call. Same
+ * contract as voyage-4-nano, for the same reason.
+ *
+ * codestral-embed / codestral-embed-2505 are deliberately NOT listed: they
+ * return 1536 dims, and a touchpoint carries a single `default_dims`.
+ * Mixing them under a 1024 declaration is the mixed-dim footgun
+ * embedding-dim-check.ts exists to catch. They are code-retrieval models
+ * anyway; a prose brain wants mistral-embed.
+ */
+export const mistral: Recipe = {
+  id: 'mistral',
+  name: 'Mistral AI',
+  tier: 'openai-compat',
+  implementation: 'openai-compatible',
+  base_url_default: 'https://api.mistral.ai/v1',
+  auth_env: {
+    required: ['MISTRAL_API_KEY'],
+    setup_url: 'https://console.mistral.ai/api-keys',
+  },
+  touchpoints: {
+    embedding: {
+      models: ['mistral-embed', 'mistral-embed-2312'],
+      default_dims: 1024,
+      // Mistral's published list price. Advisory only — canonical embedding
+      // spend accounting lives in src/core/embedding-pricing.ts.
+      cost_per_1m_tokens_usd: 0.1,
+      price_last_verified: '2026-07-19',
+      // Measured ceiling, not a doc guess: the /embeddings endpoint accepts a
+      // 65,286-token batch and rejects 66,960 with
+      //   400 code 3210 "Too many tokens overall, split into more batches."
+      // -> the real cap is 65,536 (64K) tokens per request.
+      max_batch_tokens: 65_536,
+      // chars_per_token is a DIVISOR in splitByTokenBudget()
+      // (estTokens = text.length / charsPerToken), so a LOWER value is the
+      // conservative direction. The module default of 4 is an English-prose
+      // assumption; German prose measured 3.58 here, and code/JSON/CJK runs
+      // denser still. 2 keeps the estimate above the real token count for
+      // every content shape we see.
+      chars_per_token: 2,
+      // With safety_factor 0.5 the pre-split budget is 32,768 estimated
+      // tokens = 65,536 chars. Worst realistic density (~1.5 chars/token)
+      // puts that at ~43.7K real tokens — still clear of the 64K ceiling.
+      safety_factor: 0.5,
+    },
+    expansion: {
+      models: ['ministral-3b-latest', 'mistral-small-latest'],
+      price_last_verified: '2026-07-19',
+    },
+    chat: {
+      models: [
+        'mistral-small-latest', 'mistral-medium-latest', 'mistral-large-latest',
+        'ministral-3b-latest', 'ministral-8b-latest', 'magistral-small-latest',
+      ],
+      supports_tools: true,
+      // Same call as the Moonshot recipe: ordinary tool calls are fine, but
+      // gbrain's subagent loop stays Anthropic-pinned for stable tool_use_id
+      // behavior across crashes/replays.
+      supports_subagent_loop: false,
+      supports_prompt_cache: false,
+      max_context_tokens: 262144,
+      price_last_verified: '2026-07-19',
+    },
+  },
+  setup_hint: 'Get an API key at https://console.mistral.ai/api-keys, then `export MISTRAL_API_KEY=...` and use `mistral:mistral-embed` (1024 dims) for embeddings.',
+};
diff --git a/src/core/embedding-pricing.ts b/src/core/embedding-pricing.ts
index 1bb37375c..18774727d 100644
--- a/src/core/embedding-pricing.ts
+++ b/src/core/embedding-pricing.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ export const EMBEDDING_PRICING: Record<string, EmbeddingPricing> = {
   'voyage:voyage-4-large':         { pricePerMTok: 0.18 },
   // ZeroEntropy (https://zeroentropy.dev/pricing — zembed-1)
   'zeroentropyai:zembed-1':        { pricePerMTok: 0.05 },
+  // Mistral (https://mistral.ai/pricing/api/, verified 2026-07-19)
+  'mistral:mistral-embed':         { pricePerMTok: 0.10 },
+  'mistral:mistral-embed-2312':    { pricePerMTok: 0.10 },
 };
 
 export type PriceLookupResult =
diff --git a/test/ai/recipe-mistral.test.ts b/test/ai/recipe-mistral.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..80490cff6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/ai/recipe-mistral.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+/**
+ * Mistral recipe smoke.
+ *
+ * The load-bearing assertion here is the negative one: mistral-embed rejects
+ * every dimension parameter with HTTP 400, so dimsProviderOptions() must emit
+ * no dimension field for it. Same contract as voyage-4-nano, pinned the same
+ * way (see the negative regression assertion in test/ai/gateway.test.ts).
+ */
+
+import { describe, expect, test } from 'bun:test';
+import { getRecipe } from '../../src/core/ai/recipes/index.ts';
+import { defaultResolveAuth } from '../../src/core/ai/gateway.ts';
+import { assertTouchpoint } from '../../src/core/ai/model-resolver.ts';
+import { AIConfigError } from '../../src/core/ai/errors.ts';
+import { dimsProviderOptions } from '../../src/core/ai/dims.ts';
+import { lookupEmbeddingPrice } from '../../src/core/embedding-pricing.ts';
+
+describe('recipe: mistral', () => {
+  test('registered with expected OpenAI-compatible shape', () => {
+    const r = getRecipe('mistral');
+    expect(r).toBeDefined();
+    expect(r!.id).toBe('mistral');
+    expect(r!.tier).toBe('openai-compat');
+    expect(r!.implementation).toBe('openai-compatible');
+    expect(r!.base_url_default).toBe('https://api.mistral.ai/v1');
+    expect(r!.auth_env?.required).toEqual(['MISTRAL_API_KEY']);
+  });
+
+  test('embedding touchpoint pins the measured 1024 dims and 64K batch ceiling', () => {
+    const e = getRecipe('mistral')!.touchpoints.embedding;
+    expect(e).toBeDefined();
+    expect(e!.models).toContain('mistral-embed');
+    expect(e!.default_dims).toBe(1024);
+    // Measured: a 65,286-token batch is accepted, 66,960 returns 400 code 3210.
+    expect(e!.max_batch_tokens).toBe(65_536);
+    // chars_per_token is a DIVISOR in splitByTokenBudget(), so a lower value
+    // is the conservative direction. The module default of 4 is an English
+    // assumption and overshoots on denser prose.
+    expect(e!.chars_per_token).toBe(2);
+  });
+
+  test('NEGATIVE: no dimension parameter is emitted for mistral-embed', () => {
+    // Mistral rejects both spellings:
+    //   {"dimensions": N}       -> 400 extra_forbidden
+    //   {"output_dimension": N} -> 400 "does not support output_dimension"
+    // If a future change adds mistral-embed to a flexible-dim allowlist in
+    // dims.ts, this assertion fails before it reaches users as a 400 on every
+    // embed call.
+    expect(dimsProviderOptions('openai-compatible', 'mistral-embed', 1024)).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(dimsProviderOptions('openai-compatible', 'mistral-embed-2312', 1024)).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  test('embedding models resolve to a known price', () => {
+    // An unknown price makes the embedding spend cap fail closed.
+    expect(lookupEmbeddingPrice('mistral:mistral-embed').kind).toBe('known');
+    expect(lookupEmbeddingPrice('mistral:mistral-embed-2312').kind).toBe('known');
+  });
+
+  test('chat and expansion touchpoints accept their configured models', () => {
+    const r = getRecipe('mistral')!;
+    expect(r.touchpoints.chat!.supports_tools).toBe(true);
+    expect(r.touchpoints.chat!.supports_subagent_loop).toBe(false);
+    expect(() => assertTouchpoint(r, 'chat', 'mistral-small-latest')).not.toThrow();
+    expect(() => assertTouchpoint(r, 'expansion', 'ministral-3b-latest')).not.toThrow();
+    expect(() => assertTouchpoint(r, 'embedding', 'mistral-embed')).not.toThrow();
+  });
+
+  test('codestral-embed is deliberately absent (1536 dims would mix under a 1024 declaration)', () => {
+    const e = getRecipe('mistral')!.touchpoints.embedding!;
+    expect(e.models).not.toContain('codestral-embed');
+    expect(e.models).not.toContain('codestral-embed-2505');
+  });
+
+  test('default auth: MISTRAL_API_KEY set -> Bearer token', () => {
+    const r = getRecipe('mistral')!;
+    const auth = defaultResolveAuth(r, { MISTRAL_API_KEY: 'fake-mistral-key' }, 'embedding');
+    expect(auth.headerName).toBe('Authorization');
+    expect(auth.token).toBe('Bearer fake-mistral-key');
+  });
+
+  test('default auth: missing MISTRAL_API_KEY -> AIConfigError', () => {
+    const r = getRecipe('mistral')!;
+    expect(() => defaultResolveAuth(r, {}, 'embedding')).toThrow(AIConfigError);
+  });
+});