Mistral Vibe

Use Producer Pal with Mistral's open-source command line coding assistant.

Requirements

Download Max for Live DeviceProducer_Pal.amxd — for Ableton Live

• Ableton Live 12.3+ with Max for Live. Live 12.4 or later is recommended — some features don't work on older versions of Live. Use the version of Max bundled with Live, or make sure your standalone Max is up to date.

• Node.js 20+

• Mistral Vibe (requires Mistral API key)

Installation Steps

1. Install the Max for Live Device

Download Producer_Pal.amxd, the Producer Pal Max for Live device.

To install it, open User Library (under Places) in Live's browser, go to Presets → MIDI Effects → Max MIDI Effect, and drag Producer_Pal.amxd into that folder:

Drag it from the Max MIDI Effect folder onto a MIDI track:

It should display "Producer Pal Running" or something isn't working.

2. Configure Mistral Vibe

Add Producer Pal to your Vibe configuration file (~/.vibe/config.toml):

Option A: With npx (recommended) — Allows flexible startup order and auto-reconnection:

[[mcp_servers]]
name = "producer-pal"
transport = "stdio"
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "producer-pal@latest"]

Option B: Direct HTTP — Requires Ableton running first, no auto-reconnection:

[[mcp_servers]]
name = "producer-pal"
transport = "streamable-http"
url = "http://localhost:3350/mcp"

3. Start Using Producer Pal

1. Run vibe in an empty folder (so it can focus on Producer Pal instead of coding)
2. Start a conversation with "connect to ableton"
3. Allow Producer Pal tools to be used when prompted

Troubleshooting

If it doesn't work, see the Troubleshooting Guide.