MistralChain

A lightweight interactive AI app built with Chainlit and powered by the Mistral 7B language model. Designed for flexible experimentation and rapid prototyping.

Features

🧠 Powered by the open-source Mistral 7B model

⚡ Rapid prototyping via Chainlit UI

💬 Interactive chat-based interface

🧪 Ideal for testing and integrating custom prompts or workflows

🧼 Includes linting tools for clean and consistent code

Installation

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/edcalderin/mistral-chain.git
cd mistral-chain

2. Create and activate the Poetry environment

# Create the env directory within the project
poetry config virtualenvs.create false --local

# Create a new Poetry environment
poetry install --no-root

# Activate the environment
poetry env activate

3. Verify the installation

# Verify that the environment is active
poetry env info

# The activated environment should appear first.

Usage

Run

python -m chainlit run src/chainlit.py

Lint

Style the code with Ruff:

ruff format .
ruff check . --fix

Removing the environment

When you're done working on the project, remove the Poetry environment:

poetry env remove

Optional

Remove the downloaded model from your system.

• Go to .cache/huggingface/hub/ and delete the model directory.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to the Medium community, Chainlit contributors, and the open-source ML ecosystem that enables continuous learning and innovation.

Contact

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erick-calderin-5bb6963b/
e-mail: edcm.erick@gmail.com

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