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# Basic Agent

> Run a Mistral-powered Agno agent synchronously and with streaming.

## Code

```python basic.py theme={null}
from agno.agent import Agent, RunOutput  # noqa
from agno.models.mistral import MistralChat

agent = Agent(
    model=MistralChat(id="mistral-small-latest"),
    markdown=True,
)

# Get the response in a variable
# run: RunOutput = agent.run("Share a 2 sentence horror story")
# print(run.content)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    # --- Sync ---
    agent.print_response("Share a 2 sentence horror story")

    # --- Sync + Streaming ---
    agent.print_response("Share a 2 sentence horror story", stream=True)

```

## Usage

<Snippet file="create-venv-step.mdx" />

**1. Set your API key**

```bash theme={null}
export MISTRAL_API_KEY=xxx
```

**2. Install dependencies**

```bash theme={null}
uv pip install -U mistralai agno
```

**3. Run Agent**

Save the code above as `basic.py`, then run:

```bash theme={null}
python basic.py
```


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