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Build a Chat-agents-to-database pipeline in Python using dlt with AI Workbench support for Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex.

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Mistral is an AI platform that provides Chat Agents via a REST API. The REST API base URL is https://api.mistral.ai/v1 and All requests require a Bearer token for authentication..

dlt is an open-source Python library that handles authentication, pagination, and schema evolution automatically. dlthub provides AI context files that enable code assistants to generate production-ready pipelines. Install with uv pip install "dlt[workspace]" and start loading Chat-agents data in under 10 minutes.


What data can I load from Chat-agents?

Here are some of the endpoints you can load from Chat-agents:

ResourceEndpointMethodData selectorDescription
agentsagentsGETRetrieve a list of agent entities sorted by creation time.
agent_detailagents/{agent_id}GETRetrieve a single agent entity by its ID.
agent_versionsagents/{agent_id}/versionsGETList all versions of a specific agent.
agent_aliasesagents/{agent_id}/aliasesGETRetrieve all version aliases for a specific agent.
agent_version_detailagents/{agent_id}/versions/{version}GETGet a specific version of an agent.

How do I authenticate with the Chat-agents API?

Authentication uses an HTTP Authorization header with the value Bearer <API_KEY>. Provide the API key obtained from the Mistral console as the token.

1. Get your credentials

  1. Sign up or log in at https://console.mistral.ai.
  2. Navigate to the API Keys section in the dashboard.
  3. Click Create new key, optionally give it a name, and confirm.
  4. Copy the generated key (it is shown only once). Store it securely; it will be used as the Bearer token in API requests.

2. Add them to .dlt/secrets.toml

[sources.chat_agents_source] api_key = "your_api_key_here"

dlt reads this automatically at runtime — never hardcode tokens in your pipeline script. For production environments, see setting up credentials with dlt for environment variable and vault-based options.


How do I set up and run the pipeline?

Set up a virtual environment and install dlt:

uv venv && source .venv/bin/activate uv pip install "dlt[workspace]"

1. Install the dlt AI Workbench:

dlt ai init --agent <your-agent> # <agent>: claude | cursor | codex

This installs project rules, a secrets management skill, appropriate ignore files, and configures the dlt MCP server for your agent. Learn more →

2. Install the rest-api-pipeline toolkit:

dlt ai toolkit rest-api-pipeline install

This loads the skills and context about dlt the agent uses to build the pipeline iteratively, efficiently, and safely. The agent uses MCP tools to inspect credentials — it never needs to read your secrets.toml directly. Learn more →

3. Start LLM-assisted coding:

Use /find-source to load data from the Chat-agents API into DuckDB.

The rest-api-pipeline toolkit takes over from here — it reads relevant API documentation, presents you with options for which endpoints to load, and follows a structured workflow to scaffold, debug, and validate the pipeline step by step.

4. Run the pipeline:

python chat_agents_pipeline.py

If everything is configured correctly, you'll see output like this:

Pipeline chat_agents_pipeline load step completed in 0.26 seconds 1 load package(s) were loaded to destination duckdb and into dataset chat_agents_data The duckdb destination used duckdb:/chat_agents.duckdb location to store data Load package 1749667187.541553 is LOADED and contains no failed jobs

Inspect your pipeline and data:

dlt pipeline chat_agents_pipeline show

This opens the Pipeline Dashboard where you can verify pipeline state, load metrics, schema (tables, columns, types), and query the loaded data directly.


Python pipeline example

This example loads agents and agents/{agent_id} from the Chat-agents API into DuckDB. It mirrors the endpoint and data selector configuration from the table above:

import dlt from dlt.sources.rest_api import RESTAPIConfig, rest_api_resources @dlt.source def chat_agents_source(api_key=dlt.secrets.value): config: RESTAPIConfig = { "client": { "base_url": "https://api.mistral.ai/v1", "auth": { "type": "bearer", "token": api_key, }, }, "resources": [ {"name": "agents", "endpoint": {"path": "agents"}}, {"name": "agent_versions", "endpoint": {"path": "agents/{agent_id}/versions"}} ], } yield from rest_api_resources(config) def get_data() -> None: pipeline = dlt.pipeline( pipeline_name="chat_agents_pipeline", destination="duckdb", dataset_name="chat_agents_data", ) load_info = pipeline.run(chat_agents_source()) print(load_info)

To add more endpoints, append entries from the resource table to the "resources" list using the same name, path, and data_selector pattern.


How do I query the loaded data?

Once the pipeline runs, dlt creates one table per resource. You can query with Python or SQL.

Python (pandas DataFrame):

import dlt data = dlt.pipeline("chat_agents_pipeline").dataset() sessions_df = data.agents.df() print(sessions_df.head())

SQL (DuckDB example):

SELECT * FROM chat_agents_data.agents LIMIT 10;

In a marimo or Jupyter notebook:

import dlt data = dlt.pipeline("chat_agents_pipeline").dataset() data.agents.df().head()

See how to explore your data in marimo Notebooks and how to query your data in Python with dataset.


What destinations can I load Chat-agents data to?

dlt supports loading into any of these destinations — only the destination parameter changes:

DestinationExample value
DuckDB (local, default)"duckdb"
PostgreSQL"postgres"
BigQuery"bigquery"
Snowflake"snowflake"
Redshift"redshift"
Databricks"databricks"
Filesystem (S3, GCS, Azure)"filesystem"

Change the destination in dlt.pipeline(destination="snowflake") and add credentials in .dlt/secrets.toml. See the full destinations list.


Troubleshooting

Authentication errors

  • 401 Unauthorized – The Bearer token is missing, malformed, or expired. Verify that the Authorization: Bearer <API_KEY> header is present and that the key is still active in the console.

Rate limiting

  • 429 Too Many Requests – The API enforces per‑minute request quotas. Back‑off for a few seconds and retry, or request a higher quota from Mistral support.

Pagination quirks

  • The GET /agents/{agent_id}/versions endpoint supports pagination via limit and offset query parameters. Omit them to retrieve the first page; continue fetching while a next link or non‑empty response is returned.

Ensure that the API key is valid to avoid 401 Unauthorized errors. Also, verify endpoint paths and parameters to avoid 404 Not Found errors.


Next steps

Continue your data engineering journey with the other toolkits of the dltHub AI Workbench:

  • data-exploration — Build custom notebooks, charts, and dashboards for deeper analysis with marimo notebooks.
  • dlthub-runtime — Deploy, schedule, and monitor your pipeline in production.
dlt ai toolkit data-exploration install dlt ai toolkit dlthub-runtime install

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