diff --git a/schemas/v1.json b/schemas/v1.json
index e1d03b7..98b46a8 100644
--- a/schemas/v1.json
+++ b/schemas/v1.json
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 {
-  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
   "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hiddenpath/ai-protocol/main/schemas/v1.json",
   "title": "AI-Protocol v1.1 Specification",
   "description": "JSON Schema for AI-Protocol v1.1 provider and model specifications",
diff --git a/scripts/validate-configs.sh b/scripts/validate-configs.sh
index 842b205..be7cb3f 100644
--- a/scripts/validate-configs.sh
+++ b/scripts/validate-configs.sh
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ validate_file() {
 
     echo -n "Validating $file... "
 
+    # Use draft-07 spec (widely supported by ajv-cli)
+    # The schema file uses "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema"
     if ajv validate -s "$schema" -d "$file" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
         echo -e "${GREEN}✅ PASSED${NC}"
         ((PASSED++))
diff --git a/v1/models/mistral.yaml b/v1/models/mistral.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f8fcc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/v1/models/mistral.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+$schema: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hiddenpath/ai-protocol/main/schemas/v1.json"
+
+# Mistral Model Instances
+# Reference: https://docs.mistral.ai/api/
+
+models:
+  mistral-small-latest:
+    provider: mistral
+    model_id: "mistral-small-latest"
+    display_name: "Mistral Small"
+    context_window: 32000
+    capabilities: [chat, tools, streaming, parallel_tools]
+    status: active
+    tags: ["mistral", "small", "tools", "latest"]
+
+  mistral-medium-latest:
+    provider: mistral
+    model_id: "mistral-medium-latest"
+    display_name: "Mistral Medium"
+    context_window: 32000
+    capabilities: [chat, tools, streaming, parallel_tools]
+    status: active
+    tags: ["mistral", "medium", "tools", "latest"]
+
+  mistral-large-latest:
+    provider: mistral
+    model_id: "mistral-large-latest"
+    display_name: "Mistral Large"
+    context_window: 32000
+    capabilities: [chat, tools, streaming, parallel_tools, agentic]
+    status: active
+    tags: ["mistral", "large", "tools", "agentic", "latest"]
+
+  pixtral-small-latest:
+    provider: mistral
+    model_id: "pixtral-small-latest"
+    display_name: "Pixtral Small"
+    context_window: 128000
+    capabilities: [chat, vision, tools, streaming, parallel_tools]
+    status: active
+    tags: ["mistral", "pixtral", "vision", "small", "latest"]
+
+  pixtral-large-latest:
+    provider: mistral
+    model_id: "pixtral-large-latest"
+    display_name: "Pixtral Large"
+    context_window: 128000
+    capabilities: [chat, vision, tools, streaming, parallel_tools, agentic]
+    status: active
+    tags: ["mistral", "pixtral", "vision", "large", "agentic", "latest"]
+
+  open-mistral-7b:
+    provider: mistral
+    model_id: "open-mistral-7b"
+    display_name: "Open Mistral 7B"
+    context_window: 32000
+    capabilities: [chat, streaming]
+    status: active
+    tags: ["mistral", "open", "7b", "base"]
+
+  open-mixtral-8x7b:
+    provider: mistral
+    model_id: "open-mixtral-8x7b"
+    display_name: "Open Mixtral 8x7B"
+    context_window: 32000
+    capabilities: [chat, streaming]
+    status: active
+    tags: ["mistral", "open", "mixtral", "8x7b", "base"]
+
+  mistral-tiny:
+    provider: mistral
+    model_id: "mistral-tiny"
+    display_name: "Mistral Tiny"
+    context_window: 32000
+    capabilities: [chat, streaming]
+    status: active
+    tags: ["mistral", "tiny", "cost-effective"]
diff --git a/v1/providers/mistral.yaml b/v1/providers/mistral.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be430c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/v1/providers/mistral.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+$schema: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hiddenpath/ai-protocol/main/schemas/v1.json"
+
+id: mistral
+protocol_version: "1.5"
+
+version: "v1"
+base_url: "https://api.mistral.ai/v1"
+auth:
+  type: bearer
+  token_env: "MISTRAL_API_KEY"
+payload_format: "openai_style"
+
+# OpenAI-compatible API families
+api_families: ["chat_completions"]
+default_api_family: "chat_completions"
+endpoints:
+  # Runtime uses UnifiedRequest.operation (currently "chat") to resolve endpoints.
+  # Keep keys aligned with runtime expectations.
+  chat:
+    path: "/chat/completions"
+    method: "POST"
+    adapter: "openai"
+
+# Optional service endpoints (OpenAI-compatible).
+services:
+  list_models:
+    path: "/models"
+    method: "GET"
+    response_binding: "data"
+
+# Termination reason normalization (see v1/spec.yaml: standard_schema.streaming_events.termination_reasons)
+termination:
+  source_field: "finish_reason"
+  mapping:
+    stop: "end_turn"
+    length: "max_tokens"
+    tool_calls: "tool_use"
+    content_filter: "refusal"
+  notes:
+    - "OpenAI-compatible: finish_reason is reported per candidate."
+
+# Tool invocation normalization (see v1/spec.yaml: standard_schema.content_blocks)
+tooling:
+  source_model: "openai_tool_calls"
+  tool_use:
+    id_path: "id"
+    name_path: "function.name"
+    input_path: "function.arguments"
+    input_format: "json_string"
+  notes:
+    - "OpenAI-compatible tool_calls.function.arguments is typically a JSON string; runtimes SHOULD parse it into an object when normalizing."
+
+# Rate limits (Mistral uses standard HTTP headers)
+# Note: Mistral may use different header names, but we follow OpenAI-compatible pattern
+rate_limit_headers:
+  requests_limit: "x-ratelimit-limit-requests"
+  requests_remaining: "x-ratelimit-remaining-requests"
+  requests_reset: "x-ratelimit-reset-requests"
+  tokens_limit: "x-ratelimit-limit-tokens"
+  tokens_remaining: "x-ratelimit-remaining-tokens"
+  tokens_reset: "x-ratelimit-reset-tokens"
+  retry_after: "retry-after"
+
+# Retry policy (OpenAI-compatible guidance: exponential backoff for 429; retry 5xx after brief wait)
+retry_policy:
+  strategy: "exponential_backoff"
+  min_delay_ms: 1000
+  jitter: "full"
+  retry_on_http_status: [429, 500]
+  notes:
+    - "OpenAI-compatible: exponential backoff is recommended for rate limit errors (429)."
+    - "Retry 500 after a brief wait."
+
+parameter_mappings:
+  temperature: "temperature"
+  max_tokens: "max_tokens"
+  stream: "stream"
+  stop_sequences: "stop"
+  tools: "tools"
+  tool_choice: "tool_choice"
+  frequency_penalty: "frequency_penalty"
+  presence_penalty: "presence_penalty"
+  top_p: "top_p"
+  random_seed: "random_seed"
+  n: "n"
+  parallel_tool_calls: "parallel_tool_calls"
+  safe_prompt: "safe_prompt"
+  response_format: "response_format"
+  prompt_mode: "prompt_mode"
+  prediction: "prediction"
+  metadata: "metadata"
+
+response_format: "openai_style"
+response_paths:
+  content: "choices[0].message.content"
+  tool_calls: "choices[0].message.tool_calls"
+  usage: "usage"
+
+streaming:
+  event_format: "data_lines"
+  decoder:
+    format: "sse"
+    delimiter: "\n\n"
+    prefix: "data: "
+    done_signal: "[DONE]"
+  content_path: "choices[0].delta.content"
+  tool_call_path: "choices[0].delta.tool_calls"
+  usage_path: "usage"
+  frame_selector: "exists($.choices) || exists($.error)"
+  event_map:
+    # Text content delta
+    - match: "exists($.choices[*].delta.content)"
+      emit: "PartialContentDelta"
+      fields:
+        content: "$.choices[*].delta.content"
+    # Tool call start
+    - match: "exists($.choices[*].delta.tool_calls[*].function.name)"
+      emit: "ToolCallStarted"
+      fields:
+        tool_call_id: "$.choices[*].delta.tool_calls[*].id"
+        tool_name: "$.choices[*].delta.tool_calls[*].function.name"
+        index: "$.choices[*].delta.tool_calls[*].index"
+    # Tool call arguments streaming
+    - match: "exists($.choices[*].delta.tool_calls[*].function.arguments)"
+      emit: "PartialToolCall"
+      fields:
+        arguments: "$.choices[*].delta.tool_calls[*].function.arguments"
+        index: "$.choices[*].delta.tool_calls[*].index"
+    # Usage metadata
+    - match: "exists($.usage)"
+      emit: "Metadata"
+      fields:
+        usage: "$.usage"
+    # Finish with reason
+    - match: "exists($.choices[*].finish_reason)"
+      emit: "FinalCandidate"
+      fields:
+        finish_reason: "$.choices[*].finish_reason"
+        candidate_index: "$.choices[*].index"
+  stop_condition: "$.choices[0].finish_reason != null"
+
+features:
+  multi_candidate:
+    support_type: "native"
+    param_name: "n"
+  response_mapping:
+    tool_calls:
+      path: "choices[0].message.tool_calls"
+      fields:
+        id: "id"
+        name: "function.name"
+        args: "function.arguments"
+    error:
+      message_path: "error.message"
+      code_path: "error.code"
+      type_path: "error.type"
+      param_path: "error.param"
+
+capabilities: [chat, tools, streaming, parallel_tools, agentic]