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How to Use Mistral Le Chat Without Generic AI Instructions
Mistral Le Chat is a chat assistant that can work from documents you attach. It works best when you give it the real source and one bounded task.
Dear Suzannah
Dear Suzannah, I have three half-finished docs, a pile of meeting notes, and a boss who wants a one-page summary by end of day. How do I get an assistant to draft something usable instead of a wall of generic text?
Give it the source docs and a single, bounded task.
The real use case
You have real internal documents — a policy, a draft, a set of notes — and need a focused draft: a summary, a rewritten paragraph, or a side-by-side comparison. The assistant has to work from your material, not invent it.
The tool-specific prompt to use
This prompt is specific to Mistral Le Chat and this use case. Paste it into the chat box, then replace the bracketed notes with your real project details.
I am attaching [number] documents: [list each with a short label, e.g. 'Q3 policy draft', 'meeting notes 4 July']. Do exactly this one task: [summarize / rewrite paragraph X / compare A and B]. Output format: [one page / a table / bullet list]. Rules: base every sentence on the attached documents only. Do not invent facts, numbers, or names that are not in them. After each key point, note in brackets which document and section it came from. If something I asked for is not in the documents, say 'not in source' — do not guess. Keep the tone plain and professional, no marketing language. Do not pad with generic advice. Give me the draft first, then a short list of anything that was missing from the sources so I know what to fill in. End with the one question I should go back and answer myself before sending this to my boss.
Prompt length: about 200 words.
Make the result less generic
- Attach or paste the real source — don’t let it write from nothing.
- Limit it to one task per turn so the output stays focused.
- Ask it to quote the section it pulled each point from.
- Tell it to say ‘not in source’ instead of guessing.
- Keep one output format so you don’t get a wall of text.
Quick human check
- Is every part based on your actual documents?
- Are there no invented facts, numbers, or names?
- Is it one clear task, not five?
- Is the output in the format you asked for?
- Is the next edit obvious?
