Europe's leading AI models can access a variety of tools by connecting Mistral's AI API to MCP servers.Tutorial focuses on building helper functions to connect MCP servers to Mistral's API for data fetching and summarizing.Setup includes environment preparation, dependency installation, and configuring TypeScript for project setup.To use Mistral AI models via API, registration on Mistral AI console is required to obtain an API key.Connecting to Mistral API involves calling Mistral's AI models for tasks like poem creation about specific topics.Adding MCP servers like fetch and filesystem allows AI models to perform tasks like fetching data and writing files.Listing available tools from MCP servers requires converting server data to Mistral-compatible format for AI model usage.Converting tool call responses between MCP and Mistral formats enhances the communication between AI models and servers.Returning tool results to the API involves converting output to Mistral message format for further processing by AI models.This setup enables AI agents to communicate with MCP servers, perform tasks, and return results efficiently.