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     :target: https://pypi.org/project/python-mistralclient/
     :alt: Latest Version
 
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-    :target: https://pypi.org/project/python-mistralclient/
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 Mistral is a workflow service. Most business processes consist of multiple
 distinct interconnected steps that need to be executed in a particular
 order in a distributed environment. A user can describe such a process as a set