goose

by Block / Agentic AI Foundation

A general-purpose, open-source AI agent that runs on your machine, for code and automation alike.

55.2 k stars GitHub Apache-2.0 FreeFree when localOpen source

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What it does

Desktop app and CLI for macOS, Linux and Windows
15+ model providers, including local Ollama
70+ extensions through the MCP protocol

Install it

Requirements: An API key from a provider, or Ollama installed.

Download the desktop app

https://goose-docs.ai/docs/getting-started/installation

Or install the CLI

curl -fsSL https://github.com/aaif-goose/goose/releases/download/stable/download_cli.sh | bash

The prompt for your agent

Paste it into your coding agent: it checks the requirements and installs it for you.

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Prompt

Install goose (https://goose-docs.ai) on my machine.
1. Check the requirements: An API key from a provider, or Ollama installed. If anything is missing, tell me before installing anything.
2. Follow the official method:
- see https://goose-docs.ai/docs/getting-started/installation
- Or install the CLI: curl -fsSL https://github.com/aaif-goose/goose/releases/download/stable/download_cli.sh | bash
3. Check that it works, then explain how to launch it and where to start.

Always review what your agent is about to run, especially install commands.