goose

Block-originated Rust agent, now stewarded by the Linux Foundation's Agentic AI Foundation (`aaif-goose/goose`). The **harness** is the MCP/ACP extension model with recipes and provider choice; there's no fixed UI slot—you bolt it into whatever shell you use.

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Adoption surface

slightly complex

Autonomy

headless

Recovery

resumable

License

✅ open-source

Category

Coding agent products (IDEs, CLIs, full suites)

Repository ↗ Example: Goose recipes guide ↗

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