goose is an AI agent framework in Rust with CLI and Electron desktop interfaces.
source bin/activate-hermit
cargo buildcargo build # debug
cargo build --release # release
just release-binary # release + openapicargo test # all tests
cargo test -p goose # specific crate
cargo test --package goose --test mcp_integration_test
just record-mcp-tests # record MCPcargo fmt
cargo clippy --all-targets -- -D warningsjust generate-openapi # after server changes
just run-ui # start desktop
cd ui/desktop && pnpm test # test UIgit commit -s # required for DCO sign-offcrates/
├── goose # core logic
├── goose-acp # Agent Client Protocol
├── goose-acp-macros # ACP proc macros
├── goose-cli # CLI entry
├── goose-server # backend (binary: goosed)
├── goose-mcp # MCP extensions
├── goose-test # test utilities
└── goose-test-support # test helpers
evals/open-model-gym/ # benchmarking / evals
ui/desktop/ # Electron app
# 1. source bin/activate-hermit
# 2. Make changes
# 3. cargo fmt# 1. cargo build
# 2. cargo test -p <crate>
# 3. cargo clippy --all-targets -- -D warnings
# 4. [if server] just generate-openapi
Test: Prefer tests/ folder, e.g. crates/goose/tests/
Test: When adding features, update goose-self-test.yaml, rebuild, then run goose run --recipe goose-self-test.yaml to validate
Error: Use anyhow::Result
Provider: Implement Provider trait see providers/base.rs
MCP: Extensions in crates/goose-mcp/
Server: Changes need just generate-openapi
Comments: Write self-documenting code - prefer clear names over comments
Comments: Never add comments that restate what code does
Comments: Only comment for complex algorithms, non-obvious business logic, or "why" not "what"
Simplicity: Don't make things optional that don't need to be - the compiler will enforce
Simplicity: Booleans should default to false, not be optional
Errors: Don't add error context that doesn't add useful information (e.g., .context("Failed to X") when error already says it failed)
Simplicity: Avoid overly defensive code - trust Rust's type system
Logging: Clean up existing logs, don't add more unless for errors or security events
Never: Edit ui/desktop/openapi.json manually
Never: Edit Cargo.toml use cargo add
Never: Skip cargo fmt
Never: Merge without running clippy
Never: Comment self-evident operations (// Initialize, // Return result), getters/setters, constructors, or standard Rust idioms
- CLI: crates/goose-cli/src/main.rs
- Server: crates/goose-server/src/main.rs
- UI: ui/desktop/src/main.ts
- Agent: crates/goose/src/agents/agent.rs