GOOSE(1)Agent Framework ReferenceGOOSE(1)
NAME
goose — Goose is a developer AI agent by Block (Square), battle-tested with 4,000+ internal engineers where 75% report saving 8-10+ hours weekly.
METADATA
CATEGORY
Framework
Framework
PRICING
Free
Free
LANGUAGE
Rust
Rust
VERIFIED
2026-03-16
2026-03-16
STATUS
ACTIVE
ACTIVE
VENDOR
Block (Square)
Block (Square)
LINKS
CONFIG FILES
PATTERNS
SEQUENTIALAgents execute in a defined order, passing results to the next agent.
CUSTOMUser-defined orchestration pattern with custom control flow.
PROTOCOLS
DESCRIPTION
Goose is a developer AI agent by Block (Square), battle-tested with 4,000+ internal engineers where 75% report saving 8-10+ hours weekly. A founding project of the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) under the Linux Foundation alongside MCP and AGENTS.md. Offers both desktop app and CLI with extensible toolkits via MCP. Goose now also loads Claude skills (SKILL.md) for reusable task definitions.
SEE ALSO
Block (Square)2026-03-16GOOSE(1)