Goose
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goose is an open-source general-purpose agent for your own computer, with a desktop application (macOS, Linux, Windows) and a command-line version. It treats MCP servers as extensions: they are added from the desktop sidebar, with the goose configure command or in config.yaml, as local stdio processes or remote Streamable HTTP endpoints. The project is governed by AAIF, a foundation under the Linux Foundation.
Facts
How to add a server to Goose
- Find the server you want on plug.directory and open its page.
- In its install block, pick Goose. The block shows the config and where it goes.
- Put the config in ~/.config/goose/config.yaml. Then check the server's tools in Goose, as its docs describe.
For example, Azure MCP Server, one of the top ranked servers that work in Goose, goes in ~/.config/goose/config.yaml:
extensions:
"azure":
type: stdio
name: "azure"
enabled: true
cmd: "npx"
args: ["-y", "@azure/[email protected]", "server", "start"]
env_keys: []
envs: {}
timeout: 300 How to add an MCP server to Goose: local and remote
Matches the official docs The config follows Goose's MCP docs, read on 2026-10-31.
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Facts read from Agentic AI Foundation's own pages on 2026-10-31; the description is ours, from its site. Every client