mcp-server

Goose: AI Code Assistant

Get AI-driven code help with Goose.
intermediate30 minutes💵 Free (self-hosted)
53,832 stars6,160 forksRustGuide quality 8/10Updated 9/2/2026100% free · open source
What it is

Use Goose to get AI-driven code help for your development needs.

Real use case example

"A founder working on an e-commerce platform wants to automate customer welcome emails and addition to their database. They use Goose to install a script that collects form submissions, sends a customizable email, and adds users to their database. With Goose's editing capabilities, they fine-tune the script in minutes."

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When to use it
  • When you need AI-driven code help for your Rust projects
  • When you want to automate repetitive coding tasks with an extensible AI agent
  • When you're developing applications that require integration with large language models
Ready-to-paste prompt
goose exec -c 'print("Hello, World!")' --llm my-llm-model
Heads up: Ensure you have Rust and Cargo installed on your system, as Goose is built with Rust and uses Cargo for package management
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Use with Claude
New

Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

🛠️ Technical setup

Expect 20–40 minutes in a terminal — or let your AI agent drive it.

Try it instantly — no install
Claude Code
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/goose && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/goose/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/goose/SKILL.md
Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)
claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

Adds a WorkflowStacks connector to Claude Code: search and load any skill here by chatting.

How Goose: AI Code Assistant works
Codeflow
Free to inspect

Goose: AI Code Assistant is a very large Rust project (~318k lines across 1070 code files, plus 96 test files). It is a full software project: use it through its install path rather than reading it end to end. Last commit this month, Apache-2.0 license, has a test suite.

Size
Very large codebase
~318k lines · 1070 code files · days to read — use, don't read
Setup
Developer setup
A real software project. Use it via its install path; don't expect to read it all.
Runs on
Rust · Docker
No API keys detected
Rust 71%TypeScript 25%Python 1%Shell 1%HTML 1%
Where to start reading
  1. 1
    README.md
    Start here — what it does and how to install it
  2. 2
    AGENTS.md
    The instructions the AI actually follows
  3. 3
    bin/npm
    Where the program starts running
  4. 4
    Cargo.toml
    Dependencies and the commands it exposes
  5. 5
    examples/frontend_tools.py
    A worked example — copy this to get going
What's in each folder
ui/Frontend / UI624 files
bin/Command-line entry points39 files
services/Backend / API26 files
documentation/Documentation828 files
examples/Examples you can copy12 files
crates/Folder707 files
scripts/Helper scripts27 files
evals/Evaluations & benchmarks10 files
READMEHas testsDocumentedCI checksDocker readyExamples includedApache-2.0 licenseUpdated this month
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Details
Creator
aaif-goose
Language
Rust
Category
mcp-server
Published
8/23/2024

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