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Goose: Boost Your Development Speed with an Extensible AI Agent

Goose lets founders automate install, execution, editing, and testing using any LLM—ideal for teams that need a flexible, Rust‑powered AI assistant. 55k+ GitHub stars.

From the repo · “an open source, extensible AI agent that goes beyond code suggestions - install, execute, edit, and test with any LLM”

intermediate⏱ 30 minutes💵 Free (self-hosted)
55,524 stars+225★ this week6,418 forksRustGuide quality 8/10 · reviewed Sep 29Updated 10/22/2026100% 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
Saves to your device
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

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How Goose: Boost Your Development Speed with an Extensible AI Agent works
Codeflow
Free to inspect

Goose: Boost Your Development Speed with an Extensible AI Agent 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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Abandoned Cart Win-Back

Draft a personalized, non-pushy win-back email for every abandoned cart — referencing the exact product left behind. You approve before sending.

Outcome guide

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Export abandoned carts to a Google Sheet and the workflow drafts a warm, specific win-back email for each — referencing the actual product, without desperate discount-spam. You review and send.

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