{"schemaVersion":"opencli.cli.v1","slug":"goose","name":"Goose","shortName":"goose","binaryName":"goose","maker":{"slug":"block","name":"Block","type":"org","url":"https://block.xyz","officialPlatformMaker":false,"featuredBuilder":false},"category":"AI","description":"Coding agent, terminal actions, and prompted automation from the terminal. Built by Block.","tagline":"Coding agent, terminal actions, and prompted automation from the terminal.","install":{"packageManager":"brew","command":"brew install goose","packageName":null,"npmPackage":null,"brewFormula":"goose","brewCask":null,"crateName":null,"pypiPackage":null,"goPackage":null,"dockerImage":null},"verify":{"command":"goose --help","signal":"goose responds locally; authenticate before real work."},"quickStart":"goose","exampleWorkflow":["goose"],"agent":{"readiness":{"label":"Human-first CLI","score":10,"reasons":[],"guardrails":["Prefer small commands and ask the agent to summarize plain text output.","Expect prompts; keep a human in the loop for interactive flows.","Verify identity/account before running task commands.","Network access is required; avoid leaking secrets in logs.","Require confirmation before apply, delete, deploy, transfer, merge, or write actions."]},"packUrl":"https://opencli.co/cli/goose/agent.md","packMarkdown":"# OpenCLI Agent Pack: Goose\n\nUse this when an AI agent needs to work with `goose`.\n\n## What this CLI is for\nCoding agent, terminal actions, and prompted automation from the terminal. Built by Block.\n\nBest for: coding agent, terminal actions, and prompted automation from the terminal.\n\n## Agent readiness\nHuman-first CLI (10/100)\n\n\n## Install\n```sh\nbrew install goose\n```\n\n## Verify before real work\n```sh\ngoose --help\n```\nExpected signal: goose responds locally; authenticate before real work.\n\n## Safe starting commands\n```sh\ngoose --help\n```\n\n```sh\ngoose\n```\n\n## Guardrails for agents\n- Prefer small commands and ask the agent to summarize plain text output.\n- Expect prompts; keep a human in the loop for interactive flows.\n- Verify identity/account before running task commands.\n- Network access is required; avoid leaking secrets in logs.\n- Require confirmation before apply, delete, deploy, transfer, merge, or write actions.\n\n## Suggested agent instruction\nYou may use Goose (`goose`) for coding agent, terminal actions, and prompted automation from the terminal.. First install it if missing, then run the verify command. Start with read-only or inspection commands. Summarize what you found before changing anything. Ask for confirmation before commands that mutate remote state, spend money, deploy, delete data, merge code, or expose secrets.\n\nSource: OpenCLI\n"},"fit":{"bestFor":"coding agent, terminal actions, and prompted automation from the terminal.","useThisIf":"You work with AI models and inference and want a fast terminal interface.","skipIf":"You're not comfortable with a tool that can write to production.","whatHappensNext":"Run `goose` and see what comes back."},"capabilities":{"agentFriendly":true,"supportsJsonOutput":false,"supportsNonInteractive":false,"supportsDryRun":false,"requiresAuth":true,"requiresNetwork":true,"ciFriendly":false,"localFirst":false,"destructivePotential":"high"},"taxonomy":{"useCases":["Coding agent","Terminal actions","Prompted automation"],"aliases":["block goose"],"keywords":["agent coding terminal"],"tags":["builder","agent-friendly"]},"links":{"website":"https://github.com/block/goose","github":"https://github.com/block/goose","docs":"https://github.com/block/goose","opencli":"https://opencli.co/cli/goose","markdown":"https://opencli.co/cli/goose/agent.md","json":"https://opencli.co/cli/goose.json"},"metrics":{"githubStars":47813,"latestRelease":"2026-06-06T04:06:28Z","license":"Apache-2.0","metricLabel":"Homebrew installs (30d)","metricValue":570,"metricSource":"homebrew","metricAsOf":"2026-06-08T11:00:46.806Z"}}