goose

An open-source, extensible AI agent that goes beyond code suggestions

agent Rust block/goose
88% pass rate
5/7 principles met

Spec Coverage

How many of the spec's requirements were verified for this tool. See /coverage for the full matrix.

Level Total Verified Unverified
MUST 23 9 14
SHOULD 16 0 16
MAY 7 0 7

Top Issues

All Checks

P1: Non-Interactive by Default

PASS Non-interactive by default
SKIP Non-interactive gate flag advertised in --help target satisfies P1 via alternative gate (help-on-bare or stdin-primary)
PASS Flags advertise env-var bindings in --help

P2: Structured, Parseable Output

SKIP Structured output support no --output/--format flag detected in any subcommand

P3: Progressive Help Discovery

PASS Help flag produces useful output
PASS Version flag works

P4: Fail-Fast, Actionable Errors

PASS Rejects invalid arguments

P6: Composable, Predictable Command Structure

PASS Handles SIGPIPE gracefully
SKIP Pager-using CLI ships --no-pager escape hatch no pager signal (less/more/$PAGER/--pager) in --help
PASS Respects NO_COLOR

P7: Bounded, High-Signal Responses

WARN Quiet mode available no --quiet/-q flag detected in --help output

Details

Version scored
3.27.1
Audit date
2026-05-01 10:09:18 UTC
Duration
414ms
Platform
linux/x86_64
Mode
command
Anc build
0.3.0
Install
brew install goose

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