Goose, MCP, and AGENTS.md: The emerging foundation of Agentic AI
Most leaders track Anthropic’s MCP and OpenAI’s AGENTS.md. Very few have noticed Block’s goose framework. I hadn’t either. And I’ve been working with AI systems for years. Goose was released in early 2025. It is an open-source, local-first agent framework. At first glance, it looks like “just another agent framework.” It isn’t. Goose combines language models, extensible tools, and standardized MCP-based integration into a single execution environment. What matters is the intent behind it. This is not about clever prompts or impressive demos. It is about structure, reliability, and control. In other words: how agentic systems behave when they are [...]






