MCP protocol - goose client | adding MCP Servers

Want to write and test your own MCP server without needing Claude Desktop? - "Goose is an open source AI agent that supercharges your software development by automating coding tasks. " - I wanted to share this as it's a great way to test an MCP Server (especially if you make your own).

Goose uses "extensions" - "Extensions are based on the Model Context Protocol (MCP), so you can connect Goose to a wide ecosystem of capabilities."

- chapters
00:00 what is goose?
01:25 install goose
03:00 specify LLM
08:40 file search
14:02 goose configure
17:50 add a python mcp server

-- example using goose with mcp server --
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~ goose configure

This will update your existing config file

┌ goose-configure
│
◇ What would you like to configure?
│ Add Extension
│
◇ What type of extension would you like to add?
│ Command-line Extension
│
◇ What would you like to call this extension?
│ fetch
│
◇ What command should be run?
│ uvx mcp-server-fetch
│
◇ Please set the timeout for this tool (in secs):
│ 11
│
◇ Would you like to add environment variables?
│ No
│
└ Added fetch extension
~ fetch the results of the top 10 from the 2025 Australian Grand Prix

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[louis]

Hello,
First of all, thank you for your videos. I have a few questions:
- Is there any advantage to using goose rather than a custom client, if I know I'll be using the same model all the time?
- For the mcp inspector provided by ClaudeAI, I didn't understand which model the inspector uses to test my tools, and if it's possible to choose a specific model.
thank you