Report · marked 25 Aug 2026
aaif-goose/goose
Ready for an agent to work in without hand-holding.
Rust · 53,459 stars · 2,446 files · branch main
86
/100
A
Instructions
26/27Whether the repo tells an agent how to behave before it starts guessing. Losing marks on readme as an entry point.Setup
16/20Whether an agent can install the project and get it running without a human. Losing marks on environment config.Verification loop
22/22Whether an agent can check its own work. This is the category that most decides whether agent output is trustworthy. Full marks.Context economy
11/20Whether the repo fits in a context window, or fights it. Losing marks on file sizes fit in context and repository weight.Navigability
10/10How quickly anything new can orient itself. Full marks.
Higher is better. Accent marks what is costing you most.
Fix these first
01
Environment config
Add a .env.example listing every variable with a safe placeholder value. It's the cheapest possible fix and it unblocks the whole first run.
02
Repository weight
Large binaries and vendored trees slow every operation an agent performs. Git LFS or a separate assets repo keeps the working tree navigable.
03
File sizes fit in context
A single file that fills the context window forces an agent to work from fragments, and it will confidently edit code it never saw. Splitting the worst offenders pays for itself immediately.
The full marking
Every deduction below names the file or setting it came from.
Instructions 26/27 A+
Whether the repo tells an agent how to behave before it starts guessing.
✓Agent instruction file
12/12
AGENTS.md is present, which is the format the most tools read.
Also found: CLAUDE.md, Copilot instructions
✓Instruction quality
12/12
Specific enough that an agent can act on it.
5,376 characters, a workable length
names the actual commands to run
uses headings, so an agent can skim it
includes copyable code blocks
✗README as an entry point
2/3
README exists but never explains how to get the thing running.
Give the README an Install and a Usage heading with real commands under each. Agents pattern-match on those headings.
Setup 16/20 A-
Whether an agent can install the project and get it running without a human.
✓Deterministic install
6/6
cargo.lock pins the dependency tree.
Found cargo.lock
✓Discoverable commands
6/6
Commands are declared where an agent will look for them.
justfile
scripts/ directory
✗Environment config
0/4
Nothing documents the environment this needs. An agent will get a runtime error it can't diagnose.
Add a .env.example listing every variable with a safe placeholder value. It's the cheapest possible fix and it unblocks the whole first run.
✓Pinned runtime version
2/2
The language runtime version is pinned.
Found rust-toolchain.toml
✓Reproducible environment
2/2
.devcontainer/devcontainer.json gives a known-good environment.
Verification loop 22/22 A+
Whether an agent can check its own work. This is the category that most decides whether agent output is trustworthy.
✓Tests exist
8/8
184 test files against 1196 source files.
e.g. .github/workflows/pr-smoke-test.yml, crates/goose-cli/tests/mcp-conformance/expected-failures-2025-11-25-0.1.16.yaml, crates/goose-cli/tests/mcp-conformance/expected-failures-2025-11-25-0.2.0-alpha.10.yaml
✓Test command is discoverable
7/7
An agent can find and run `cargo test`.
✓Continuous integration
4/4
41 GitHub Actions workflows define what "passing" means.
✓Lint and format rules
3/3
clippy.toml encodes the house style.
–Static type checking
n/a
Not applicable — the Rust compiler type checks every build.
Context economy 11/20 B-
Whether the repo fits in a context window, or fights it.
✓No committed build output
6/6
No generated directories committed.
✓.gitignore hygiene
3/3
.gitignore covers 57 patterns.
✗File sizes fit in context
2/6
13 source files are over 100KB.
A single file that fills the context window forces an agent to work from fragments, and it will confidently edit code it never saw. Splitting the worst offenders pays for itself immediately.
crates/goose/src/agents/agent.rs — 249KB
crates/goose-provider-types/src/formats/openai.rs — 228KB
crates/goose/src/acp/provider.rs — 172KB
✗Repository weight
0/5
About 966MB checked out. Large enough that cloning and searching are both slow.
Large binaries and vendored trees slow every operation an agent performs. Git LFS or a separate assets repo keeps the working tree navigable.
Here is your AGENTS.md
Drafted from what is actually in this repository: the install
command from your lockfile, the commands you already declare, your real directory layout. Anything
marked TODO needs a person. Save it at the root as AGENTS.md.
# AGENTS.md an open source, extensible AI agent that goes beyond code suggestions - install, execute, edit, and test with any LLM ## Setup ``` cargo build ``` ## Commands ``` cargo test # run the test suite ``` ## Layout - `crates/` 553 source files - `ui/` 499 source files - `documentation/` 86 source files - `services/` 19 source files - `scripts/` 18 source files - `examples/` 5 source files ## Conventions - Tests live alongside the code they cover, following `.github/workflows/pr-smoke-test.yml`. - CI defines what passing means. See `.github/workflows/build-cli-linux.yml`, and keep it green. - TODO: add the two or three conventions a newcomer always gets wrong here. ## Gotchas - `crates/goose/src/agents/agent.rs` is 249KB. It will not fit comfortably in context, so read it in parts. --- Drafted by agentreadme.com from what is in this repository. Everything marked TODO needs a human. Check it in as AGENTS.md at the root.
Open the raw markdown
or
curl -o AGENTS.md agentreadme.com/draft/aaif-goose/goose.md
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