diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 735b9a5303aa..d38777094920 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3544,6 +3544,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "goose-mcp",
  "http 1.2.0",
  "indicatif",
+ "jsonschema",
  "mcp-client",
  "mcp-core",
  "mcp-server",
diff --git a/crates/goose-cli/Cargo.toml b/crates/goose-cli/Cargo.toml
index be6b72fccf23..0bcfc5506b0c 100644
--- a/crates/goose-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/goose-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ console = "0.15.8"
 bat = "0.24.0"
 anyhow = "1.0"
 serde_json = "1.0"
+jsonschema = "0.30.0"
 tokio = { version = "1.43", features = ["full"] }
 futures = "0.3"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }  # For serialization
diff --git a/crates/goose-cli/src/commands/recipe.rs b/crates/goose-cli/src/commands/recipe.rs
index deadf0f0a840..332e693e4c9a 100644
--- a/crates/goose-cli/src/commands/recipe.rs
+++ b/crates/goose-cli/src/commands/recipe.rs
@@ -74,10 +74,22 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     const VALID_RECIPE_CONTENT: &str = r#"
-title: "Test Recipe"
-description: "A test recipe for deeplink generation"
+title: "Test Recipe with Valid JSON Schema"
+description: "A test recipe with valid JSON schema"
 prompt: "Test prompt content"
 instructions: "Test instructions"
+response:
+  json_schema:
+    type: object
+    properties:
+      result:
+        type: string
+        description: "The result"
+      count:
+        type: number
+        description: "A count value"
+    required:
+      - result
 "#;
 
     const INVALID_RECIPE_CONTENT: &str = r#"
@@ -87,6 +99,20 @@ prompt: "Test prompt content {{ name }}"
 instructions: "Test instructions"
 "#;
 
+    const RECIPE_WITH_INVALID_JSON_SCHEMA: &str = r#"
+title: "Test Recipe with Invalid JSON Schema"
+description: "A test recipe with invalid JSON schema"
+prompt: "Test prompt content"
+instructions: "Test instructions"
+response:
+  json_schema:
+    type: invalid_type
+    properties:
+      result:
+        type: unknown_type
+    required: "should_be_array_not_string"
+"#;
+
     #[test]
     fn test_handle_deeplink_valid_recipe() {
         let temp_dir = TempDir::new().expect("Failed to create temp directory");
@@ -95,7 +121,7 @@ instructions: "Test instructions"
 
         let result = handle_deeplink(&recipe_path);
         assert!(result.is_ok());
-        assert!(result.unwrap().contains("goose://recipe?config=eyJ2ZXJzaW9uIjoiMS4wLjAiLCJ0aXRsZSI6IlRlc3QgUmVjaXBlIiwiZGVzY3JpcHRpb24iOiJBIHRlc3QgcmVjaXBlIGZvciBkZWVwbGluayBnZW5lcmF0aW9uIiwiaW5zdHJ1Y3Rpb25zIjoiVGVzdCBpbnN0cnVjdGlvbnMiLCJwcm9tcHQiOiJUZXN0IHByb21wdCBjb250ZW50In0%3D"));
+        assert!(result.unwrap().contains("goose://recipe?config=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"));
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -125,4 +151,21 @@ instructions: "Test instructions"
         let result = handle_validate(&recipe_path);
         assert!(result.is_err());
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_handle_validation_recipe_with_invalid_json_schema() {
+        let temp_dir = TempDir::new().expect("Failed to create temp directory");
+        let recipe_path = create_test_recipe_file(
+            &temp_dir,
+            "test_recipe.yaml",
+            RECIPE_WITH_INVALID_JSON_SCHEMA,
+        );
+
+        let result = handle_validate(&recipe_path);
+        assert!(result.is_err());
+        assert!(result
+            .unwrap_err()
+            .to_string()
+            .contains("JSON schema validation failed"));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/crates/goose-cli/src/recipes/extract_from_cli.rs b/crates/goose-cli/src/recipes/extract_from_cli.rs
index 0b886a158ee3..0550ee26fef4 100644
--- a/crates/goose-cli/src/recipes/extract_from_cli.rs
+++ b/crates/goose-cli/src/recipes/extract_from_cli.rs
@@ -169,13 +169,21 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(sub_recipes[0].values.is_none());
         assert_eq!(
             sub_recipes[1].path,
-            sub_recipe1_path.to_string_lossy().to_string()
+            sub_recipe1_path
+                .canonicalize()
+                .unwrap()
+                .to_string_lossy()
+                .to_string()
         );
         assert_eq!(sub_recipes[1].name, "sub_recipe1".to_string());
         assert!(sub_recipes[1].values.is_none());
         assert_eq!(
             sub_recipes[2].path,
-            sub_recipe2_path.to_string_lossy().to_string()
+            sub_recipe2_path
+                .canonicalize()
+                .unwrap()
+                .to_string_lossy()
+                .to_string()
         );
         assert_eq!(sub_recipes[2].name, "sub_recipe2".to_string());
         assert!(sub_recipes[2].values.is_none());
@@ -221,6 +229,7 @@ response:
         let recipe_path: std::path::PathBuf = temp_dir.path().join("test_recipe.yaml");
 
         std::fs::write(&recipe_path, test_recipe_content).unwrap();
-        (temp_dir, recipe_path)
+        let canonical_recipe_path = recipe_path.canonicalize().unwrap();
+        (temp_dir, canonical_recipe_path)
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/goose-cli/src/recipes/recipe.rs b/crates/goose-cli/src/recipes/recipe.rs
index 5593130bcb92..a7c99e041419 100644
--- a/crates/goose-cli/src/recipes/recipe.rs
+++ b/crates/goose-cli/src/recipes/recipe.rs
@@ -88,6 +88,13 @@ pub fn load_recipe(recipe_name: &str) -> Result<Recipe> {
         recipe_dir_str.to_string(),
         &HashMap::new(),
     )?;
+
+    if let Some(response) = &recipe.response {
+        if let Some(json_schema) = &response.json_schema {
+            validate_json_schema(json_schema)?;
+        }
+    }
+
     Ok(recipe)
 }
 
@@ -222,5 +229,12 @@ fn apply_values_to_parameters(
     Ok((param_map, missing_params))
 }
 
+fn validate_json_schema(schema: &serde_json::Value) -> Result<()> {
+    match jsonschema::validator_for(schema) {
+        Ok(_) => Ok(()),
+        Err(err) => Err(anyhow::anyhow!("JSON schema validation failed: {}", err)),
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests;