docs: mcp sampling support #5708
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Pull Request Overview
This PR adds comprehensive documentation for MCP Sampling support in goose, along with product name standardization (Goose → goose) across documentation files.
- Creates new guide explaining MCP Sampling capabilities and use cases
- Adds "Advanced Features" section to custom extensions tutorial covering MCP Sampling and MCP-UI
- Enhances interactive chat documentation with additional blog posts and video resources
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documentation/docs/guides/mcp-sampling.md |
New comprehensive guide explaining MCP Sampling, how it works, benefits, and use cases with practical examples |
documentation/docs/tutorials/custom-extensions.md |
Standardizes product name to lowercase "goose" and adds new "Advanced Features for MCP Extensions" section documenting MCP Sampling and MCP-UI capabilities |
documentation/docs/guides/interactive-chat/index.mdx |
Standardizes product name and adds new blog post card and video resource for MCP-UI |
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| MCP Sampling can transform extensions from simple data providers into intelligent agents. Instead of just returning raw information for goose to interpret, extensions can leverage goose's AI to provide expert-level guidance, perform contextual analysis, and create entirely new interaction patterns. | ||
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| This feature is automatically enabled in goose—no configuration required! Any MCP server extension that supports sampling will automatically have access to goose's AI. This means: |
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what does goose's AI mean? is it the LLM that goose is currently using or..what..I did use goose earlier to help me understand MCP sampling, but i was still unclear on that part and I feel like the docs should have a little clarity on that
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the LLM that goose is using
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feel like we should write that then.
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I was just giving an example to show how it made me second guess my knowledge..and if it confused me slightly..it may make others be confused. The MCP client's configured LLM is what Diane suggested, and I think is much clearer. AI is just too vague.
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| This feature allows extensions to provide more specialized contextual responses or novel interaction patterns. The following example shows how a database extension could provide expert-level diagnostics by combining its domain knowledge with goose's AI analysis: | ||
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i like the without and with example..thats good
| goose supports advanced MCP features that can enhance your extensions. | ||
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| ### MCP Sampling: AI-Powered Tools | ||
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good addition to have mcp ui and mcp sampling here
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| MCP Sampling can transform extensions from simple data providers into intelligent agents. Instead of just returning raw information for goose to interpret, extensions can leverage goose's AI to provide expert-level guidance, perform contextual analysis, and create entirely new interaction patterns. | ||
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| This feature is automatically enabled in goose—no configuration required! Any MCP server extension that supports sampling will automatically have access to goose's AI. This means: |
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| This feature is automatically enabled in goose—no configuration required! Any MCP server extension that supports sampling will automatically have access to goose's AI. This means: | |
| This feature is automatically enabled in goose, no configuration required! Any MCP server extension that supports sampling will automatically have access to the LLM that goose is using. This means: |
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I pushed this version from my local branch, thanks!
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Co-authored-by: Angie Jones <[email protected]>
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* 'main' of github.com:block/goose: docs: removing double announcements (#5714) docs: mcp sampling support (#5708) hackathon banner (#5710) Fix documentation-only change detection for push events (#5712) Added transaction commits to multi sql functions in session_manager (#5693) fix: improve and simplify tool call chain rendering (#5704)
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…eanup * 'main' of github.com:block/goose: (46 commits) Fix context progress bar not resetting after /clear command (#5652) docs: removing double announcements (#5714) docs: mcp sampling support (#5708) hackathon banner (#5710) Fix documentation-only change detection for push events (#5712) Added transaction commits to multi sql functions in session_manager (#5693) fix: improve and simplify tool call chain rendering (#5704) Fix: Always show autocompact threshold ui (#5701) chore: Update governance to include Discord (#5690) Ollama improvements (#5609) feat: add Supabase MCP server to registry (#5629) Unlist VS Code extension tutorials from MCP and experimental sections (#5677) fix: make image processing work in github copilot provider (#5687) fix: do not take into account gitignore in developer mcp (#5688) docs: session storage migration (#5682) New maintainers (#5685) chore: Update governance (#5660) chore(release): release version 1.14.0 (minor) (#5676) fix : action icons overlap session title in chat history (#5684) Document recent goose PRs (#5683) ...
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* origin/main: (51 commits) Compaction resiliency improvements (#5618) docs: ask goose button (#5730) Update prompt injection detection metrics (due to errors exporting to datadog) (#5692) Spence/icon2 tokyo drift (#5728) docs: logs rotation and misc updates (#5727) docs: automatic ollama model detection (#5725) Fix context progress bar not resetting after /clear command (#5652) docs: removing double announcements (#5714) docs: mcp sampling support (#5708) hackathon banner (#5710) Fix documentation-only change detection for push events (#5712) Added transaction commits to multi sql functions in session_manager (#5693) fix: improve and simplify tool call chain rendering (#5704) Fix: Always show autocompact threshold ui (#5701) chore: Update governance to include Discord (#5690) Ollama improvements (#5609) feat: add Supabase MCP server to registry (#5629) Unlist VS Code extension tutorials from MCP and experimental sections (#5677) fix: make image processing work in github copilot provider (#5687) fix: do not take into account gitignore in developer mcp (#5688) ...
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* main: (65 commits) Fix: Recipes respect the quiet flag (#5743) docs: update cli commands (#5744) Run smoke tests on a free runner (#5745) faster, cheaper (pick two): improve CI workflow and switch to free github runner (#5702) Compaction resiliency improvements (#5618) docs: ask goose button (#5730) Update prompt injection detection metrics (due to errors exporting to datadog) (#5692) Spence/icon2 tokyo drift (#5728) docs: logs rotation and misc updates (#5727) docs: automatic ollama model detection (#5725) Fix context progress bar not resetting after /clear command (#5652) docs: removing double announcements (#5714) docs: mcp sampling support (#5708) hackathon banner (#5710) Fix documentation-only change detection for push events (#5712) Added transaction commits to multi sql functions in session_manager (#5693) fix: improve and simplify tool call chain rendering (#5704) Fix: Always show autocompact threshold ui (#5701) chore: Update governance to include Discord (#5690) Ollama improvements (#5609) ...
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* main: scan recipe for security when saving recipe (#5747) feat: trying grok for live test (#5732) Platform Extension MOIM (Minus One Info Message) (#5027) docs: remove hackathon banner (#5756) Fix: Recipes respect the quiet flag (#5743) docs: update cli commands (#5744) Run smoke tests on a free runner (#5745) faster, cheaper (pick two): improve CI workflow and switch to free github runner (#5702) Compaction resiliency improvements (#5618) docs: ask goose button (#5730) Update prompt injection detection metrics (due to errors exporting to datadog) (#5692) Spence/icon2 tokyo drift (#5728) docs: logs rotation and misc updates (#5727) docs: automatic ollama model detection (#5725) Fix context progress bar not resetting after /clear command (#5652) docs: removing double announcements (#5714) docs: mcp sampling support (#5708)
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Summary
This PR documents MCP Sampling support.
documentation/docs/guides/interactive-chat/index.mdx:documentation/docs/guides/mcp-sampling.md:documentation/docs/tutorials/custom-extensions.md:Type of Change
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