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Goose on any model

Goose, Block’s open-source agent, runs on the provider and model in its config. magpie adds itself to Goose as a custom provider, so Goose’s CLI and desktop app can run on any model you have in magpie: DeepSeek, Kimi, GLM, Qwen, an OpenAI key, or a ChatGPT or Copilot subscription, with no key pasted into Goose.

Goose keeps its settings in ~/.config/goose/config.yaml (under $XDG_CONFIG_HOME if set; %APPDATA%\Block\goose\config on Windows). magpie writes a custom provider, custom_providers/magpie.json beside it, with the gateway’s address, a key of Goose’s own and magpie’s models, then makes it the provider Goose uses. The gateway translates each request for the model’s provider, tool calls and reasoning included. A Goose in WSL is set up the same way, reaching the gateway as the distro sees it.

Connect Goose

  1. Add providers in magpieIn the Providers tab, add an API key or sign in to a subscription.
  2. Pick a model on Goose’s rowIn the Agents tab, choose a model on Goose’s row. The picker also lists the models of providers Goose is set up with itself.
  3. Restart GooseGoose loads its custom providers as it starts: quit and reopen the desktop app, and open goose sessions again.
Terminal
magpie goose deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro    # Goose on DeepSeek
magpie goose                             # what Goose runs on now

Model and thinking effort

Each model magpie lists for Goose carries its context window, so Goose doesn’t have to guess it, and whether it takes a thinking level. The row also sets GOOSE_THINKING_EFFORT, the effort Goose asks of a model that thinks: off, low, medium, high or max.

Terminal
magpie goose effort high
magpie goose effort default    # back to Goose's own

What magpie writes

Goose has two layouts for the provider in use: active_provider with providers.magpie.model, and the older GOOSE_PROVIDER and GOOSE_MODEL. magpie writes the one your config already uses. Keys you added to magpie’s provider file yourself, such as timeout_seconds, headers or toolshim, stay when magpie rewrites the models.

Switch back

Pick one of your own providers’ models on Goose’s row, take the row off magpie, or run magpie goose default. Once Goose no longer uses a model of magpie’s, magpie removes its provider file.

FAQ

Can Goose use my ChatGPT subscription?

Yes. Sign in to ChatGPT in magpie and pick a GPT model on Goose’s row. Goose sends its requests to magpie, which uses the subscription.

Goose doesn’t show magpie’s models.

Goose reads custom providers only as it starts. Quit and reopen Goose, and start a new goose session.

Does this work in the Goose desktop app?

Yes. The CLI and the desktop app read the same config, so both use the model on Goose’s row after a restart.

Does it work with goose in WSL?

Yes. magpie sets up a Goose in a WSL distro too, with the gateway’s address as the distro reaches it.

More agents on the same models: Models in OpenCode, Models in Claude Code, Cline on any model and Droid on any model. Something fails? See Fixing common errors, or ask on Discord.