Whitepapers are great, but sometimes you just need a visual. This guide breaks down the entire MCP ecosystem: what it is, who’s involved, and how it all works.

A Visual Guide To MCPs

Visual breakdown of MCP: How your agent, tools, and models work together.

Hey database team, what's our revenue trend? 'SELECT SUM(amount)...' ❌ Just ask in plain English ✅ Turn your PostgreSQL database queries into everyday conversation with Goose. Read more about it here: https://block.github.io/goose/docs/tutorials/postgres-mcp

Community Spotlight is here! Congrats to ATrueLight4 🎊 They shipped a fix that improves how Goose handles Windows file paths. Thank you so much for your contribution! Your work brings us one step closer to Goose on Windows. ❤️ You'll be one of the first to receive exclusive swag! 👕✨ More in the replies 👇

Goose is coming to Atlanta?! 🪿 ICYMI: Our schedule for this week and more.👇🏽

Tired of typing? Same. Goose + the Speech MCP server lets you vibe code hands-free. 🎙️ It enables, real-time voice interaction, transcription, text-to-speech, and so much more! Full Tutorial: https://block.github.io/goose/docs/tutorials/speech-mcp

Your video edits deserve better! 🎥✨ Join us this FRIDAY to see Goose automate After Effects, turning one design into many in seconds. 🚀 No more manual resizing, just pure creative flow. 📺: https://linktr.ee/blockopensource

✨ Second edition is live! Grab your favorite beverage, get comfy, and join us for a special look into the early days of open source at Block, the latest innovations and projects today, and all the inspiring community contributions that happened in between Be sure to subscribe. ❤️ 👉

The Origin Story

From hack nights irl, to new resources taking flight, the magic of open source has been in full swing. Grab your favorite beverage, get comfy, and ...

The Great Goose Off is back this week! 🪿 Here's a preview of what's coming up~ 🥊 The Great Goose Off: A Vibe Coding Competition with MCPs 📹 From Tedious To Effortless: Automating Video Edits With Goose And more. See you in chat! 💬 Subscribe to our calendar:

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Join us for a special livestream where Kirk Marple, Technical Founder, CEO at Graphlit, showcases his Graphlit MCP extension, that allows you to connect to 3 sources with just ONE MCP server! 🤯 Is that even possible? Tune in to find out! 👇 📅 April 4 @ 9am PT/ 12pm ET 📺 https://linktr.ee/blockopensource

At Block, we're all in on MCP! Learn how our InfoSec team is addressing security considerations like agent communication, tool connectivity, and supply chain risk.

Securing the Model Context Protocol

Building secure and capable AI integrations with Model Context Protocol (MCP) at Block.

🚨 MCP AI Agent Hack Night in NYC – next week! 🚨 Hear from an MCP committee member, the Goose AI agent team, and play a fun game of Guess That Prompt from Galileo! 🍕 Food, drinks & good vibes ❤️ No experience required 💻 Bring your laptop & be ready to build some cool stuff RSVP:

AI Agent Hack Night with MCP · Luma

AI is moving fast and changing the way we work. Stay ahead by joining us in New York for our second, fun, hands-on hack night featuring codename go...

Goose just analyzed MULTIPLE projects in SECONDS! 🤯 With the Filesystem MCP Server Extension, Goose can: - Analyze project structures - Detect unused dependencies - Generate documentation AND soooo much more The possibilities? Endless. 📺 Watch: 📝 Tutorial: https://block.github.io/goose/docs/tutorials/filesystem-mcp

Is your website truly accessible? Stop manually checking and let Goose do it for you! With Goose + Puppeteer, you can automate: ✅ Keyboard navigation testing ✅ Color contrast checks ✅ ARIA validation ✅ Full-page audits & more 🎥 Watch: 📖 Tutorial: https://block.github.io/goose/docs/tutorials/puppeteer-mcp

Heard about vibe coding? 👩‍💻 What if you could build just by speaking? With the Speech MCP, Goose brings voice-powered interaction to life. In this stream, join Max Novich as he demos coding, workflows & new ways to build—hands-free 📅 Friday, 1PM ET | 10AM PT 📺 Watch live: https://linktr.ee/blockopensource

✨Coming up this week✨ It's Monday, which means new events we don't want you to miss! 📆 Upcoming Streams ➡ Choosing the Right OpenAI Model for Goose tomorrow @ 1pm ET with Rizel Scarlett ➡ Vibe Coding with Goose: Speak Your Code into Existence this Friday @ 1pm ET with Ebony Louis & Adewale Abati ➡ Great Goose Off next Tuesday @ 1pm ET with Rizel Scarlett 🏙️ Goose Open Source AI Hacknight is tomorrow! Join us for the first Goose meet-up irl:

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AI is moving fast and changing the way we work. Stay ahead by joining us in Boston for a fun, hands-on hack night featuring codename goose — a lo...

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Want to use Goose in VS Code? 👩‍💻 In this stream, we'll see how Andrew Gertig, Lead Engineer at Cash App, connects Goose AI Agent to VSCode - improving his workflow directly in his code editor. Join us for all the tips and best practices! 📅 March 14 at 9AM PT/12PM ET 📺 http://linktr.ee/blockopensource

Honk, it's still Monday! Here is what's new this week. 💚 🐚 Hermit community joins the Block Open Source Discord Please give a warm welcome to Hermit and it's community as they join the BOSS Discord. More on Hermit ➡️

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Documentation for the Cash

📅 Upcoming Events - Connect Goose to the Web with Tavily MCP with Rizel Scarlett - Cracking The Code in VS Code with Ebony Louis & Adewale Abati - Goose Open Source AI Hacknight with Rizel Scarlett, Ebony Louis & Alex Hancock Add to calendar ➡️

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Is your AI agent stuck in 2024? 🌀 Many LLMs have outdated info due to training cut-offs. Join Dustin Pulver to learn how we used Tavily MCP to enable Goose to search the web and retrieve the latest information. 📅 March 11 at 10AM PT/1PM ET 📺 linktr.ee/blockopensource

🚀 6 Things We Learned About Working with Goose Goose is a powerful AI agent, but getting the most out of it requires a few smart strategies. From keeping sessions focused to choosing the right level of autonomy, these tips will help you work more efficiently and avoid common pitfalls.

6 Essential Tips for Working with goose

Practical tips to help you use goose more effectively and efficiently.

🚀 We just launched a newsletter! Discover everything we tackled with the community, from contributions, to building new features and more. Subscribe to get new editions delivered to you every month. ❤️

Block Open Source Takes Flight 🪿

We learned so much this past month. Working together to launch the Block Open Source Program Office and codename goose, as well as support the grow...