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Getting Started with Goose Desktop

Configure Collate’s MCP Server to interact with the Goose AI agent.

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Prerequisites

For this guide, you’ll need:

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Adding your Collate MCP Server to Goose Desktop

This how-to guide uses Goose Desktop for macOS. Make sure you already have an LLM Provider configured before prompting.
  • Navigate to Goose Desktop’s Settings, then under Extensions, select +Add custom extension.
Goose settings
  • The custom extension should have the following information:
    • Extension Name: Collate.
    • Command: paste the following command:
      • If you’re running it locally, your command will look like this:
    • Add one Environment Variable:
      • Variable name is AUTH_HEADER.
      • Value is Bearer <YOUR-Collate-PAT>.
Configuring Collate MCP Server
  • Select +Add to store this environment variable.
Configuring Collate MCP Server
  • Select Add Extension.
Adding extension Collate successfully added

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Prompt to Read from Collate

This part of the guide assumes that you have assets in Collate. Add data assets into Collate using the connectors guide. Select a model from Goose and paste the following prompt to have it read from Collate:
For more sample use cases with MCP, check out our blog.

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Reach Out on Slack

With MCP, Collate users are finding new ways to use the platform all the time. If you’ve got a great new use case, show it off in Slack.