Use Goose with Your AI Subscription
You can use your subscriptions for codex, claude and gemini now with goose, thanks to ACP! (Agent Client Protocol). Codex is also special in that you can login directly to chatgpt - nothing else needs to be installed.
Gemini natively supports ACP, so it now works with a gemini acp provider in goose. At the time of writing, claude requires just one utility installed just once.
Why subscriptions?
Well you can use what you already pay for. Obviously! and sessions and so on are still in goose. ACP gives a deeper connection to these agents than using the CLI as providers. In this world - you can think of this as a stack of agents: goose plugs into gemini via ACP (and other things, clients could plug in to goose!) but gemini (and also claude code) also act as an agent loop somewhat. With ACP you are using the tools that are (mostly) in the underlying agent. Codex, however, is a full power LLM api, so you can use extensions natively in goose for that one.
Claude Code — via ACP
If you have a Claude Code subscription, you can use it through goose via the Agent Client Protocol (ACP). This requires installing a small adapter package:
npm install -g @zed-industries/claude-agent-acp
Then configure goose to use it via the claude acp extension (CLI or GUI)
Or set it via environment variables:
export GOOSE_PROVIDER=claude-acp
goose
goose passes your MCP extensions through to Claude via ACP, so any custom MCP servers you've configured in goose are available to the agent.
ChatGPT — sign in with your account
If you have ChatGPT Plus or Pro, the chatgpt_codex provider lets you use goose with your existing account. Just pick ChatGPT when you are setting up the goose app for the first time (or changing to that provider)
The first time you run it, goose will open a browser window for you to sign in with your ChatGPT account. After that, your session is cached locally.
The recommended model is gpt-5.3-codex, which is the default. You can also select gpt-5.4 (OpenAI's latest omni model) or gpt-5.2-codex from the model picker.
Gemini — via ACP (native)
If you have a Google account with Gemini access, the Gemini CLI speaks ACP natively — no separate adapter needed. Just install the Gemini CLI itself:
npm install -g @google/gemini-cli
... and run gemini at least once.
On first run, Gemini CLI will ask you to authenticate with your Google account. After that, goose passes your extensions directly through to Gemini via ACP.
What about the old CLI providers?
Goose previously supported claude-code, codex, and gemini-cli as "pass-through" CLI providers. These will be removed soon as ACP is the future!
Quick reference
| Subscription | Provider | Install | Extensions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Code | claude-acp | npm install -g @zed-industries/claude-agent-acp | ✅ via MCP |
| ChatGPT Plus/Pro | chatgpt_codex | Nothing — OAuth sign-in | ✅ via MCP |
| Gemini | gemini-acp | npm install -g @google/gemini-cli | ✅ via MCP |
Pick the one that matches what you're already paying for, and you're good to go.