docs: add MCP Apps tutorial and documentation updates (#6384)

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{
"label": "Rich Interactive Chat",
"label": "MCP Apps and MCP-UI",
"position": 55,
"link": {
"type": "doc",
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---
title: Rich Interactive Chat
title: Rich Interactive Chat with MCP Apps and MCP-UI
hide_title: true
description: Transform text-based responses into graphical components and interactive elements
description: Build interactive UI applications that render inside goose Desktop using MCP Apps and MCP-UI
---
import Card from '@site/src/components/Card';
import styles from '@site/src/components/Card/styles.module.css';
import VideoCarousel from '@site/src/components/VideoCarousel';
<h1 className={styles.pageTitle}>Rich Interactive Chat with MCP-UI</h1>
<h1 className={styles.pageTitle}>Rich Interactive Chat with MCP Apps and MCP-UI</h1>
<p className={styles.pageDescription}>
goose Desktop supports extensions that transform text-only responses into graphical, interactive experiences. Instead of reading through lists and descriptions, you can click, explore, and interact with UI components directly in your conversations.
</p>
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<div className={styles.categorySection}>
<h2 className={styles.categoryTitle}>📚 Documentation & Guides</h2>
<div className={styles.cardGrid}>
<Card
title="Building MCP Apps"
description="Step-by-step tutorial to create interactive UI applications that render inside goose Desktop."
link="/docs/tutorials/building-mcp-apps"
/>
<Card
title="MCP-UI Extensions"
description="goose transforms text-based responses into engaging graphical and interactive user experiences."
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<div className={styles.categorySection}>
<h2 className={styles.categoryTitle}>📝 Featured Blog Posts</h2>
<div className={styles.cardGrid}>
<Card
title="goose Lands MCP Apps"
description="goose ships early support for the draft MCP Apps specification, aligning with the emerging standard for interactive UIs."
link="/blog/2026/01/06/mcp-apps"
/>
<Card
title="MCP UI: Bringing the Browser into the Agent"
description="MCP-UI servers return content that goose Desktop renders as rich, embeddable UI."
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}
]}
/>
</div>
</div>
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---
sidebar_position: 1
title: MCP-UI Extensions
sidebar_label: MCP-UI Extensions
description: Learn how goose can render graphical and interactive UI components from MCP-UI-enabled extensions
title: Using MCP Apps and MCP-UI
sidebar_label: Using MCP Apps and MCP-UI
description: Learn how goose renders interactive UI components from MCP Apps and MCP-UI extensions
---
import Tabs from '@theme/Tabs';
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import CLIExtensionInstructions from '@site/src/components/CLIExtensionInstructions';
import { PanelLeft } from 'lucide-react';
Extensions built on MCP-UI allow goose Desktop to provide interactive and engaging user experiences. Imagine using a graphical, clickable UI instead of reading text responses and typing all your prompts:
# Using MCP Apps and MCP-UI
Extensions built with MCP Apps or MCP-UI allow goose Desktop to provide interactive and engaging user experiences. Imagine using a graphical, clickable UI instead of reading text responses and typing all your prompts. These extensions return content that goose can render as embedded UI elements for rich, dynamic, and streamlined interactions.
:::info MCP Apps is the official specification
[MCP Apps](/docs/tutorials/building-mcp-apps) is now the official MCP specification for interactive UIs. MCP-UI extensions still work in goose, but MCP Apps is the recommended path for new extensions.
:::
<div style={{ width: '100%', maxWidth: '800px', margin: '0 auto' }}>
<video
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</video>
</div>
<br/>
MCP-UI-enabled extensions return content that goose can render as embedded UI elements for rich, dynamic, and streamlined interactions.
## Try It Out
See how interactive responses work in goose.
### Add Enabled Extension
For this exercise, we'll add an MCP-UI-enabled extension that connects to [MCP-UI Demos](https://mcp-aharvard.netlify.app/) provided by Andrew Harvard.
See how interactive responses work in goose. For this exercise, we'll add an extension that connects to [MCP-UI Demos](https://mcp-aharvard.netlify.app/) provided by Andrew Harvard.
<Tabs groupId="interface">
<TabItem value="ui" label="goose Desktop" default>
<GooseDesktopInstaller
extensionId="richdemo"
extensionName="Rich Demo"
description="Demo MCP-UI-enabled extension"
description="Demo interactive extension"
type="http"
url="https://mcp-aharvard.netlify.app/mcp"
/>
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<TabItem value="cli" label="goose CLI">
<CLIExtensionInstructions
name="rich_demo"
description="Demo MCP-UI-enabled extension"
description="Demo interactive extension"
type="http"
url="https://mcp-aharvard.netlify.app/mcp"
timeout={300}
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</TabItem>
</Tabs>
### Interact in Chat
In goose Desktop, ask:
- `Help me select seats for my flight`
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- Real-time, clickable selection capabilities
- A booking confirmation with flight details
Ask questions to try out other demos:
Try out other demos:
- `Plan my next trip based on my mood`
- `What's the weather in Philadelphia?`
Stay tuned as more extensions build with MCP-UI!
## For Extension Developers
Want to add interactivity to your own extensions? MCP-UI extends the Model Context Protocol to allow MCP servers to return content that agents can render as UI components instead of text-only responses. Learn more:
- [MCP-UI: Bringing the Browser into the Agent](/blog/2025/08/11/mcp-ui-post-browser-world)
- [MCP-UI Documentation](https://mcpui.dev/guide/introduction)
Add interactivity to your own extensions:
- [Building MCP Apps](/docs/tutorials/building-mcp-apps) - Step-by-step tutorial (recommended)
- [MCP-UI Documentation](https://mcpui.dev/guide/introduction) - MCP-UI specification