Goose

• ID: goose
• Store (legacy): ~/.local/share/goose/sessions/*.jsonl (pre-1.10.0; files remain on disk after migration)
• Store (current): ~/.local/share/goose/sessions/sessions.db (SQLite, Goose >= 1.10.0)
• Linux relocation: $XDG_DATA_HOME/goose/sessions/...
• Read override: DEJA_GOOSE_ROOT (takes precedence for reads); DEJA_GOOSE_DB for the SQLite path
• Format: legacy JSONL (metadata header + message records) and SQLite relational store

Legacy JSONL: the first line is session metadata (description, id, working_dir,

created_at, updated_at); subsequent lines are messages with role, created (unix

seconds) and content blocks (type: text only for v1). SQLite: sessions joined to

messages on session_id; content_json is a JSON array of content blocks.

• MCP: Goose uses ~/.config/goose/config.yaml extensions — no deja install target yet.
• Resume: goose session --resume --session-id <id> (verified against upstream docs).
• Handoff: paste — no documented start-with-prompt flag.

Requested in #255.

Last verified: 2026-07-28

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