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Summary

This PR documents launching standalone MCP Apps from the Apps page.

Documentation updates:

  • documentation/docs/getting-started/using-extensions.md:
    • Add Apps extension to "Built-in Platform Extensions" section
  • documentation/docs/guides/interactive-chat/index.mdx:
    • Update topic title, add blog and video resources
  • documentation/docs/guides/interactive-chat/mcp-ui.md:
    • Restructure to lead with MCP Apps followed by legacy MCP-UI
    • Add Experimental Features warning
    • Add "Launching Apps in Standalone Windows" (for standalone apps) and "Using Apps in Chat Windows" (for inline apps) subsections
  • documentation/docs/guides/subagents.mdx:
    • Fix link
  • documentation/docs/mcp/apps-mcp.md:
    • New tutorial
    • Uses documentation/static/img/apps-extension-results.png
  • documentation/src/components/PlatformExtensionNote.js:
    • Tweak note

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  • Documentation
  • Tests
  • Security fix
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Pull request overview

This PR documents the ability to launch MCP Apps as standalone windows from the Apps page in goose Desktop, restructuring the interactive chat documentation to prioritize MCP Apps over the legacy MCP-UI specification.

Changes:

  • Adds documentation for launching MCP Apps directly from the Apps page
  • Restructures the MCP Apps/MCP-UI guide to lead with MCP Apps (official spec) before MCP-UI (legacy)
  • Updates resource links in the interactive chat index page

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File Description
documentation/docs/guides/interactive-chat/mcp-ui.md Adds new "Launching Apps Directly" and "Using Apps in Chat" sections under MCP Apps, moves MCP-UI to later section, updates developer resources
documentation/docs/guides/interactive-chat/index.mdx Updates card title, adds new blog post and video to featured content
documentation/docs/guides/subagents.mdx Corrects link path to include /goose/ prefix for consistency

* origin/main: (141 commits)
  Add global config switch to disable automatic session naming (#7052)
  docs: add blog post - 8 Things You Didn't Know About Code Mode (#7059)
  fix: ensure animated elements are visible when prefers-reduced-motion is enabled (#7047)
  Show recommended model on failture (#7040)
  feat(ui): add session content search via API (#7050)
  docs: fix img url (#7053)
  Desktop UI for deleting custom providers (#7042)
  Add blog post: How I Used RPI to Build an OpenClaw Alternative (#7051)
  Remove build-dependencies section from Cargo.toml (#6946)
  add /rp-why skill blog post (#6997)
  fix: fix snake_case function names in code_execution instructions (#7035)
  Document max_turns settings for recipes and subagents (#7044)
  feat: update Groq declarative data with Preview Models (#7023)
  fix(codex): propagate extended PATH to codex subprocess (#6874)
  Switch tetrate tool filtering back to supports_computer_use (#7024)
  feat(ui): add inline rename for chat sessions in sidebar (#6995)
  fix: handle toolnames without underscores (#7015)
  feat(claude-code): use stream-json protocol for persistent sessions (#7029)
  test(providers): add model listing to live provider suite (#7038)
  Agent added too much (#7036)
  ...
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@dianed-square dianed-square changed the title docs: standalone mcp apps docs: standalone mcp apps and apps extension Feb 9, 2026
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@dianed-square dianed-square added this pull request to the merge queue Feb 12, 2026
Merged via the queue into main with commit af15242 Feb 12, 2026
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@dianed-square dianed-square deleted the docs/standalone-mcp-apps branch February 12, 2026 16:34
tlongwell-block added a commit that referenced this pull request Feb 12, 2026
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* origin/main: (68 commits)
  Upgraded npm packages for latest security updates (#7183)
  docs: reasoning effort levels for Codex provider (#6798)
  Fix speech local (#7181)
  chore: add .gooseignore to .gitignore (#6826)
  Improve error message logging from electron (#7130)
  chore(deps): bump jsonwebtoken from 9.3.1 to 10.3.0 (#6924)
  docs: standalone mcp apps and apps extension (#6791)
  workflow: auto-update cli-commands on release (#6755)
  feat(apps): Integrate AppRenderer from @mcp-ui/client SDK (#7013)
  fix(MCP): decode resource content (#7155)
  feat: reasoning_content in API for reasoning models (#6322)
  Fix/configure add provider custom headers (#7157)
  fix: handle keyring fallback as success (#7177)
  Update process-wrap to 9.0.3 (9.0.2 is yanked) (#7176)
  feat: support extra field in chatcompletion tool_calls for gemini openai compat (#6184)
  fix: replace panic with proper error handling in get_tokenizer (#7175)
  Lifei/smoke test for developer (#7174)
  fix text editor view broken (#7167)
  docs: White label guide (#6857)
  Add PATH detection back to developer extension (#7161)
  ...

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jh-block added a commit that referenced this pull request Feb 13, 2026
* origin/main: (21 commits)
  nit: show dir in title, and less... jank (#7138)
  feat(gemini-cli): use stream-json output and re-use session (#7118)
  chore(deps): bump qs from 6.14.1 to 6.14.2 in /documentation (#7191)
  Switch jsonwebtoken to use aws-lc-rs (already used by rustls) (#7189)
  chore(deps): bump qs from 6.14.1 to 6.14.2 in /evals/open-model-gym/mcp-harness (#7184)
  Add SLSA build provenance attestations to release workflows (#7097)
  fix save and run recipe not working (#7186)
  Upgraded npm packages for latest security updates (#7183)
  docs: reasoning effort levels for Codex provider (#6798)
  Fix speech local (#7181)
  chore: add .gooseignore to .gitignore (#6826)
  Improve error message logging from electron (#7130)
  chore(deps): bump jsonwebtoken from 9.3.1 to 10.3.0 (#6924)
  docs: standalone mcp apps and apps extension (#6791)
  workflow: auto-update cli-commands on release (#6755)
  feat(apps): Integrate AppRenderer from @mcp-ui/client SDK (#7013)
  fix(MCP): decode resource content (#7155)
  feat: reasoning_content in API for reasoning models (#6322)
  Fix/configure add provider custom headers (#7157)
  fix: handle keyring fallback as success (#7177)
  ...
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