1Install imagic and start the trial

The MCP server ships with imagic Max, and the free 500-export trial unlocks everything with no card. Download it from the desktop page first, because Goose needs something to talk to.

2Add imagic to Goose

Choose Add Extension, then Command-Line Extension, and give it imagic-mcp.

goose configure

Configuration

Goose reads config.yaml. The top-level key is extensions, which is not the mcpServers key most other clients use.

extensions:
  imagic:
    type: stdio
    name: imagic
    enabled: true
    cmd: imagic-mcp
    args: []
    timeout: 300

Installed the packaged app from this site? Then there is no imagic-mcp command on your machine: the app itself is the server. Point command at it and pass --mcp (Windows shown; on macOS the command is /Applications/imagic.app/Contents/MacOS/imagic):

extensions:
  imagic:
    type: stdio
    name: imagic
    enabled: true
    cmd: 'C:\Program Files\imagic\imagic.exe'
    args: ["--mcp"]
    timeout: 300

Where that file lives

Windows	`%APPDATA%\Block\goose\config\config.yaml`
macOS	`~/.config/goose/config.yaml`
Linux	`~/.config/goose/config.yaml`

Where to find it in the interface

Goose Desktop, then Extensions in the sidebar, then Add custom extension.

3Ask for a cull

Restart Goose if it was already running, then point it at a shoot:

Cull the shoot in D:/Shoots/eva_tom, apply my style, and export the keepers.

Goose will call scan_directory, analyze_photos, apply_my_style and export_photos in turn. Every one of those runs on your machine: the agent sends instructions, never your photos.

Things that catch people out

Goose uses YAML and calls servers extensions, with cmd rather than command. It is the odd one out on both counts.
Goose is free and open source, with no tier gate on extensions.

What imagic can do once it is connected

scan_directory analyze_photos apply_my_style export_photos

That is 21 tools in total, covering the library, culling, editing and your learned style. See the full tool reference, or the workflows for what to actually ask for.

Setting up a different client?

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Try it on a real shoot

The 500-export trial includes imagic Max, the MCP server and every tool on this page. No card required.

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