From 73e35c15ab07426401677edc2be5d5e1973b3bc0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sam Osborn <108367660+sam-at-block@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2025 12:30:58 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] feat(cli): add GOOSE_DEBUG environment variable support
 (#4825)

Signed-off-by: Sam Osborn <samosborn@squareup.com>
---
 crates/goose-cli/src/session/builder.rs | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/crates/goose-cli/src/session/builder.rs b/crates/goose-cli/src/session/builder.rs
index 988954330c..5d225ded37 100644
--- a/crates/goose-cli/src/session/builder.rs
+++ b/crates/goose-cli/src/session/builder.rs
@@ -395,11 +395,13 @@ pub async fn build_session(session_config: SessionBuilderConfig) -> CliSession {
             }
         });
 
+    let debug_mode = session_config.debug || config.get_param("GOOSE_DEBUG").unwrap_or(false);
+
     // Create new session
     let mut session = CliSession::new(
         Arc::try_unwrap(agent_ptr).unwrap_or_else(|_| panic!("There should be no more references")),
         session_id.clone(),
-        session_config.debug,
+        debug_mode,
         session_config.scheduled_job_id.clone(),
         session_config.max_turns,
         edit_mode,