🦆 MAJOR ENHANCEMENT: Complete bidirectional Goose communication system ## Key Improvements: ### Message Handling: ✅ Process ALL messages (including from self) with isFromSelf metadata ✅ Distinguish between messages from self vs others in UI ✅ Proper sender identification and display names ✅ Echo prevention for regular chat while preserving Goose messages ### Enhanced Matrix Service: ✅ findDirectMessageRoom() - Find existing DM rooms with users ✅ getOrCreateDirectMessageRoom() - Get or create DM rooms seamlessly ✅ Enhanced message metadata with sender identification ✅ Improved message routing and event emission ### UI Enhancements: ✅ Visual distinction between sent/received messages (blue vs green) ✅ Sender name display with 'You' for self-messages ✅ One-click 'Chat' buttons next to each Goose instance ✅ Automatic DM room creation/selection ✅ Interactive collaboration invite accept/decline buttons ✅ Task response buttons for incoming task requests ### User Experience: ✅ Click 'Chat' next to any Goose → automatically sets up DM room ✅ Send messages, invites, tasks directly to specific Goose instances ✅ See your own messages and invites in the chat history ✅ Clear visual feedback for message types and senders ✅ Capability and metadata display in message details ## What This Enables: 🔄 **Full Bidirectional Communication**: See both sent and received messages 👥 **Easy Direct Messaging**: One-click chat setup with any Goose instance 📋 **Task Collaboration**: Send/receive task requests with response buttons 🤝 **Project Invites**: Send collaboration invites and see responses 🎯 **User-Friendly Interface**: Clear visual distinction and easy interaction Now you can invite someone to chat via Goose and both parties will see the invite and subsequent messages in their respective Goose interfaces!
🎉 Hacktoberfest 2025 🎉
goose is a participating project in Hacktoberfest 2025! We’re so excited for your contributions, and have created a wide variety of issues so that anyone can contribute. Whether you're a seasoned developer or a first-time open source contributor, there's something for everyone.
To get started:
- Read the contributing guide.
- Read the code of conduct.
- Read the full Responsible AI-Assisted Coding Guide.
- Choose a task from this project's Hacktoberfest issues in our Project Hub and follow the instructions. Each issue has the 🏷️
hacktoberfestlabel.
Have questions? Connecting with us in our Discord community in the #hacktoberfest project channel.
goose is your on-machine AI agent, capable of automating complex development tasks from start to finish. More than just code suggestions, goose can build entire projects from scratch, write and execute code, debug failures, orchestrate workflows, and interact with external APIs - autonomously.
Whether you're prototyping an idea, refining existing code, or managing intricate engineering pipelines, goose adapts to your workflow and executes tasks with precision.
Designed for maximum flexibility, goose works with any LLM and supports multi-model configuration to optimize performance and cost, seamlessly integrates with MCP servers, and is available as both a desktop app as well as CLI - making it the ultimate AI assistant for developers who want to move faster and focus on innovation.
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a little goose humor 🦢
Why did the developer choose goose as their AI agent?
Because it always helps them "migrate" their code to production! 🚀