Possible to disable random thinking messages#3304
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Thanks for the contribution! Before we merge this, I'd like to raise a broader concern about our approach to configuration flags. We're accumulating various configuration options without a clear documentation strategy or governance process. This creates two key problems:
This specific flag is benign ofc, but for current and future configuration additions, I think we need to establish:
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This is great -- will approve after the docs get updated with information about how to use this variable here: https://github.com/block/goose/blob/main/documentation/docs/guides/environment-variables.md
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so the user can chose to be less distracted by amusing messages.
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* main: (25 commits) fix: add maintainer, homepage and categories to DEB/RPM package config (#3096) blog: agent to agent convo (#3677) Possible to disable random thinking messages (#3304) Two VS code tutorials (#3603) small blog fixes (#3549) docs: fix installation command for YouTube Transcript MCP in servers.json (#3595) Docs for using Docker Model Runner as a local LLM provider. (#3509) Docs: VS Code Extension move to tutorials (#3601) Fix working directory when session has no messages (#3513) goose docs MCP server (#3665) Remove confusing status output when testing sharing url connection and it shows 404 (#3659) chore: use typed notifications from rmcp (#3653) feat: convert GetPromptResult from mcp_core to rmcp version (#3650) feat: Replace usage of mcp_core Tools/ToolAnnotations in openapi schema (#3649) fix: ensure execution task result is shown (#3629) docs: Quick spotlight fix (#3633) alexhancock/rmcp-tools-annotations (#3617) fix: clean up subagent (#3565) Adds the `WaitingForUserInput` state (#3620) docs: update extensions library (#3612) ...
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* main: (27 commits) Add inline python extension (#3107) fix: add maintainer, homepage and categories to DEB/RPM package config (#3096) blog: agent to agent convo (#3677) Possible to disable random thinking messages (#3304) Two VS code tutorials (#3603) small blog fixes (#3549) docs: fix installation command for YouTube Transcript MCP in servers.json (#3595) Docs for using Docker Model Runner as a local LLM provider. (#3509) Docs: VS Code Extension move to tutorials (#3601) Fix working directory when session has no messages (#3513) goose docs MCP server (#3665) Remove confusing status output when testing sharing url connection and it shows 404 (#3659) chore: use typed notifications from rmcp (#3653) feat: convert GetPromptResult from mcp_core to rmcp version (#3650) feat: Replace usage of mcp_core Tools/ToolAnnotations in openapi schema (#3649) fix: ensure execution task result is shown (#3629) docs: Quick spotlight fix (#3633) alexhancock/rmcp-tools-annotations (#3617) fix: clean up subagent (#3565) Adds the `WaitingForUserInput` state (#3620) ...
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* main: (69 commits) Add inline python extension (#3107) fix: add maintainer, homepage and categories to DEB/RPM package config (#3096) blog: agent to agent convo (#3677) Possible to disable random thinking messages (#3304) Two VS code tutorials (#3603) small blog fixes (#3549) docs: fix installation command for YouTube Transcript MCP in servers.json (#3595) Docs for using Docker Model Runner as a local LLM provider. (#3509) Docs: VS Code Extension move to tutorials (#3601) Fix working directory when session has no messages (#3513) goose docs MCP server (#3665) Remove confusing status output when testing sharing url connection and it shows 404 (#3659) chore: use typed notifications from rmcp (#3653) feat: convert GetPromptResult from mcp_core to rmcp version (#3650) feat: Replace usage of mcp_core Tools/ToolAnnotations in openapi schema (#3649) fix: ensure execution task result is shown (#3629) docs: Quick spotlight fix (#3633) alexhancock/rmcp-tools-annotations (#3617) fix: clean up subagent (#3565) Adds the `WaitingForUserInput` state (#3620) ...
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…cn/compact2-task-tracking * 'dkatz/goose-compact2' of github.com:block/goose: (22 commits) rm stray files unused fmt fix threshold autocompact splice last message fmt Fix conversations before they hit the LLM (#3660) cli: add detailed instruction for WSL users (#3496) feat: recipe runs will now prompt for missing extension secrets (#3668) fix: pricing integration tests -> trying more runs for cache and retries (#3546) Add inline python extension (#3107) fix: add maintainer, homepage and categories to DEB/RPM package config (#3096) blog: agent to agent convo (#3677) Possible to disable random thinking messages (#3304) Two VS code tutorials (#3603) small blog fixes (#3549) docs: fix installation command for YouTube Transcript MCP in servers.json (#3595) Docs for using Docker Model Runner as a local LLM provider. (#3509) Docs: VS Code Extension move to tutorials (#3601) Fix working directory when session has no messages (#3513) ...
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* dkatz/goose-compact2: (22 commits) rm stray files unused fmt fix threshold autocompact splice last message fmt Fix conversations before they hit the LLM (#3660) cli: add detailed instruction for WSL users (#3496) feat: recipe runs will now prompt for missing extension secrets (#3668) fix: pricing integration tests -> trying more runs for cache and retries (#3546) Add inline python extension (#3107) fix: add maintainer, homepage and categories to DEB/RPM package config (#3096) blog: agent to agent convo (#3677) Possible to disable random thinking messages (#3304) Two VS code tutorials (#3603) small blog fixes (#3549) docs: fix installation command for YouTube Transcript MCP in servers.json (#3595) Docs for using Docker Model Runner as a local LLM provider. (#3509) Docs: VS Code Extension move to tutorials (#3601) Fix working directory when session has no messages (#3513) ...
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Co-authored-by: angiejones <jones.angie@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Adam Tarantino <tarantino.adam@hey.com>
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While these messages, like "Calculating the meaning of life", are amusing, being amused can sometimes be distracting. I prefer the UI to be consistent so I don't waste time on reading text that's not relevant to what I'm trying to accomplish. This patch adds the setting RANDOM_THINKING_MESSAGES, default true, that when changed to false replaces those messages with the less amusing text: "Thinking..."