- [Using goosehints](/agents/goose/guides/context-engineering/using-goosehints/)：Use AGENTS.md, .goosehints, and other files to provide project context, preferences, and instructions that goose loads automatically. - [Using Skills](/agents/goose/guides/context-engineering/using-skills/)：Create reusable instruction sets containing workflows, scripts, and other resources that goose can load on demand. - [Custom Agents](/agents/goose/guides/context-engineering/custom-agents/)：Create, edit, import, and export specialized goose agents with reusable prompts and optional metadata. - [Plugins](/agents/goose/guides/context-engineering/plugins/)：Install, update, and manage packages that extend goose with skills, hooks, and other reusable components. - [Hooks](/agents/goose/guides/context-engineering/hooks/)：Run scripts when goose starts sessions, submits prompts, calls tools, edits files, or executes shell commands. - [Custom Slash Commands](/agents/goose/guides/context-engineering/slash-commands/)：Create custom shortcuts to quickly run reusable instructions in any chat session with simple slash commands. - [Prompt Templates](/agents/goose/guides/context-engineering/prompt-templates/)：Customize the built-in prompts that define how goose responds, plans, compacts context, and creates recipes. - [Subagents](/agents/goose/guides/context-engineering/subagents/)：Delegate focused tasks to isolated goose instances that can run sequentially or in parallel. - [Persistent Instructions](/agents/goose/guides/context-engineering/using-persistent-instructions/)：Inject critical reminders into goose's working memory every turn. Ideal for security guardrails and behavioral rules that must never be forgotten. - [Memory Extension](/agents/goose/mcp/memory-mcp/)：Teach goose persistent knowledge it can recall across sessions. Save commands, code snippets, and preferences for consistent assistance. - [Research → Plan → Implement Pattern](/agents/goose/tutorials/rpi/)：See how slash commands make it easy to integrate instructions into interactive RPI workflows.

- [What's in my .goosehints file](https://goose-docs.ai/blog/2025/06/05/whats-in-my-goosehints-file)：A deep dive into .goosehints vs Memory Extension, and how to optimize your goose configuration for better performance. - [Stop Your AI Agent From Making Unwanted Changes](https://goose-docs.ai/blog/2025/12/10/stop-ai-agent-unwanted-changes)：Teach your AI agent how to commit early and often so you can control changes and roll back safely. - [The AI Skeptic's Guide to Context Windows](https://goose-docs.ai/blog/2025/08/18/understanding-context-windows)：Why do AI agents forget? Learn how context windows, tokens, and goose help you manage memory and long conversations. - [Hooks: run your own scripts on every goose event](https://goose-docs.ai/blog/2026/05/14/goose-hooks)：Learn how lifecycle hooks let you react to session, prompt, tool, file, and shell events with your own scripts.