RHEL ten point two and nine point eight arrive with goose, their AI assistant for the terminal

Published on May 24, 2026 | Translated from Spanish

Red Hat has released versions 10.2 and 9.8 of Enterprise Linux. The main novelty is goose, an optional artificial intelligence tool integrated through the Model Context Protocol (MCP). This assistant offers direct help on the command line, aimed at advanced users, and comes with improvements in visual output with refreshed colors.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux terminal interface during goose AI assistant activation, command line showing real-time system monitoring with colorful refreshed output, goose icon appearing as glowing digital entity beside bash prompt while executing package update commands, technical illustration style, dark green and blue color palette, monitor glow illuminating keyboard, crisp pixel-perfect text rendering, sleek modern workstation setup, subtle MCP protocol visualization as flowing data lines connecting terminal to cloud infrastructure, photorealistic engineering visualization

goose and MCP: Direct AI assistance in the shell 🧠

The integration of goose with MCP allows the assistant to understand the context of the terminal session. It is not a generic chatbot: it analyzes command history, open files, and active processes to suggest actions or debug errors. It works as a plugin that can be invoked without leaving the shell. The color improvements in standard output make it easier to read logs and results, reducing eye strain during long sessions.

Finally, someone understands us when we type without looking 😅

goose promises to end those moments of loneliness in front of an empty prompt. Now, instead of cursing the kernel, you can receive suggestions from a digital entity that never gets tired. Of course, as long as you don't ask it to explain why your script broke the production server at 3 AM. For that, it's better to have coffee on hand and a VPN.