diff --git a/src/bundled/goose/index.test.ts b/src/bundled/goose/index.test.ts
index 7fcb83b261..213827209f 100644
--- a/src/bundled/goose/index.test.ts
+++ b/src/bundled/goose/index.test.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 // @vitest-environment jsdom
 import { afterEach, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
-import type { AgentType } from "../../features/agents/service";
 import { GooseRuntime } from "./runtime";
-import { apply } from "./index";
+import * as goose from "./index";
+import { appliedType } from "../../features/agents/plugin-testing";
 
 vi.mock("@tauri-apps/api/core", () => ({ isTauri: () => true }));
 afterEach(() => vi.restoreAllMocks());
@@ -22,18 +22,12 @@ it("observes saved conversations with the status of open sessions", () => {
     // A one-off turn joins no conversation.
     { key: "timer/x #1", busy: true },
   ]);
-  let type: AgentType | undefined;
-  apply({
+  const type = appliedType(goose, {
     pluginOwner: { id: "buzz.goose", revision: "r1" },
     host: { request: vi.fn() },
-    agents: {
-      register: (registered: AgentType) => {
-        type = registered;
-      },
-      relay: () => undefined,
-    },
+    agents: { relay: () => undefined },
     effect: vi.fn(),
-  } as never);
+  });
   // A reload stops its turns, so the owner is asked to resume them.
   expect(type?.resumes).toBe(true);
   expect(
diff --git a/src/bundled/goose/index.ts b/src/bundled/goose/index.ts
index 25053b0bbb..55f7008cb0 100644
--- a/src/bundled/goose/index.ts
+++ b/src/bundled/goose/index.ts
@@ -15,9 +15,52 @@ import { readUsage } from "./usage";
 
 export const TYPE_ID = "goose";
 
-export const inject = ["agents", "host"];
+/** What the type's UI reaches of its runtime. */
+type GooseExposed = Parameters<typeof createTabs>[0];
+
+export const inject = ["agents"];
 export const apply: PluginModule["apply"] = (ctx) => {
   // Only the desktop app can start `goose-acp`; no unusable type elsewhere.
+  if (!isTauri()) return;
+  ctx.agents.present<GooseExposed, Config>(TYPE_ID, (exposed) => {
+    const {
+      Create,
+      CreateModel,
+      SettingsTab,
+      ActivityTab,
+      DefaultControl,
+      ProviderDialogBody,
+    } = createTabs(exposed);
+    return {
+      icon: GooseLogoIcon,
+      Create,
+      CreateModel,
+      provider: { DialogBody: ProviderDialogBody, DefaultControl },
+      tabs: [
+        {
+          id: "settings",
+          title: "Settings",
+          role: "settings",
+          splitSettings: true,
+          component: SettingsTab,
+        },
+        {
+          id: "activity",
+          title: "Activity",
+          role: "activity",
+          component: ActivityTab,
+        },
+      ],
+    };
+  });
+};
+
+// The runtime, which runs where the agents do.
+export const agent: NonNullable<PluginModule["agent"]> = {
+  inject: ["agents", "host"],
+  apply: (ctx) => applyAgent(ctx),
+};
+function applyAgent(ctx: Parameters<PluginModule["apply"]>[0]) {
   if (!isTauri()) return;
   const { agents, host } = ctx;
   const typeKey = `${ctx.pluginOwner?.id ?? "buzz.goose"}/${TYPE_ID}`;
@@ -38,18 +81,6 @@ export const apply: PluginModule["apply"] = (ctx) => {
       : undefined;
   const setup = new GooseSetup(desktop, () => runtime.defaultsChanged());
   const history = new GooseHistory(desktop);
-  const {
-    Create,
-    CreateModel,
-    SettingsTab,
-    ActivityTab,
-    DefaultControl,
-    ProviderDialogBody,
-  } = createTabs({
-    setup,
-    runtime,
-    history,
-  });
   const sync = () => {
     const snapshot = agents.snapshot();
     if (snapshot.status === "loading") return;
@@ -67,7 +98,6 @@ export const apply: PluginModule["apply"] = (ctx) => {
   agents.register<Config>({
     id: TYPE_ID,
     title: "Goose",
-    icon: GooseLogoIcon,
     description:
       "goose on this computer, with any provider goose supports. Each thread it is mentioned in is one continuing session.",
     defaults: () => ({ config: DEFAULT_CONFIG }),
@@ -79,14 +109,11 @@ export const apply: PluginModule["apply"] = (ctx) => {
             provider: source.provider ?? "",
           }
         : undefined,
-    Create,
-    CreateModel,
+    expose: { setup, runtime, history } satisfies GooseExposed,
     provider: {
       snapshot: setup.snapshot,
       subscribe: setup.subscribe,
       check: setup.check,
-      DialogBody: ProviderDialogBody,
-      DefaultControl,
     },
     adopt: (carry, saved) => ({
       ...saved,
@@ -141,22 +168,7 @@ export const apply: PluginModule["apply"] = (ctx) => {
           signal,
         ),
     }),
-    tabs: [
-      {
-        id: "settings",
-        title: "Settings",
-        role: "settings",
-        splitSettings: true,
-        component: SettingsTab,
-      },
-      {
-        id: "activity",
-        title: "Activity",
-        role: "activity",
-        component: ActivityTab,
-      },
-    ],
     models: (agent) => setup.picks(config(agent.config)),
     ...gooseRun(runtime),
   });
-};
+}
diff --git a/src/bundled/goose/tabs.tsx b/src/bundled/goose/tabs.tsx
index e5440198df..51c3a29a60 100644
--- a/src/bundled/goose/tabs.tsx
+++ b/src/bundled/goose/tabs.tsx
@@ -132,14 +132,30 @@ const placeOf = (key: string): Place => {
 const titled = (name: string, title: string) =>
   title.startsWith(`${name} · `) ? title.slice(name.length + 3) : title;
 
+// What the tabs reach of the runtime: stores and calls returning promises,
+// as an agent type's `expose` allows.
+type SetupHandle = Pick<
+  GooseSetup,
+  | "snapshot"
+  | "subscribe"
+  | "check"
+  | "providers"
+  | "models"
+  | "efforts"
+  | "saved"
+  | "save"
+  | "saveDefaults"
+  | "test"
+>;
+
 export function createTabs({
   setup,
   runtime,
   history,
 }: Readonly<{
-  setup: GooseSetup;
-  runtime: GooseRuntime;
-  history: GooseHistory;
+  setup: SetupHandle;
+  runtime: Pick<GooseRuntime, "subscribe" | "sessions">;
+  history: Pick<GooseHistory, "find" | "recent" | "transcript">;
 }>) {
   function DefaultControl({ onConfigure }: { onConfigure(): void }) {
     const state = useSyncExternalStore(setup.subscribe, setup.snapshot);