This example shows creating a custom goal in a plugin library, which allows you to use the custom goal in C++, the command-line, Matlab, Python, and the GUI.See Defining a custom goal or cost.
#include <Moco/osimMoco.h>
#include "MocoCustomEffortGoal.h"
std::unique_ptr<Model> createSlidingMassModel() {
    auto model = make_unique<Model>();
    model->setName("sliding_mass");
    model->set_gravity(SimTK::Vec3(0, 0, 0));
    auto* body = new Body("body", 2.0, SimTK::Vec3(0), SimTK::Inertia(0));
    model->addComponent(body);
    
    auto* joint = new SliderJoint("slider", model->getGround(), *body);
    auto& coord = joint->updCoordinate(SliderJoint::Coord::TranslationX);
    coord.setName("position");
    model->addComponent(joint);
    auto* actu = new CoordinateActuator();
    actu->setCoordinate(&coord);
    actu->setName("actuator");
    actu->setOptimalForce(1);
    model->addComponent(actu);
    body->attachGeometry(new Sphere(0.05));
    model->finalizeConnections();
    return model;
}
int main() {
    study.setName("sliding_mass");
    
    
    
    
    problem.
setModel(createSlidingMassModel());
    
    
    
    
    
    problem.
setStateInfo(
"/slider/position/speed", {-50, 50}, 0, 0);
    
    
    
    
    problem.
addGoal<MocoCustomEffortGoal>(
"effort");
    
    
    solver.set_num_mesh_intervals(50);
    solver.set_verbosity(2);
    solver.set_optim_solver("ipopt");
    solver.set_optim_ipopt_print_level(4);
    solver.set_optim_max_iterations(50);
    solver.set_optim_finite_difference_scheme("forward");
    solver.set_optim_sparsity_detection("random");
    solver.set_optim_write_sparsity("sliding_mass");
    
    
    guess.
setState(
"/slider/position/value", {0.0, 1.0});
    solver.setGuess(guess);
    
    
    std::cout << 
"Solution status: " << solution.
getStatus() << std::endl;
    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}