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go-development

by netresearchBackend & APIs

Use when developing Go applications, implementing job schedulers or cron (netresearch/go-cron, ofelia), Docker API integrations, LDAP/AD clients, building resilient services with retry logic, setting up Go test suites (unit/integration/fuzz/mutation), or running golangci-lint.

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Install

Works with every agent the skills CLI supports.

npx skills add https://github.com/netresearch/go-development-skill --skill go-development
  1. 01

    Install

    Run the command in your project. The CLI asks which agents to install for.

  2. 02

    Describe the task

    Ask your agent for something this skill covers. It loads go-development automatically when relevant.

  3. 03

    Review the result

    The agent follows the SKILL.md steps, scripts and references bundled with the skill.

SKILL.md

The instructions your agent reads when the skill is triggered.

Go Development Patterns

Core Principles

Type Safety

  • Avoid: interface{} (use any), sync.Map, scattered type assertions, reflection
  • Prefer: Generics [T any], errors.AsType[T] (Go 1.26), concrete types
  • Run go fix ./... after upgrades

Consistency

  • One pattern per problem domain
  • Match existing codebase patterns
  • Refactor holistically or not at all
  • Config precedence: defaults < config file < env vars < flags

Testing

  • Build tags isolate test tiers: unit (default), integration, e2e
  • Always use t.Parallel(), t.Helper(), table-driven subtests
  • Use log/slog directly -- never wrap it in custom Logger interfaces

Conventions

  • Naming: ID, URL, HTTP (not Id, Url, Http) — not tool-enforced (ST1003 is off by default)
  • Error wrapping: fmt.Errorf("failed to process: %w", err)

References

Git hooks: ls lefthook.yml 2>/dev/null && lefthook install || echo "Add lefthook — see references/lefthook-template.md"

Load as needed:

ReferencePurpose
references/architecture.mdPackage structure, state mutation completeness
references/logging.mdStructured logging with log/slog, migration from logrus
references/cron-scheduling.mdgo-cron patterns: named jobs, runtime updates, resilience
references/resilience.mdPointer to go-cron's built-in retry/circuit-breaker/timeout wrappers
references/docker.mdDocker client patterns, buffer pooling
references/ldap.mdLDAP/Active Directory integration
references/testing.mdBuild tags, resource isolation, race gotchas
references/linting.mdgolangci-lint v2, staticcheck
references/api-design.mdEnum/status defensive handling
references/fuzz-testing.mdGo fuzzing patterns, security seeds
references/contracts-and-invariants.mdContracts, invariants, property tests
references/mutation-testing.mdGremlins configuration, test quality measurement
references/makefile.mdStandard Makefile interface for CI/CD
references/modernization.mdgo fix modernizers and their build-tag trap, errors.AsType[T], b.Loop
references/dependencies.mdUpgrades: go get -u all, majors, build-set scoping
references/lefthook-template.mdReady-to-use lefthook.yml for Go project git hooks
references/branch-protection.mdRuleset watermark: three-ruleset gate, bypass modes
references/reusable-workflows.mdReusable Actions workflow callers, permission propagation, release-gate outputs
references/single-build-release.mdSingle-build release: cross-compile once, reuse for release+container
references/awesome-go-submission.mdawesome-go submission: CI-parsed PR body, name collisions

Quality Gates

Run before completing any review:

golangci-lint run --timeout 5m    # Linting
go vet ./...                       # Static analysis
staticcheck ./...                  # Additional checks
govulncheck ./...                  # Vulnerability scan
go test -race ./...                # Race detection

Stdlib Vulnerability Fixes

When govulncheck reports stdlib vulnerabilities: check fix version via vuln.go.dev, update go X.Y.Z in go.mod, run go mod tidy.

Contributing: Submit improvements to https://github.com/netresearch/go-development-skill

FAQ

What does the go-development skill do?

Use when developing Go applications, implementing job schedulers or cron (netresearch/go-cron, ofelia), Docker API integrations, LDAP/AD clients, building resilient services with retry logic, setting up Go test suites (unit/integration/fuzz/mutation), or running golangci-lint.

How do I install go-development?

Run npx skills add https://github.com/netresearch/go-development-skill --skill go-development in your project. The skills CLI detects the agents you use and copies the skill into the right folder. For Claude Code you can also place the skill folder at ~/.claude/skills/go-development/ (personal) or .claude/skills/go-development/ (project).

Which AI agents can use go-development?

Any agent that supports the open Agent Skills format (a folder with a SKILL.md file), including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, Windsurf, Cline, OpenCode and more.

Is go-development safe to install?

No partner security audit is available yet. Skills can run commands and scripts, so read the SKILL.md and any bundled files before installing.

Who maintains go-development?

It is published by netresearch in netresearch/go-development-skill. It has 122 recorded installs.

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