Agent skill

Go HTTP Server Applications

by hashgraph-online in hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins

Design, build, test, and review production Go HTTP servers covering inbound adapters, modern ServeMux routing, middleware, strict bounded request decoding, response commitment, transparent…

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Install Go HTTP Server Applications

skills CLI
$ npx skills add hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins --skill go-http-server-applications -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins go-http-server-applications --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/LVTD-LLC/skills/skills/go-http-server-applications .claude/skills/go-http-server-applications && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
go-http-server-applications
GitHub stars
1.2k
Token cost
~728 tokens
SKILL.md length
261 words
Files
8 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
686
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Design, build, test, and review production Go HTTP servers covering inbound adapters, modern ServeMux routing, middleware, strict bounded request decoding, response commitment, transparent…

  • Works in 8 steps: Separate domain behavior from the… → Define routes, methods, media types,… → Build an explicit mux and ordered… → …
  • Implementing an HTTP service
  • SKILL.md covers Core Workflow, Read Next, Guardrails and Source Notes
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Go HTTP Server Applications is an agent skill from hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins. Design, build, test, and review production Go HTTP servers covering inbound adapters, modern ServeMux routing, middleware, strict bounded request decoding, response commitment, transparent ResponseWriter wrapping, server timeouts, health semantics, graceful shutdown, shared-state safety, and httptest verification. Use when implementing an HTTP service, API handler, middleware stack, server lifecycle, health endpoint, or inbound JSON boundary in Go.

Its SKILL.md is about 730 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 11 other files, including reference files (for example `agents/openai.yaml`, `guidelines.md` and `references/http-server/examples.md`). Compatibility notes: Codex, Claude Code, and other Agent Skills-compatible clients.

The repository describes itself as: A curated list of awesome OpenAI Codex / ChatGPT plugins, skills, and resources. The 1 Codex Marketplace. See live plugins at: https://hol.org/plugins/best-codex-plugins. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Implementing an HTTP service
  • Middleware stack
  • Server lifecycle
  • Health endpoint

Example prompts

  • “/go-http-server-applications”

Requirements

  • Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Codex, Claude Code, and other Agent Skills-compatible clients.

Workflow steps

8 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Separate domain behavior from the inbound HTTP adapter.
  2. Define routes, methods, media types, limits, and error mappings.
  3. Build an explicit mux and ordered middleware stack.
  4. Decode requests strictly and within endpoint-specific byte/time budgets.
  5. Encode complete responses before committing headers where practical.
  6. Configure listener, server timeouts, header limits, and health semantics.
  7. Serve under a lifecycle that observes errors and drains with a deadline.
  8. Test handlers, routing, middleware, shared state, and real loopback behavior.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 78497e5. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • pkg.go.dev
    • manning.com

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

  • Compatibility

    Codex, Claude Code, and other Agent Skills-compatible clients.

    From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Go HTTP Server Applications loads about 728 tokens when it runs, and up to ~2.1k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 120 tokens; SKILL.md has 261 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~120
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~728
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~2.1k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins at commit 78497e5, republished under its MIT licence (© hashgraph-online). 261 words, ~728 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/go-http-server-applications/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 7 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
go-http-server-applications
description
Design, build, test, and review production Go HTTP servers covering inbound adapters, modern ServeMux routing, middleware, strict bounded request decoding, response commitment, transparent ResponseWriter wrapping, server timeouts, health semantics, graceful shutdown, shared-state safety, and httptest verification. Use when implementing an HTTP service, API handler, middleware stack, server lifecycle, health endpoint, or inbound JSON boundary in Go.
compatibility
Codex, Claude Code, and other Agent Skills-compatible clients.
license
MIT
metadata.version
0.2.0
metadata.displayName
Go HTTP Server Applications
metadata.category
Go
metadata.tags
go,golang,http,server,middleware,httptest

Go HTTP Server Applications

Keep handlers thin, bound untrusted input, configure the server explicitly, and make startup and shutdown part of the tested application contract.

Core Workflow

  1. Separate domain behavior from the inbound HTTP adapter.
  2. Define routes, methods, media types, limits, and error mappings.
  3. Build an explicit mux and ordered middleware stack.
  4. Decode requests strictly and within endpoint-specific byte/time budgets.
  5. Encode complete responses before committing headers where practical.
  6. Configure listener, server timeouts, header limits, and health semantics.
  7. Serve under a lifecycle that observes errors and drains with a deadline.
  8. Test handlers, routing, middleware, shared state, and real loopback behavior.
TaskLoad
Build a serverguidelines.md, workflows/build-http-server.md
Test handlers or lifecycleworkflows/test-http-server.md
Review routing, middleware, JSON, or shutdownreferences/http-server/rules.md
Understand server and writer contractsreferences/http-server/knowledge.md
Review patternsreferences/http-server/examples.md

Guardrails

  • Do not use http.DefaultServeMux for application composition.
  • Do not expose a public server with zero-value timeout policy by accident.
  • Do not read request bodies without an endpoint-specific bound.
  • Do not assume a wrapped ResponseWriter preserves optional capabilities.
  • Do not call readiness an unconditional liveness response.
  • Do not let the process exit before graceful shutdown finishes.

Source Notes

Guidance is transformed and paraphrased from Inanc Gumus, Go by Example: Programmer's Guide to Idiomatic and Testable Programs (Manning, 2025), Chapters 8-9. Examples are original.

Terminal-response control-flow and timeout guidance also incorporates transformed material from Teiva Harsanyi, 100 Go Mistakes and How to Avoid Them (Manning, 2022), Chapter 10.

Book: https://www.manning.com/books/go-by-example

Verify current routing and lifecycle behavior against https://pkg.go.dev/net/http and https://pkg.go.dev/net/http/httptest for the pinned Go version.

© hashgraph-online, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 7 other files (references) in plugins/LVTD-LLC/skills/skills/go-http-server-applications of hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml
  • guidelines.md
  • references/http-server/examples.md
  • references/http-server/knowledge.md
  • references/http-server/rules.md
  • workflows/build-http-server.md
  • workflows/test-http-server.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 78497e5

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Questions about Go HTTP Server Applications

What does Go HTTP Server Applications do?

Design, build, test, and review production Go HTTP servers covering inbound adapters, modern ServeMux routing, middleware, strict bounded request decoding, response commitment, transparent…. Go HTTP Server Applications is an agent skill from hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins. Design, build, test, and review production Go HTTP servers covering inbound adapters, modern ServeMux routing, middleware, strict bounded request decoding, response commitment, transparent ResponseWriter wrapping, server timeouts, health semantics, graceful shutdown, shared-state safety, and httptest verification.

When should I use Go HTTP Server Applications?

Go HTTP Server Applications fits situations like: implementing an HTTP service; middleware stack; server lifecycle; health endpoint.

How do I install Go HTTP Server Applications in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins --skill go-http-server-applications -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/LVTD-LLC/skills/skills/go-http-server-applications in hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins) into .claude/skills/go-http-server-applications in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Go HTTP Server Applications in Codex?

Run `npx skills add hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins --skill go-http-server-applications -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/LVTD-LLC/skills/skills/go-http-server-applications in hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins) into .agents/skills/go-http-server-applications in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Go HTTP Server Applications in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins --skill go-http-server-applications -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/go-http-server-applications, .gemini/skills/go-http-server-applications, .github/skills/go-http-server-applications and .opencode/skills/go-http-server-applications in your project.

What does Go HTTP Server Applications need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Go HTTP Server Applications is instructions for the agent only. Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Codex, Claude Code, and other Agent Skills-compatible clients..

Does Go HTTP Server Applications access the network?

SKILL.md names 2 domains. As links in the text: pkg.go.dev and manning.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Go HTTP Server Applications safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Go HTTP Server Applications use?

Go HTTP Server Applications is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Go HTTP Server Applications use?

About 728 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.9k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 1.4k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Go HTTP Server Applications?

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Who maintains Go HTTP Server Applications?

hashgraph-online (a GitHub organization) maintains it in hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins, which has 1,242 GitHub stars. The repository holds 686 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

Source: hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.