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A skill your agent uses when building Go applications requiring concurrent programming, microservices architecture, or high-performance systems.
Install Golang Best Practices
$ npx skills add koolamusic/claudefiles --skill golang-best-practices -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install koolamusic/claudefiles golang-best-practices --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/koolamusic/claudefiles.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/golang-best-practices .claude/skills/golang-best-practices && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "golang-best-practices" agent skill from https://github.com/koolamusic/claudefiles/tree/main/skills/golang-best-practices into .claude/skills/golang-best-practices/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "golang-best-practices", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/koolamusic/claudefiles/tree/main/skills/golang-best-practicesType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add koolamusic/claudefiles --skill golang-best-practices -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install koolamusic/claudefiles golang-best-practices --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/koolamusic/claudefiles.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/golang-best-practices .agents/skills/golang-best-practices && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "golang-best-practices" agent skill from https://github.com/koolamusic/claudefiles/tree/main/skills/golang-best-practices into .agents/skills/golang-best-practices/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "golang-best-practices", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add koolamusic/claudefiles --skill golang-best-practices -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install koolamusic/claudefiles golang-best-practices --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/koolamusic/claudefiles.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/golang-best-practices .cursor/skills/golang-best-practices && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "golang-best-practices" agent skill from https://github.com/koolamusic/claudefiles/tree/main/skills/golang-best-practices into .cursor/skills/golang-best-practices/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "golang-best-practices", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/koolamusic/claudefiles.git --path skills/golang-best-practices--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add koolamusic/claudefiles --skill golang-best-practices -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install koolamusic/claudefiles golang-best-practices --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/koolamusic/claudefiles.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/golang-best-practices .gemini/skills/golang-best-practices && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "golang-best-practices" agent skill from https://github.com/koolamusic/claudefiles/tree/main/skills/golang-best-practices into .gemini/skills/golang-best-practices/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "golang-best-practices", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install koolamusic/claudefiles golang-best-practicesInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add koolamusic/claudefiles --skill golang-best-practices -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/koolamusic/claudefiles.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/golang-best-practices .github/skills/golang-best-practices && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "golang-best-practices" agent skill from https://github.com/koolamusic/claudefiles/tree/main/skills/golang-best-practices into .github/skills/golang-best-practices/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "golang-best-practices", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add koolamusic/claudefiles --skill golang-best-practices -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install koolamusic/claudefiles golang-best-practices --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/koolamusic/claudefiles.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/golang-best-practices .opencode/skills/golang-best-practices && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "golang-best-practices" agent skill from https://github.com/koolamusic/claudefiles/tree/main/skills/golang-best-practices into .opencode/skills/golang-best-practices/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "golang-best-practices", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
golang-best-practices- GitHub stars
- 130
- Token cost
- ~935 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 367 words
- Files
- 6 (incl. references)
- Skills in repo
- 15
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
A skill your agent uses when building Go applications requiring concurrent programming, microservices architecture, or high-performance systems.
- Works in 5 steps: Analyze architecture - Review module… → Design interfaces - Create small,… → Implement - Write idiomatic Go with… → …
- Building Go applications requiring concurrent programming
- SKILL.md covers Role Definition, When to Use This Skill, Core Workflow and Reference Guide, plus 3 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Golang Best Practices is an agent skill from koolamusic/claudefiles. Use when building Go applications requiring concurrent programming, microservices architecture, or high-performance systems. Invoke for goroutines, channels, Go generics, gRPC integration.
Its SKILL.md is about 940 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 6 other files, including reference files (for example `references/concurrency.md`, `references/generics.md` and `references/interfaces.md`).
It sits in Backend & APIs, covering Microservices, Async programming and gRPC and Protobuf. It works with Go and gRPC. The repository describes itself as: A minimal catalog of my favourite skills for working with claude. The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- Building Go applications requiring concurrent programming
- Microservices architecture
- High-performance systems
Example prompts
- “/golang-best-practices”
Workflow steps
5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Analyze architecture - Review module structure, interfaces, concurrency patterns
- Design interfaces - Create small, focused interfaces with composition
- Implement - Write idiomatic Go with proper error handling and context propagation
- Optimize - Profile with pprof, write benchmarks, eliminate allocations
- Test - Table-driven tests, race detector, fuzzing, 80%+ coverage
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 8a20283. 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
No URLs in SKILL.md.
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.
Context cost
Golang Best Practices loads about 935 tokens when it runs, and up to ~12k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 53 tokens; SKILL.md has 367 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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 koolamusic/claudefiles at commit 8a20283, republished under its MIT licence (© koolamusic). 367 words, ~935 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/golang-best-practices/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 5 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- golang-best-practices
- description
- Use when building Go applications requiring concurrent programming, microservices architecture, or high-performance systems. Invoke for goroutines, channels, Go generics, gRPC integration.
- license
- MIT
- metadata.author
- https://github.com/Jeffallan
- metadata.version
- 1.0.0
- metadata.domain
- language
- metadata.triggers
- Go, Golang, goroutines, channels, gRPC, microservices Go, Go generics, concurrent programming, Go interfaces
- metadata.role
- specialist
- metadata.scope
- implementation
- metadata.output-format
- code
- metadata.related-skills
- devops-engineer, microservices-architect, test-master
Golang Pro
Senior Go developer with deep expertise in Go 1.21+, concurrent programming, and cloud-native microservices. Specializes in idiomatic patterns, performance optimization, and production-grade systems.
Role Definition
You are a senior Go engineer with 8+ years of systems programming experience. You specialize in Go 1.21+ with generics, concurrent patterns, gRPC microservices, and cloud-native applications. You build efficient, type-safe systems following Go proverbs.
When to Use This Skill
- Building concurrent Go applications with goroutines and channels
- Implementing microservices with gRPC or REST APIs
- Creating CLI tools and system utilities
- Optimizing Go code for performance and memory efficiency
- Designing interfaces and using Go generics
- Setting up testing with table-driven tests and benchmarks
Core Workflow
- Analyze architecture - Review module structure, interfaces, concurrency patterns
- Design interfaces - Create small, focused interfaces with composition
- Implement - Write idiomatic Go with proper error handling and context propagation
- Optimize - Profile with pprof, write benchmarks, eliminate allocations
- Test - Table-driven tests, race detector, fuzzing, 80%+ coverage
Reference Guide
Load detailed guidance based on context:
| Topic | Reference | Load When |
|---|---|---|
| Concurrency | references/concurrency.md | Goroutines, channels, select, sync primitives |
| Interfaces | references/interfaces.md | Interface design, io.Reader/Writer, composition |
| Generics | references/generics.md | Type parameters, constraints, generic patterns |
| Testing | references/testing.md | Table-driven tests, benchmarks, fuzzing |
| Project Structure | references/project-structure.md | Module layout, internal packages, go.mod |
Constraints
Show full SKILL.md (160 more words)Show less
MUST DO
- Use gofmt and golangci-lint on all code
- Add context.Context to all blocking operations
- Handle all errors explicitly (no naked returns)
- Write table-driven tests with subtests
- Document all exported functions, types, and packages
- Use
X | Yunion constraints for generics (Go 1.18+) - Propagate errors with fmt.Errorf("%w", err)
- Run race detector on tests (-race flag)
MUST NOT DO
- Ignore errors (avoid _ assignment without justification)
- Use panic for normal error handling
- Create goroutines without clear lifecycle management
- Skip context cancellation handling
- Use reflection without performance justification
- Mix sync and async patterns carelessly
- Hardcode configuration (use functional options or env vars)
Output Templates
When implementing Go features, provide:
- Interface definitions (contracts first)
- Implementation files with proper package structure
- Test file with table-driven tests
- Brief explanation of concurrency patterns used
Knowledge Reference
Go 1.21+, goroutines, channels, select, sync package, generics, type parameters, constraints, io.Reader/Writer, gRPC, context, error wrapping, pprof profiling, benchmarks, table-driven tests, fuzzing, go.mod, internal packages, functional options
© koolamusic, 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 5 other files (references) in skills/golang-best-practices of koolamusic/claudefiles.
- SKILL.md
- references/concurrency.md
- references/generics.md
- references/interfaces.md
- references/project-structure.md
- references/testing.md
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 8a20283
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golang Best Practices this skillkoolamusic/claudefiles | 130 | — | ~935 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
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| Golang Grpccontext-labs/whip | 1.1k | 1 repos | ~2.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| API Design InterviewerPrepLabsAI/InterviewMentor | 112 | — | ~2.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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What does Golang Best Practices do?
A skill your agent uses when building Go applications requiring concurrent programming, microservices architecture, or high-performance systems. Golang Best Practices is an agent skill from koolamusic/claudefiles. Use when building Go applications requiring concurrent programming, microservices architecture, or high-performance systems.
When should I use Golang Best Practices?
Golang Best Practices fits situations like: building Go applications requiring concurrent programming; microservices architecture; high-performance systems.
How do I install Golang Best Practices in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add koolamusic/claudefiles --skill golang-best-practices -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/golang-best-practices in koolamusic/claudefiles) into .claude/skills/golang-best-practices in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Golang Best Practices in Codex?
Run `npx skills add koolamusic/claudefiles --skill golang-best-practices -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/golang-best-practices in koolamusic/claudefiles) into .agents/skills/golang-best-practices in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Golang Best Practices 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 koolamusic/claudefiles --skill golang-best-practices -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/golang-best-practices, .gemini/skills/golang-best-practices, .github/skills/golang-best-practices and .opencode/skills/golang-best-practices in your project.
What does Golang Best Practices need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Golang Best Practices is instructions for the agent only.
Does Golang Best Practices access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Golang Best Practices 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 Golang Best Practices use?
Golang Best Practices 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 Golang Best Practices use?
About 935 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.7k 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 11k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Golang Best Practices?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Golang Best Practices: Golang Pro (antoniopaya22/go-rest-template, 172 stars), Kratos Development (aide-family/moon, 253 stars), Axone Proto Specification (axone-protocol/axoned, 176 stars) and Golang Grpc (context-labs/whip, 1.1k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Golang Best Practices?
koolamusic (a GitHub user) maintains it in koolamusic/claudefiles, which has 130 GitHub stars. The repository holds 15 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 10, 2026.
Source: koolamusic/claudefiles on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.