Agent skill

Go Testing Coverage

by sandgardenhq in sandgardenhq/sgai

Go testing patterns, coverage analysis, and best practices. An agent skill from sandgardenhq/sgai.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedTesting & QA

Install Go Testing Coverage

skills CLI
$ npx skills add sandgardenhq/sgai --skill go-testing-coverage -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install sandgardenhq/sgai go-testing-coverage --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/sandgardenhq/sgai.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/cmd/sgai/skel/.sgai/skills/coding-practices/go-testing-coverage .claude/skills/go-testing-coverage && 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-testing-coverage
GitHub stars
137
Token cost
~2.5k tokens
SKILL.md length
326 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
53
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Go testing patterns, coverage analysis, and best practices. An agent skill from sandgardenhq/sgai.

  • Tasks that involve Test strategy
  • SKILL.md covers Reference URLs, Basic Testing, Table-Driven Tests and Running Tests, plus 6 more sections
  • Calls go
  • Tasks that involve Test coverage

What it does

Go Testing Coverage is an agent skill from sandgardenhq/sgai. Go testing patterns, coverage analysis, and best practices. When writing tests for Go code or analyzing test coverage

Its SKILL.md is about 2.5k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Testing & QA, covering Test strategy and Test coverage. The repository describes itself as: Sandgarden AI Software Factory.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Test strategy
  • Tasks that involve Test coverage

Example prompts

  • “/go-testing-coverage”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9efbb7b. 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

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • go

    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):

    • go.dev
    • pkg.go.dev

    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

Go Testing Coverage loads about 2.5k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 34 tokens; SKILL.md has 326 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~34
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2.5k

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 326 words (~2,531 tokens).

“Testing patterns and coverage analysis for Go projects.”

— opening of SKILL.md by sandgardenhq, Custom licence
name
go-testing-coverage
metadata.languages
go

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in cmd/sgai/skel/.sgai/skills/coding-practices/go-testing-coverage of sandgardenhq/sgai.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9efbb7b

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Go TestingGentleman-Programming/gentle-ai7.6k—~550Automated safety check: PassApache-2.0
Functional Verificationhdl-tools/digital-chip-design-agents213—~4.5kAutomated safety check: NotesMIT
Automated Test Planningtestdouble/han279—~6.7kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Test Coveragethedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist74k—~407Automated safety check: PassMIT

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Categories

Questions about Go Testing Coverage

What does Go Testing Coverage do?

Go testing patterns, coverage analysis, and best practices. An agent skill from sandgardenhq/sgai. Go Testing Coverage is an agent skill from sandgardenhq/sgai. Go testing patterns, coverage analysis, and best practices.

When should I use Go Testing Coverage?

Go Testing Coverage fits situations like: tasks that involve Test strategy; tasks that involve Test coverage.

How do I install Go Testing Coverage in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add sandgardenhq/sgai --skill go-testing-coverage -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (cmd/sgai/skel/.sgai/skills/coding-practices/go-testing-coverage in sandgardenhq/sgai) into .claude/skills/go-testing-coverage in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Go Testing Coverage in Codex?

Run `npx skills add sandgardenhq/sgai --skill go-testing-coverage -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (cmd/sgai/skel/.sgai/skills/coding-practices/go-testing-coverage in sandgardenhq/sgai) into .agents/skills/go-testing-coverage in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Go Testing Coverage 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 sandgardenhq/sgai --skill go-testing-coverage -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-testing-coverage, .gemini/skills/go-testing-coverage, .github/skills/go-testing-coverage and .opencode/skills/go-testing-coverage in your project.

What does Go Testing Coverage need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Go Testing Coverage needs the command-line tools its instructions call (go).

Does Go Testing Coverage access the network?

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

Is Go Testing Coverage 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 Testing Coverage use?

Go Testing Coverage has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Go Testing Coverage use?

About 2.5k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 10k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Go Testing Coverage?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Go Testing Coverage: Designing Tests (CloudAI-X/opencode-workflow, 275 stars), Go Testing (Gentleman-Programming/gentle-ai, 7.6k stars), Functional Verification (hdl-tools/digital-chip-design-agents, 213 stars) and Automated Test Planning (testdouble/han, 279 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Go Testing Coverage?

sandgardenhq (a GitHub organization) maintains it in sandgardenhq/sgai, which has 137 GitHub stars. The repository holds 53 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 21, 2026.

Source: sandgardenhq/sgai on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.