Agent skill

Grpc Golang

by sickn33 in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills

Build production-ready gRPC services in Go with mTLS, streaming, and observability.

MITAuto-check passedBackend & APIs

Install Grpc Golang

skills CLI
$ npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill grpc-golang -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills grpc-golang --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/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/grpc-golang .claude/skills/grpc-golang && 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
grpc-golang
GitHub stars
47k
Used in
2 other repos
Token cost
~1.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
467 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
1,497
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Build production-ready gRPC services in Go with mTLS, streaming, and observability.

  • Works in 6 steps: Confirm Technical Context: Identify Go… → Confirm Requirements: Identify mTLS… → Plan Schema: Define package versioning… → …
  • Designing Protobuf contracts with Buf
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, Use this skill when, Do not use this skill when and Step-by-Step Guide, plus 6 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Grpc Golang is an agent skill from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills. Build production-ready gRPC services in Go with mTLS, streaming, and observability. Use when designing Protobuf contracts with Buf or implementing secure service-to-service transport.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files (for example `resources/implementation-playbook.md`).

It sits in Backend & APIs, covering gRPC and Protobuf. It works with gRPC and Go. The repository describes itself as: AAS Core is the local, agent-first control plane for complete catalog discovery, agent-owned selection, stack validation, and planning, backed by 2,400+ agentic skills. Includes… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Designing Protobuf contracts with Buf
  • Implementing secure service-to-service transport

Example prompts

  • “/grpc-golang”

Requirements

  • Docker

Workflow steps

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

  1. Confirm Technical Context: Identify Go version, gRPC-Go version, and whether the project uses Buf or raw protoc.
  2. Confirm Requirements: Identify mTLS needs, load patterns (unary/streaming), SLOs, and message size limits.
  3. Plan Schema: Define package versioning (e.g., api.v1), resource types, and error mapping.
  4. Security Design: Implement mTLS for service-to-service authentication.
  5. Observability: Configure interceptors for tracing, metrics, and structured logging.
  6. Verification: Always run buf lint and breaking change checks before finalizing code generation.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit b84d35a. 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 (its code samples are proto).

    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):

    • cloud.google.com
    • buf.build
    • grpc.io
    • opentelemetry.io

    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

Grpc Golang loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 49 tokens; SKILL.md has 467 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~49
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.1k

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 sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills at commit b84d35a, republished under its MIT licence (© sickn33). 467 words, ~1,144 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/grpc-golang/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
grpc-golang
description
Build production-ready gRPC services in Go with mTLS, streaming, and observability. Use when designing Protobuf contracts with Buf or implementing secure service-to-service transport.
risk
safe
source
self
date_added
2026-02-27

gRPC Golang (gRPC-Go)

Overview

Comprehensive guide for designing and implementing production-grade gRPC services in Go. Covers contract standardization with Buf, transport layer security via mTLS, and deep observability with OpenTelemetry interceptors.

Use this skill when

  • Designing microservices communication with gRPC in Go.
  • Building high-performance internal APIs using Protobuf.
  • Implementing streaming workloads (unidirectional or bidirectional).
  • Standardizing API contracts using Protobuf and Buf.
  • Configuring mTLS for service-to-service authentication.

Do not use this skill when

  • Building pure REST/HTTP public APIs without gRPC requirements.
  • Modifying legacy .proto files without the ability to introduce a new API version (e.g., api.v2) or ensure backward compatibility.
  • Managing service mesh traffic routing (e.g., Istio/Linkerd), which is outside the application code scope.

Step-by-Step Guide

  1. Confirm Technical Context: Identify Go version, gRPC-Go version, and whether the project uses Buf or raw protoc.
  2. Confirm Requirements: Identify mTLS needs, load patterns (unary/streaming), SLOs, and message size limits.
  3. Plan Schema: Define package versioning (e.g., api.v1), resource types, and error mapping.
  4. Security Design: Implement mTLS for service-to-service authentication.
  5. Observability: Configure interceptors for tracing, metrics, and structured logging.
  6. Verification: Always run buf lint and breaking change checks before finalizing code generation.

Refer to resources/implementation-playbook.md for detailed patterns, code examples, and anti-patterns.

Examples

Example 1: Defining a Service & Message (v1 API)
proto
syntax = "proto3";
package api.v1;
option go_package = "github.com/org/repo/gen/api/v1;apiv1";

service UserService {
  rpc GetUser(GetUserRequest) returns (GetUserResponse);
}

message User {
  string id = 1;
  string name = 2;
}

message GetUserRequest {
  string id = 1;
}

message GetUserResponse {
  User user = 1;
}

Best Practices

  • ✅ Do: Use Buf to standardize your toolchain and linting with buf.yaml and buf.gen.yaml.
  • ✅ Do: Always use semantic versioning in package paths (e.g., package api.v1).
  • ✅ Do: Enforce mTLS for all internal service-to-service communication.
  • ✅ Do: Handle ctx.Done() in all streaming handlers to prevent resource leaks.
  • ✅ Do: Map domain errors to standard gRPC status codes (e.g., codes.NotFound).
  • ❌ Don't: Return raw internal error strings or stack traces to gRPC clients.
  • ❌ Don't: Create a new grpc.ClientConn per request; always reuse connections.
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Troubleshooting

  • Error: Inconsistent Gen: If the generated code does not match the schema, run buf generate and verify the go_package option.
  • Error: Context Deadline: Check client timeouts and ensure the server is not blocking infinitely in streaming handlers.
  • Error: mTLS Handshake: Ensure the CA certificate is correctly added to the x509.CertPool on both client and server sides.

Limitations

  • Does not cover service mesh traffic routing (Istio/Linkerd configuration).
  • Does not cover gRPC-Web or browser-based gRPC integration.
  • Assumes Go 1.21+ and gRPC-Go v1.60+; older versions may have different APIs (e.g., grpc.Dial vs grpc.NewClient).
  • Does not cover L7 gRPC-aware load balancer configuration (e.g., Envoy, NGINX).
  • Does not address Protobuf schema registry or large-scale schema governance beyond Buf lint.

Resources

  • @golang-pro - General Go patterns and performance optimization outside the gRPC layer.
  • @go-concurrency-patterns - Advanced goroutine lifecycle management for streaming handlers.
  • @api-design-principles - Resource naming and versioning strategy before writing .proto files.
  • @docker-expert - Containerizing gRPC services and configuring TLS cert injection via Docker secrets.

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Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in skills/grpc-golang of sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • resources/implementation-playbook.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit b84d35a

Used in 2 other repositories

We found 11 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 2 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 9, 2026.

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Questions about Grpc Golang

What does Grpc Golang do?

Build production-ready gRPC services in Go with mTLS, streaming, and observability. Grpc Golang is an agent skill from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills. Build production-ready gRPC services in Go with mTLS, streaming, and observability.

When should I use Grpc Golang?

Grpc Golang fits situations like: designing Protobuf contracts with Buf; implementing secure service-to-service transport.

How do I install Grpc Golang in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill grpc-golang -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/grpc-golang in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills) into .claude/skills/grpc-golang in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Grpc Golang in Codex?

Run `npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill grpc-golang -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/grpc-golang in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills) into .agents/skills/grpc-golang in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Grpc Golang 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 sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill grpc-golang -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/grpc-golang, .gemini/skills/grpc-golang, .github/skills/grpc-golang and .opencode/skills/grpc-golang in your project.

What does Grpc Golang need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Grpc Golang is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: Docker.

Does Grpc Golang access the network?

SKILL.md names 4 domains. As links in the text: cloud.google.com, buf.build, grpc.io and opentelemetry.io. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Grpc Golang 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 Grpc Golang use?

Grpc Golang is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Grpc Golang use?

About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.6k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

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Who maintains Grpc Golang?

sickn33 (a GitHub user) maintains it in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, which has 47,405 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,497 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.