Write Go Tests

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Adding tests for any Go code change
• Tasks that involve Integration testing

Example prompts

• “/write-go-tests”

Workflow steps

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

1. 1Co-located tests: the test file is in the same package and directory as the code under test, named _test.go.
2. 2Short-test marking: for slow / externally dependent tests use if testing.Short() { t.Skip(...) }; CI runs go test -short.
3. 3Database: dev / test use SQLite (pure Go, CGO_ENABLED=0); schema changes must be compatible with both databases.
4. 4Coverage focus: success path + failure path (reject reasons, timeouts, validation failures, authz failures).
5. 5Metrics / errors: auth-reject changes must assert the corresponding AuthError / metrics tag.
6. 6Table-driven: use table-driven tests for multiple scenarios.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit ef9c294. 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

  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

Write Go Tests loads about 437 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 32 tokens; SKILL.md has 135 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~32

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~437

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

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 talkincode/toughradius at commit ef9c294, republished under its MIT licence (© talkincode). 135 words, ~437 tokens.

name

write-go-tests

description

Unified conventions for writing Go unit/integration tests (TR-F022). Use when adding tests for any Go code change.

file_search "internal/**/*_test.go"            # find the closest template
view internal/adminapi/nodes_test.go           # API test template
view internal/radiusd/*_test.go                # protocol test template
view internal/app/*_test.go                    # app-layer test template

go test ./...                       # all
go test -short ./...                # CI-equivalent (fast)
go test -run TestXxx ./internal/... # single test
go test -bench=. ./internal/radiusd/ # benchmark
golangci-lint run                   # lint (v2.12.2)

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

Files

Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/write-go-tests of talkincode/toughradius.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit ef9c294