Golang Naming

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Writing new Go code
• Choosing between naming alternatives (New vs NewTypeName
• IsConnected vs connected
• ErrNotFound vs NotFoundError

Example prompts

• “/golang-naming”

Requirements

• Python 3
• Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Designed for Claude Code, Codex or similar harness, and for projects using Golang.
• Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Edit, Write, Glob, Grep, Bash(go:*), Bash(golangci-lint:*), Bash(git:*), Agent

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 447642e. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

  • Read
  • Edit
  • Write
  • Glob
  • Grep
  • Bash(go:*)
  • Bash(golangci-lint:*)
  • Bash(git:*)
  • Agent

  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 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.

• Compatibility

  Designed for Claude Code, Codex or similar harness, and for projects using Golang.

  From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Golang Naming loads about 3.1k tokens when it runs, and up to ~7.8k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 191 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,229 words of instructions outside code blocks.

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

~191

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

~3.1k

With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them

~7.8k

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 unxed/f4 at commit 447642e, republished under its MIT licence (© unxed). 1,229 words, ~3,110 tokens.

name

golang-naming

description

Go (Golang) naming conventions — covers packages, constructors, structs, interfaces, constants, enums, errors, booleans, receivers, getters/setters, functional options, acronyms, test functions, and subtest names. Use this skill when writing new Go code, reviewing or refactoring, choosing between naming alternatives (New vs NewTypeName, isConnected vs connected, ErrNotFound vs NotFoundError, StatusReady vs StatusUnknown at iota 0), debating Go package names (utils/helpers anti-patterns), or asking about Go naming best practices. Also trigger when the user mentions MixedCaps vs snake_case, ALL_CAPS constants, Get-prefix on getters, or error string casing. Do NOT use for general Go implementation questions that don't involve naming decisions.

allowed-tools

Read, Edit, Write, Glob, Grep, Bash(go:*), Bash(golangci-lint:*), Bash(git:*), Agent

compatibility

Designed for Claude Code, Codex or similar harness, and for projects using Golang.

user-invocable

true

license

MIT

metadata.author

samber

metadata.version

1.2.1

paths

**/*.go

// ✓ Good
MaxPacketSize
userCount
parseHTTPResponse

// ✗ Bad — these conventions conflict with Go's export mechanism and tooling expectations
MAX_PACKET_SIZE   // C/Python style
max_packet_size   // snake_case
kMaxBufferSize    // Hungarian notation

// Good — clean at the call site
http.Client       // not http.HTTPClient
json.Decoder      // not json.JSONDecoder
user.New()        // not user.NewUser()
config.Parse()    // not config.ParseConfig()

// In package sqldb:
type Connection struct{}  // not DBConnection — "db" is already in the package name

// Anti-stutter applies to ALL exported types, not just the primary struct:
// In package dbpool:
type Pool struct{}        // not DBPool
type Status struct{}      // not PoolStatus — callers write dbpool.Status
type Option func(*Pool)   // not PoolOption

© unxed, 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 6 other files (references) in .agents/skills/golang-naming of unxed/f4.

• SKILL.md
• evals/evals.json
• references/functions-methods.md
• references/identifiers.md
• references/packages-files.md
• references/testing.md
• references/types-errors.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 447642e

Used in 2 other repositories

We found 2 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 2 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in unxed/f4, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

• context-labs/whip.agents/skills/golang-naming
• samber/cc-skills-golangskills/golang-naming