Golang Pro

A solid Go skill that actually enforces good practices through its workflow. Runs golangci-lint and go vet before proceeding, implements proper context cancellation patterns, and generates table-driven tests with race detection. The concurrency examples show real error propagation through channels rather than just basic goroutine demos. Reference guides for interfaces, generics, and project structure keep responses focused on Go 1.21+ idioms. Particularly strong on the "must not do" constraints around panic usage and goroutine lifecycle management. Worth using when you need production-grade Go code that won't embarrass you in code review.

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last updated: Aug 21, 2026

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$ npx -y skills add jeffallan/claude-skills --skill golang-pro --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

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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.

Core Workflow

Analyze architecture — Review module structure, interfaces, and concurrency patterns
Design interfaces — Create small, focused interfaces with composition
Implement — Write idiomatic Go with proper error handling and context propagation; run go vet ./... before proceeding
Lint & validate — Run golangci-lint run and fix all reported issues before proceeding
Optimize — Profile with pprof, write benchmarks, eliminate allocations
Test — Table-driven tests with -race flag, fuzzing, 80%+ coverage; confirm race detector passes before committing