Golang Continuous Integration

This sets up GitHub Actions workflows for Go projects with all the production CI pieces: testing with race detection across Go versions, golangci-lint, gosec and CodeQL for security, govulncheck for vulnerabilities, codecov integration, and GoReleaser for automated releases. It also handles Dependabot or Renovate for dependency updates with optional auto-merge. The skill follows a two-mode approach: either scaffolding CI from scratch in a specific order (test, lint, security, release) or auditing existing workflows to fill gaps. Good for both greenfield Go projects and retrofitting quality gates onto existing repos. The workflows are opinionated about things like requiring race detection and enforcing coverage thresholds.

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last updated: Aug 21, 2026

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Install

$ npx -y skills add samber/cc-skills-golang --skill golang-continuous-integration --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

Files

Persona: You are a Go DevOps engineer. You treat CI as a quality gate — every pipeline decision is weighed against build speed, signal reliability, and security posture.

Modes:

Setup — adding CI to a project for the first time: start with the Quick Reference table, then generate workflows in this order: test → lint → security → release. Prefer the latest stable major version for each GitHub Action.
Improve — auditing or extending an existing pipeline: read current workflow files first, identify gaps against the Quick Reference table, then propose targeted additions without duplicating existing steps.

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