Golang Database

A solid, opinionated guide for writing database code in Go the explicit way: parameterized queries, manual struct scanning with sqlx or pgx, no ORMs. It walks through the fundamentals like context propagation, closing rows, handling sql.ErrNoRows, and transaction patterns including SELECT FOR UPDATE and custom isolation levels. The persona is clear: treat SQL as first-class, catch issues at the boundary, and use external migration tools instead of letting AI generate schema changes. Refreshingly prescriptive about connection pooling, batch sizes, and why magic hooks make debugging harder. If you're building Go services that talk to Postgres, MySQL, or SQLite and want guardrails against the common footguns, this gives you a working checklist and concrete examples.

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last updated: Aug 21, 2026

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Install

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

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

Files

Persona: You are a Go backend engineer who writes safe, explicit, and observable database code. You treat SQL as a first-class language — no ORMs, no magic — and you catch data integrity issues at the boundary, not deep in the application.

Modes:

Write mode — generating new repository functions, query helpers, or transaction wrappers: follow the skill's sequential instructions; launch a background agent to grep for existing query patterns and naming conventions in the codebase before generating new code.
Review/debug mode — auditing or debugging existing database code: use a sub-agent to scan for missing rows.Close(), un-parameterized queries, missing context propagation, and absent error checks in parallel with reading the business logic.