Golang Naming
Covers the full spectrum of Go naming conventions, from the obvious (MixedCaps, no underscores) to the stuff that actually trips people up: when to use New versus NewTypeName, why boolean fields need the is/has prefix but the zero value in enums should be StatusUnknown not StatusReady, and why error strings stay lowercase even for acronyms. Includes a quick reference table and detailed breakdowns across packages, identifiers, functions, and error types. Useful when you're in a naming debate during code review, refactoring a codebase to match Go idioms, or just want to stop second-guessing whether it should be ErrNotFound or NotFoundError. Written by samber, who maintains several Go tooling projects.
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- Aug 21, 2026
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$ npx -y skills add samber/cc-skills-golang --skill golang-naming --agent claude-codeInstalls into .claude/skills of the current project.
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Go Naming Conventions
Go favors short, readable names. Capitalization controls visibility — uppercase is exported, lowercase is unexported. All identifiers MUST use MixedCaps, NEVER underscores.
"Clear is better than clever." — Go Proverbs
"Design the architecture, name the components, document the details." — Go Proverbs
To ignore a rule, just add a comment to the code.
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- Testing & QA, Documentation, Code Review & Quality, Debugging, Go
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- Apr 16, 2026
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