# appwrite-go

Teaches your coding agent to use the official Appwrite Go SDK. Covers client setup, user management, TablesDB CRUD, queries, and file storage.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 899 installs · ★ 28
- Author: appwrite
- License: BSD-3-Clause · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/appwrite/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/appwrite-go/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-20
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/appwrite-go

## What it does

The skill equips coding agents with patterns for `github.com/appwrite/sdk-for-go`. It structures Go code around per-service packages like `users`, `tablesdb`, and `storage`. Client initialization pulls endpoints and keys from environment variables.

For database work, it mandates `TablesDB` instead of deprecated `Databases`. It insists on explicit functional options. When defining tables, `varchar` stays inline and counts against the 64 KB row limit, whereas `text` types store data off-page.

The skill also directs query construction using `query.NewBuilder` with joins and aggregates. Uploads rely on `file.NewInputFile` factories. Without a live Appwrite project and API credentials, generated operations will fail.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add appwrite/skills --skill appwrite-go -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/appwrite-go/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/appwrite-go/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add appwrite/skills --skill appwrite-go -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/appwrite-go/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add appwrite/skills --skill appwrite-go -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/appwrite-go/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install appwrite/skills appwrite-go
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/appwrite-go/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add appwrite/skills --skill appwrite-go -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/appwrite/skills --path skills/appwrite-go
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/appwrite-go/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add appwrite/skills --skill appwrite-go -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/appwrite/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/appwrite-go/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- configure Appwrite Go client using environment variables
- manage database rows through `TablesDB` and functional options
- allocate string columns properly to stay under 64 KB row limits
- construct filtered and aggregated queries with `query.NewBuilder`
- upload files using `file.NewInputFile` constructors

## Example prompts
- Write Go code to initialize the Appwrite client and create a user
- Create an articles table in TablesDB with varchar and mediumtext columns
- Build a query with LeftJoin and limit using query.NewBuilder

## Source text · SKILL.md · BSD-3-Clause

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````text
---
name: appwrite-go
description: Appwrite Go SDK skill. Use when building server-side Go applications with Appwrite. Covers user management, database/table CRUD, file storage, and functions via API keys. Uses per-service packages and functional options pattern.
---


# Appwrite Go SDK

## Installation

```bash
go get github.com/appwrite/sdk-for-go
```

## Setting Up the Client

```go
import (
    "os"

    "github.com/appwrite/sdk-for-go/client"
    "github.com/appwrite/sdk-for-go/id"
    "github.com/appwrite/sdk-for-go/users"
    "github.com/appwrite/sdk-for-go/tablesdb"
    "github.com/appwrite/sdk-for-go/storage"
)

clt := client.New(
    client.WithEndpoint("https://<REGION>.cloud.appwrite.io/v1"),
    client.WithProject(os.Getenv("APPWRITE_PROJECT_ID")),
    client.WithKey(os.Getenv("APPWRITE_API_KEY")),
)
```

## Code Examples

### User Management

```go
service := users.New(clt)

// Create user
user, err := service.Create(
    id.Unique(),
    "user@example.com",
    "password123",
    users.WithCreateName("User Name"),
)

// List users
list, err := service.List()

// Get user
fetched, err := service.Get("[USER_ID]")

// Delete user
_, err = service.Delete("[USER_ID]")
```

### Database Operations

> **Note:** Use `TablesDB` (not the deprecated `Databases` class) for all new code. Only use `Databases` if the existing codebase already relies on it or the user explicitly requests it.
>
> **Tip:** Prefer explicit functional option parameters (e.g., `tablesdb.WithUpdateRowData(...)`) over bare positional arguments where available. Only use positional-only style if the existing codebase already uses it or the user explicitly requests it.

```go
service := tablesdb.New(clt)

// Create database
db, err := service.Create(id.Unique(), "My Database")

// Create row
doc, err := service.CreateRow(
    "[DATABASE_ID]",
    "[TABLE_ID]",
    id.Unique(),
    map[string]interface{}{"title": "Hello World"},
)

// List rows
results, err := service.ListRows("[DATABASE_ID]", "[TABLE_ID]")

// Get row
row, err := service.GetRow("[DATABASE_ID]", "[TABLE_ID]", "[ROW_ID]")

// Update row
_, err = service.UpdateRow(
    "[DATABASE_ID]",
    "[TABLE_ID]",
    "[ROW_ID]",
    tablesdb.WithUpdateRowData(map[string]interface{}{"title": "Updated"}),
)

// Delete row
_, err = service.DeleteRow("[DATABASE_ID]", "[TABLE_ID]", "[ROW_ID]")
```

#### String Column Types

> **Note:** The legacy `string` type is deprecated. Use explicit column types for all new columns.

| Type | Max characters | Indexing | Storage |
|------|---------------|----------|---------|
| `varchar` | 16,383 | Full index (if size ≤ 768) | Inline in row |
| `text` | 16,383 | Prefix only | Off-page |
| `mediumtext` | 4,194,303 | Prefix only | Off-page |
| `longtext` | 1,073,741,823 | Prefix only | Off-page |

- `varchar` is stored inline and counts towards the 64 KB row size limit. Prefer for short, indexed fields like names, slugs, or identifiers.
````
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