# golang-grpc

Guides the agent in writing production-ready Go gRPC services: versioned protobuf APIs, interceptors, deadlines, TLS, and bufconn tests.

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- Author: Claude MPM Team
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- Source: https://github.com/bobmatnyc/claude-mpm-skills/tree/HEAD/toolchains/golang/golang-grpc/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-07-18
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## What it does

The skill equips the coding agent with architectural conventions for Go microservices running gRPC. It enforces versioned Protobuf packages (`v1`), explicit error handling via `google.golang.org/grpc/codes`, and deadline checks on incoming context objects. For streaming calls, it supplies patterns that listen to `stream.Context().Done()` to prevent leaks.

It also details middleware setups using unary interceptors for request tracing, health check registration via `grpc_health_v1`, and controlled shutdown routines combining `GracefulStop` with a fallback timer. Unit testing relies on in-memory listeners rather than real TCP network sockets.

Code generation will fail unless `protoc-gen-go` and `protoc-gen-go-grpc` binaries exist in your environment. Server reflection is intentionally restricted to non-production deployments.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add bobmatnyc/claude-mpm-skills --skill golang-grpc -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add bobmatnyc/claude-mpm-skills --skill golang-grpc -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add bobmatnyc/claude-mpm-skills --skill golang-grpc -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install bobmatnyc/claude-mpm-skills golang-grpc
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add bobmatnyc/claude-mpm-skills --skill golang-grpc -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/bobmatnyc/claude-mpm-skills --path toolchains/golang/golang-grpc
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add bobmatnyc/claude-mpm-skills --skill golang-grpc -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/bobmatnyc/claude-mpm-skills/tree/HEAD/toolchains/golang/golang-grpc/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- Structure versioned protobuf files and generate Go service stubs
- Map business errors to standard gRPC status codes
- Implement unary server interceptors for request ID injection
- Write fast unit tests using in-memory listeners with `bufconn`

## Example prompts
- Create a versioned users.v1 proto schema and show the protoc generation command
- Implement a unary interceptor in Go that assigns a UUID to each request context
- Write an in-memory gRPC test using bufconn for the GetUser handler

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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    summary: "Build production gRPC services in Go with protobuf-first APIs, interceptors, deadlines, status codes, and streaming patterns"
    when_to_use: "When building Go microservices that need typed RPC, streaming, low latency, or strong client/server contracts with protobuf"
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# Go gRPC (Production)

## Overview

gRPC provides strongly-typed RPC APIs backed by Protocol Buffers, with first-class streaming support and excellent performance for service-to-service communication. This skill focuses on production defaults: versioned protos, deadlines, error codes, interceptors, health checks, TLS, and testability.

## Quick Start

### 1) Define a versioned protobuf API

✅ **Correct: versioned package**
```proto
// proto/users/v1/users.proto
syntax = "proto3";

package users.v1;
option go_package = "example.com/myapp/gen/users/v1;usersv1";

service UsersService {
  rpc GetUser(GetUserRequest) returns (GetUserResponse);
  rpc ListUsers(ListUsersRequest) returns (stream User);
}

message GetUserRequest { string id = 1; }
message GetUserResponse { User user = 1; }
message ListUsersRequest { int32 page_size = 1; string page_token = 2; }

message User {
  string id = 1;
  string email = 2;
  string display_name = 3;
}
```

❌ **Wrong: unversioned package (hard to evolve)**
```proto
package users;
```

### 2) Generate Go code

Install generators:
```bash
go install google.golang.org/protobuf/cmd/protoc-gen-go@latest
go install google.golang.org/grpc/cmd/protoc-gen-go-grpc@latest
```

Generate:
```bash
protoc -I proto \
  --go_out=./gen --go_opt=paths=source_relative \
  --go-grpc_out=./gen --go-grpc_opt=paths=source_relative \
  proto/users/v1/users.proto
```

### 3) Implement server with deadlines and status codes

✅ **Correct: validate + map errors to gRPC codes**
```go
package usersvc

import (
    "context"

    "google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
    "google.golang.org/grpc/status"

    usersv1 "example.com/myapp/gen/users/v1"
)

type Service struct {
    usersv1.UnimplementedUsersServiceServer
    Repo Repo
}

type Repo interface {
    GetUser(ctx context.Context, id string) (User, error)
}

type User struct {
````
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