# golang-pro

Turns the agent into a Go specialist: 1.21+ features, goroutine and channel patterns, profiling, and a production-readiness pass on your service.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code · 197 installs
- Author: davila7
- License: not stated · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/HEAD/cli-tool/components/skills/development/golang-pro
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/golang-pro

## What it does

The skill frames the agent as a Go developer who carries a project from pattern choice to profiler output. Its instruction runs in four steps: pin down the Go version, tooling and runtime limits; pick a concurrency and architecture approach; write the code together with tests and profiles; then tune latency, memory and reliability. You get measurements first, changes second.

The coverage is wide. Worker pools and fan-in/fan-out, cancellation through `context`, `pprof` and `go tool trace`, gRPC and GraphQL, `database/sql` and GORM, table-driven tests with testify and mock generation, Docker builds and Kubernetes deployment. Production concerns show up too: health checks, metrics, `slog`, OpenTelemetry.

The skill also names its own limits. It is not for another language or runtime, not for explaining basic Go syntax, and not for a repo where build configuration and tooling must stay untouched. Treat it as a working brief for the agent rather than a language reference. One `npx` command installs it, and the file lands at `~/.claude/skills/golang-pro/SKILL.md`.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **claude-code-templates**
```bash
npx claude-code-templates@latest --skill development/golang-pro
```

2. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill golang-pro -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

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

### Cursor

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install davila7/claude-code-templates golang-pro
```

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

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates --path cli-tool/components/skills/development/golang-pro
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### 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/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/HEAD/cli-tool/components/skills/development/golang-pro

## When to use it
- design a worker pool that shuts down cleanly
- trace a memory leak with `pprof`
- split a service into gRPC-connected parts
- convert tests to table-driven with benchmarks
- audit a Go service before it ships

## Example prompts
- Design a goroutine worker pool with graceful shutdown and add a benchmark
- Read this `pprof` profile and point out the bottleneck
- Port this module to Go 1.21 with generics and `slog`

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## Other versions with the same name
- [golang-pro · jeffallan](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/httpsgithubcomjeffallan-golang-pro.md) — 19000 installs

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