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clean-code-go

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Use when writing or reviewing Go — deeper idioms (error wrapping, small interfaces at the consumer, context, goroutine lifecycle, avoiding interface{}).

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We split this skill into the rules it gives an agent

3 rules. About 0 are common, 1 is distinctive, and 2 are very specific to this project.

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    Common · estimate

    Many files like this have a rule of this kind.

  • ≈1

    Distinctive · estimate

    This author's own choices. Worth a look.

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    Very specific

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  1. Very specific:

    Avoid interface{}/any except at true boundaries (encoding).

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  2. Very specific:

    Every goroutine needs a clear stop condition and owner.

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  3. Distinctive:

    Don't leak goroutines or channels.

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≈ “Common” is an estimate: at least 1 in 5 of the 350,495 skill files we read have a rule of the same kind, not the same words. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.

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SKILL.md

Clean-code Go (depth)

On top of the base rules (gofmt, go vet, golangci-lint, table tests).

Errors

  • Wrap with context: fmt.Errorf("doing X: %w", err); inspect with errors.Is/errors.As.
  • Handle every error where it happens; don't _ = it away. Sentinel errors as package vars when callers must branch.

Interfaces & types

  • Define interfaces at the consumer, keep them 1–3 methods. Accept interfaces, return concrete structs.
  • Avoid interface{}/any except at true boundaries (encoding). Prefer concrete types and generics where they fit.

Concurrency

  • Every goroutine needs a clear stop condition and owner; pass context.Context (first param) and honor cancellation.
  • Don't leak goroutines or channels; the launcher is responsible for shutdown. Guard shared state with a mutex or a channel, not both.

Style

  • Zero-value-useful structs; constructors only when needed. Early returns; no deep nesting.

Smells

  • interface{} threaded through business logic → concrete types/generics.
  • A goroutine with no cancellation path → a leak.
  • Errors logged and returned at every layer → double logging; wrap and return, log once at the edge.

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