Go Style Core

The go-style-core skill provides AI agents with foundational knowledge of Go programming language conventions, idioms, and standard library usage to generate or refactor code that adheres to community best practices. It ensures generated code aligns with the specific syntax and structural expectations of the Go ecosystem.

When to use it

• Refactoring legacy scripts into idiomatic Go modules.
• Generating new functions that strictly follow gofmt and go vet standards.
• Debugging errors related to interface definitions or goroutine management in Go projects.
• Writing unit tests using the standard testing package patterns.

Key capabilities

• Enforces proper capitalization rules for exported identifiers versus private variables.
• Applies correct error handling patterns, such as returning errors instead of panicking.
• Structures code to utilize composition over inheritance where applicable.
• Formats output to match the official Go style guide automatically.

Example prompts

• "Refactor this Python script into idiomatic Go, ensuring all imports are organized and variable names follow Go conventions."
• "Generate a main.go file that implements a simple HTTP server using the standard library with proper error handling."
• "Explain why my current implementation of a channel-based worker pool violates Go concurrency best practices."

Tips & gotchas

Ensure your AI agent understands that Go relies heavily on explicit type declarations and lacks features like dynamic typing found in other languages. This skill is most effective when the agent also has access to the official Go documentation for specific library functions.