// Best practices for working with Go codebases. Use when writing, debugging, or exploring Go code, including reading dependency sources and documentation.
| name | go |
| description | Best practices for working with Go codebases. Use when writing, debugging, or exploring Go code, including reading dependency sources and documentation. |
| allowed-tools | Read,Bash(go:*) |
| version | 1.0.0 |
| author | User |
| license | MIT |
Guidelines for working effectively with Go projects.
To see source files from a dependency, or to answer questions about a dependency:
go mod download -json MODULE
Use the returned Dir path to read the source files.
Use go doc to read documentation for packages, types, functions, etc:
go doc foo.Bar # Documentation for a specific symbol
go doc -all foo # All documentation for a package
Use go run instead of go build to avoid leaving behind build artifacts:
go run . # Run the current package
go run ./cmd/foo # Run a specific command