coding-go

name	coding-go
description	Umbrella for Go work across repos. Carries Kai's defaults (Go 1.22+, urfave/cli over cobra/kong, Charm stack for TUI, slog for logging) so agents inherit them before reaching for generic Go.
seed	{"kind":"language","language":"go","extensions":[".go"]}

coding-go

Umbrella for any Go work.

Triggers

go, golang, .go, go.mod, go.sum, gopls, urfave, cobra, kong, charm, bubbletea, lipgloss, gum, glow, slog, gofmt, goroutine, channel.

Defaults

• Version: Go 1.22+ unless project pins lower.
• Modules: always. No GOPATH-era patterns.
• CLI framework: urfave/cli first (Kai is a maintainer), cobra/kong only if a project already commits to them. See kai-tech-prefs (in agentic-os-kai).
• TUI: Charm stack (bubbletea, lipgloss, gum, glow, huh). Same skill prefs.
• Logging: log/slog stdlib. Structured, leveled.
• Tests: stdlib testing. Reach for testify only when assertions get repetitive.
• Lint: golangci-lint.

Style

• Errors are values. Wrap with fmt.Errorf("context: %w", err). Don't swallow.
• Small interfaces. Define at the consumer, not the producer.
• No god structs. If a struct has fields for two concerns, split.
• Avoid init() for anything besides flag/format registration.
• context.Context first parameter on any I/O-bound function.

When this skill is active

Editing or writing Go. Inherit Kai's defaults before reaching for general Go patterns.

See also

• coding-shape-cli - building CLIs (urfave/cli specifics live here too).
• coding-shape-tui - building TUIs (Charm stack).