A guide for working with Go projects, covering dependency exploration, documentation lookup, and execution workflows.
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Best practices for working with Go codebases. Use when writing, debugging, or exploring Go code, including reading dependency sources and documentation.Key capabilities
- →Examine source code of external dependencies
- →Access documentation for specific Go symbols
- →Run Go programs without creating build artifacts
- →Download module source code for inspection
How it works
The skill utilizes Go CLI commands to fetch module source paths and display documentation or execute code directly in the current environment.
Inputs & outputs
When to use go
- →Exploring source code of external dependencies
- →Looking up function or package documentation
- →Running Go programs efficiently
- →Debug Go codebase dependencies
About this skill
Go Programming Language
Guidelines for working effectively with Go projects.
Reading Dependency Source Files
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.
Reading Documentation
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
Running Programs
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
When not to use it
- →Building production binaries for distribution
Prerequisites
Limitations
- →Requires a properly initialized Go module environment
How it compares
It provides direct access to dependency source and documentation within the development flow, avoiding the overhead of manual build steps.
Compared to similar skills
go side by side with the closest alternatives in the catalog.
| Skill | Installs | Updated | Safety | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| go (this skill) | 5 | 6mo | Review | Beginner |
| architecture-patterns | 55 | 2mo | No flags | Advanced |
| workflow-orchestration-patterns | 10 | 2mo | No flags | Advanced |
| golang-pro | 14 | 4mo | No flags | Advanced |
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