/go-functions

Use when scaffolding or refactoring a Go service into a framework-agnostic clean (hexagonal) architecture: Domain, Usecase, Repository, Delivery layers, inward dependency rule, 'framework/database is a detail'. Apply when untangling a monolith or checking whether business logic

Invoke this skill to systematically review a Go change against community style standards before merging. Walks the diff topic by topic — formatting, errors, naming, concurrency, interfaces, data structures, security, declarations, functions, style, logging, imports, generics,

Use when writing or reviewing Go code for clarity, formatting, control flow, variable declarations, switch usage, and function design. Covers the priority order (clarity > simplicity > concision > maintainability > consistency), gofmt rules, early-return / no-else patterns,

Use when writing or reviewing concurrent Go code — goroutines, channels, select, mutexes, atomics, errgroup, singleflight, worker pools, or fan-out/fan-in pipelines. Apply proactively whenever a goroutine is spawned, a shared field is mutated, or a channel is created, even if

Use when designing, propagating, or debugging context.Context flow in Go — first-parameter placement, deadlines and cancellation, request-scoped values, WithoutCancel for fire-and-forget work, and key-collision-safe value patterns. Apply proactively whenever a function takes

Use when writing conditionals, loops, switches, type switches, or blank-identifier patterns in Go. Covers if-with-initialization, guard clauses, early returns, the unified for loop, range over slices/maps/strings/channels, parallel assignment, labeled break, and `_` for discards