Best practices for working with Go codebases. Use when writing, debugging, or exploring Go code, including reading dependency sources and documentation.
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.claude/skills/go/# 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: ```bash 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: ```bash 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: ```bash go run . # Run the current package go run ./cmd/foo # Run a specific command ```