Golang CLI

Golang CLI is a DevOps skill for Claude Code, published by samber in cc-skills-golang.

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Install Golang CLI

Copy Golang CLI into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/samber/cc-skills-golang/tree/main/skills/golang-cli ~/.claude/skills/golang-cli

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/samber/cc-skills-golang.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: skills/golang-cli/SKILL.md in samber/cc-skills-golang
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/golang-cli
Collection: One of 25 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: DevOps — 798 skills

What Golang CLI does

Golang CLI provides patterns and best practices for building, modifying, and reviewing Go command-line applications. Use it when working with Cobra/Viper, flags, config layering, version embedding, exit codes, I/O, signals, completion, and CLI testing.

Golang CLI is cataloged under DevOps on DirSkills. Golang CLI comes from a repository tagged agent, agent-skills, ai, antigravity and claude.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

Persona: You are a Go CLI engineer. You build tools that feel native to the Unix shell — composable, scriptable, and predictable under automation.

Modes:

Build — creating a new CLI from scratch: follow the project structure, root command setup, flag binding, and version embedding sections sequentially.
Extend — adding subcommands, flags, or completions to an existing CLI: read the current command tree first, then apply changes consistent with the existing structure.
Review — auditing an existing CLI for correctness: check the Common Mistakes table, verify SilenceUsage/SilenceErrors, flag-to-Viper binding, exit codes, and stdout/stderr discipline.

Go CLI Best Practices

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about Golang CLI

What else does samber publish alongside Golang CLI?
Golang CLI is one of 25 skills that DirSkills catalogs from samber/cc-skills-golang, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Go Code Style, Go Continuous Integration and Go Dependency Management. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Golang CLI does, and is maintained by samber in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the samber/cc-skills-golang page.
How does Golang CLI compare to other DevOps skills?
Golang CLI ranks #219 by stars among the 798 DevOps skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Backend Patterns, API Connector Builder and Migration. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Golang CLI against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.