Go API Design

Quality score: 70/100 · Category: Engineering · Sub-category: backend

REST and gRPC API design patterns for Go services. Covers HTTP handlers, middleware, routing, request/response patterns, versioning, pagination, graceful shutdown, and OpenAPI documentation. Use when designing APIs, writing HTTP handlers, implementing middleware, structuring REST endpoints, or setting up gRPC services. Trigger examples: "design API", "REST endpoints", "HTTP handler", "middleware pattern", "graceful shutdown", "gRPC service", "API versioning". Do NOT use for general architecture (use go-architecture-review) or concurrency in handlers (use go-concurrency-review).

What this skill does

Go API Design is a production-ready Claude Code skill (quality score 70/100) in the backend sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/go-api-design/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when designing APIs, writing HTTP handlers, implementing middleware, structuring REST endpoints, or setting up gRPC services. Trigger examples: "design API", "REST endpoints", "HTTP handler", "middleware pattern", "graceful shutdown", "gRPC service", "API versioning".

Who uses this skill

The Go API Design skill is built for software engineers, backend developers, full-stack teams, and technical leads building and maintaining production systems. It is part of the open ClaudSkills registry, a community-curated catalog of 15,000+ capabilities you can install for Claude Code — the Claude CLI agent.

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/go-api-design
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/go-api-design/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/go-api-design/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/go-api-design/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/go-api-design/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\go-api-design\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.

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