Golang Testing

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

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Provides a comprehensive guide for writing production-ready Golang tests. Covers table-driven tests, test suites with testify, mocks, unit tests, integration tests, benchmarks, code coverage, parallel tests, fuzzing, fixtures, goroutine leak detection with goleak, snapshot testing, memory leaks, CI with GitHub Actions, and idiomatic naming conventions. Use this whenever writing tests, asking about testing patterns or setting up CI for Go projects. Essential for ANY test-related conversation in Go.

What this skill does

Golang Testing is a production-ready Claude Code skill (quality score 70/100) in the testing sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/golang-testing/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Golang Testing 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/golang-testing
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/golang-testing/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/golang-testing/SKILL.md

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

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/golang-testing/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\golang-testing\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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