golang-naming

Go (Golang) naming conventions — covers packages, constructors, structs, interfaces, constants, enums, errors, booleans, receivers, getters/setters, functional options, acronyms, test functions, and subtest names. Use this skill when writing new Go code, reviewing or refactoring, choosing between naming alternatives (New vs NewTypeName, isConnected vs connected, ErrNotFound vs NotFoundError, StatusReady vs StatusUnknown at iota 0), debating Go package names (utils/helpers anti-patterns), or asking about Go naming best practices. Also trigger when the user mentions MixedCaps vs snake_case, ALL_CAPS constants, Get-prefix on getters, or error string casing. Do NOT use for general Go implementation questions that don't involve naming decisions.

1.34x

Quality

89%

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

86%

1.34x

Average score across 3 eval scenarios

Securityby

Passed

No findings from the security scan

Evaluation results

100%

Go Naming Convention Audit

Go naming convention audit and correction

The agent wrote 1 file outside the evaluated workspace (Without this skill)

These are not visible to scoring or included in the download.

/home/agent/go/pkg/mod/cache/lock

The agent wrote 1 file outside the evaluated workspace (With this skill)

These are not visible to scoring or included in the download.

/home/agent/go/pkg/mod/cache/lock

Criteria

Without this skill

With this skill

No Struct suffix

100%

No Data suffix

100%

No Object suffix

100%

Constants use MixedCaps

100%

Constants named by role

100%

No function stutter

80%

100%

No identifier underscores

100%

Output file named correctly

100%

CHANGES.md present

100%

Package unchanged

100%

74%

Rate Limiter Package

Functional options naming in Go package

The agent wrote 1 file outside the evaluated workspace (Without this skill)

These are not visible to scoring or included in the download.

/home/agent/go/pkg/mod/cache/lock

The agent wrote 1 file outside the evaluated workspace (With this skill)

These are not visible to scoring or included in the download.

/home/agent/go/pkg/mod/cache/lock

Criteria

Without this skill

With this skill

Options struct name

Function type is singular

100%

With* prefix on all option constructors

100%

Default factory function

Constructor named New()

100%

Strategy constants use MixedCaps

100%

Strategy constants type-prefixed

100%

Strategy enum zero sentinel

100%

No anti-stutter in With* names

100%

Receiver abbreviation

100%

85%

55%

URL Parser Package

Go test naming conventions for table-driven tests

The agent wrote 1 file outside the evaluated workspace (Without this skill)

These are not visible to scoring or included in the download.

/home/agent/go/pkg/mod/cache/lock

The agent wrote 1 file outside the evaluated workspace (With this skill)

These are not visible to scoring or included in the download.

/home/agent/go/pkg/mod/cache/lock

Criteria

Without this skill

With this skill

Input field named input

100%

Expected prefix on output fields

66%

Expected prefix on error field

No want/got field prefixes

100%

Subtest names fully lowercase

100%

Acronyms lowercase in subtests

100%

Must prefix on test helpers

100%

TestParse function name

100%

Underscore subcase convention

100%

No ALL_CAPS struct fields

100%

Repository: samber/cc-skills-golang
Path: skills/golang-naming/SKILL.md
Commit: 19a0626

Evaluated: 7 days ago
Agent: Claude Code
Model: Claude Sonnet 4.6

Table of Contents

Rate Limiter Package Go Naming Convention Audit URL Parser Package

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