golang-continuous-integration
CI/CD pipeline configuration using GitHub Actions for Golang projects — testing, linting, SAST, security scanning, code coverage, Dependabot, Renovate, GoReleaser, code review automation, and release pipelines. Use when setting up or improving Go project CI, configuring GitHub Actions workflows, adding linters or security scanners, automating dependency updates, or adding quality gates.
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About golang-continuous-integration
The golang-continuous-integration skill provides guidance and workflow patterns for building production-grade CI/CD pipelines for Golang projects using GitHub Actions. It focuses on establishing reliable quality gates for Go applications by combining automated testing, linting, static analysis, vulnerability scanning, dependency management, and release automation into a unified pipeline strategy. The skill is designed to help teams configure or improve continuous integration systems while balancing build performance, signal reliability, and security posture.
The skill includes recommendations for setting up workflows in a staged approach covering testing, linting, security analysis, and release automation. Supported capabilities include Go test execution with race detection, shuffled test execution, code coverage generation, dependency validation using `go mod tidy`, static analysis with tools such as `go vet`, `golangci-lint`, `gosec`, CodeQL, Bearer, and vulnerability scanning with `govulncheck`. It also covers automated dependency updates with Dependabot or Renovate, Docker image build workflows, release automation with GoReleaser, and AI-assisted pull request review integrations. The documentation emphasizes adapting Go version matrices to match the project's `go.mod` configuration and configuring workflows to avoid fail-fast behavior during matrix testing.
This skill is intended for Go developers, DevOps engineers, platform teams, and AI coding agents working on Golang repositories that require modern CI/CD practices. It is useful both for projects introducing CI/CD for the first time and for teams auditing or extending existing GitHub Actions workflows. The guidance is compatible with Claude Code or similar AI coding agents and assumes the availability of tools such as Go, GoReleaser, and the GitHub CLI.
FAQ
What CI/CD tasks does this skill support for Go projects?
The skill supports automated testing, linting, static analysis, vulnerability scanning, coverage reporting, dependency update automation, Docker image workflows, release automation with GoReleaser, and AI-assisted code review workflows using GitHub Actions.
Which Go testing practices are recommended by this skill?
The skill recommends running `go test` with the `-race` flag for race detection, `-shuffle=on` to detect inter-test dependencies, and `-coverprofile` for coverage reporting. It also recommends validating that `go mod tidy` produces no changes.
Is this skill compatible with existing GitHub Actions workflows?
Yes. The Improve mode is designed to audit and extend existing workflows by reading current workflow files, identifying missing quality gates, and proposing targeted additions without duplicating existing steps.
What external tools or binaries are required?
The documented metadata specifies requirements for `go`, `goreleaser`, and `gh`. The examples also reference tools such as `golangci-lint`, `govulncheck`, `gosec`, CodeQL, Bearer, Dependabot, and Renovate.
Does the skill define exact GitHub Action versions or workflow files?
No. The documentation explicitly notes that GitHub Action versions shown in examples may become outdated and recommends using the latest stable major versions for actions such as `actions/checkout`, `actions/setup-go`, and other referenced actions.
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