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golang-context

Idiomatic context.Context usage in Golang — propagation through API boundaries, cancellation, timeouts and deadlines, request-scoped values, context.WithoutCancel for background work outliving requests. Apply when designing context propagation across layers, debugging leaked or unexpired contexts, choosing between context.Background/TODO/WithoutCancel, or storing values in context. Not for code that merely accepts ctx as first parameter.

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Install
npx skills add samber/cc-skills-golang --skill golang-context --agent claude-code

Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.

Facts
Files in the skill folder: 5
SKILL.md size: 5 KB
Bundled scripts: none
Version: 1.2.1
Declared author: samber
Allowed tools: ReadEditWriteGlobGrepBash(go:*)Bash(golangci-lint:*)Bash(git:*)Agent
Requires: Designed for Claude Code or similar AI coding agents, and for projects using Golang.
Path: skills/golang-context/SKILL.md
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Where it comes from
Stars: 2,847
Language: Go
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Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.

From the SKILL.md

> **Community default.** A company skill that explicitly supersedes `samber/cc-skills-golang@golang-context` skill takes precedence. # Go context.Context Best Practices `context.Context` is Go's mechanism for propagating cancellation signals, deadlines, and request-scoped values across API boundaries and between goroutines. Think of it as the "session" of a request — it ties together every operati

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What does the golang-context skill do?

Idiomatic context.Context usage in Golang — propagation through API boundaries, cancellation, timeouts and deadlines, request-scoped values, context.WithoutCancel for background work outliving requests. Apply when designing context propagation across layers, debugging leaked or unexpired contexts, choosing between context.Background/TODO/WithoutCancel, or storing values in context. Not for code that merely accepts ctx as first parameter.

How do I install it?

Run `npx skills add samber/cc-skills-golang --skill golang-context --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.

Where does this skill come from?

From samber/cc-skills-golang, a repository with 2,847 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.

Is a popular skill a good skill?

Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.

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