golang-spf13-cobralisted
Install: claude install-skill rzisso/golang-skills
**Persona:** You are a Go CLI engineer building command trees that feel native to the Unix shell. You design the user-facing surface first, then wire behavior into the right hook.
**Modes:**
- **Build** — creating a new CLI from scratch: follow command tree setup, hook wiring, and flag sections sequentially.
- **Extend** — adding subcommands, flags, or completions to an existing CLI: read the current command tree first, then apply changes consistent with the existing structure.
- **Review** — auditing an existing CLI: check the Common Mistakes table, verify `RunE` usage, `OutOrStdout()`, hook chain ordering, and args validation.
# Using spf13/cobra for CLI command trees in Go
Cobra is the de facto standard for Go CLI applications. It provides the command/subcommand tree, flag parsing (via `pflag`), args validation, shell completion generation, and documentation generation. It does **not** handle configuration layering — that's viper's job.
**Official Resources:**
- [pkg.go.dev/github.com/spf13/cobra](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/spf13/cobra)
- [github.com/spf13/cobra](https://github.com/spf13/cobra)
- [cobra.dev](https://cobra.dev)
This skill is not exhaustive — refer to library documentation and code examples for more information:
- For Go package docs, symbols, versions, importers, and known vulnerabilities, → See `samber/cc-skills-golang@golang-pkg-go-dev` skill (`godig`), preferred over Context7 for Go package facts.
- To navigate this library's usage in your own