Go

What this skill does

Writes, debugs, and reviews Go: goroutine leaks, data races, nil interfaces, slices and maps, go.mod, and net/http. Use when Go panics or misbehaves — "all goroutines are asleep - deadlock!", "concurrent map writes", "send on closed channel", "assignment to entry in nil map", or a WARNING: DATA RACE from `go test -race`; when a goroutine, timer, or connection leaks and memory climbs; when a service hangs for want of a timeout; when errors.Is or errors.As stops matching after a %v wrap; when a slice mutates its parent, a map iterates in a new order, or a typed nil returned as error compares non-nil; when go.mod, go.sum, workspaces, replace, or a /v2 path fight over dependencies; when cross-compiling, cgo, build tags, go:embed, or a static container binary fail; when tests are flaky under -race or -parallel or benchmarks lie; when GOGC, GOMEMLIMIT, GOMAXPROCS, or escape analysis need tuning; or when writing handlers, CLIs, database access, or generics. Not for Kubernetes operators or framework internals.

Go is part of the Developer Tools category — developer tools that help your agent write, review, debug, and ship code. You can install it on its own or alongside other developer tools skills from the OpenClaw catalog.

How to install Go

The easiest path is via the OpenClaw Easy desktop app — one click, no terminal required:

1. Download OpenClaw Easy for macOS or Windows (free, one-click installer, ~30 seconds).
2. Open the in-app Skills panel.
3. Search for go and click Install.
4. The skill activates automatically when an incoming message matches its description.

Install from the command line

If you already run the OpenClaw CLI, add Go with a single command:

openclaw skills add go

This pulls go from ClawHub and installs it into ~/.openclaw/skills/go/. Restart the OpenClaw gateway afterwards so the new skill is discovered.

How to use Go

Once installed, Go activates on its own: when an incoming message on WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, Feishu or Line matches the skill's description, your OpenClaw agent loads it and runs the workflow. You can also trigger it explicitly by describing the task in chat. No extra configuration is required after install.

Manual install (advanced)

If you prefer manual installation:

1. Click the Download .zip button above to grab go-1.0.4.zip directly from our S3 mirror.
2. Unzip into ~/.openclaw/skills/go/ (create the directory if it does not exist).
3. Restart OpenClaw Easy (or the OpenClaw CLI gateway) so the new skill is discovered.

Frequently asked questions

How do I install Go?

Install Go in the OpenClaw Easy desktop app by opening the Skills panel, searching for go, and clicking Install. From a terminal you can run: openclaw skills add go. Either way the skill is placed in ~/.openclaw/skills/go/.

Is Go free?

Yes. Go is free and open-source, distributed under the Apache-2.0 license through ClawHub. No account or payment is required to download or run it.

What does Go do?

Writes, debugs, and reviews Go: goroutine leaks, data races, nil interfaces, slices and maps, go.mod, and net/http.

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