Golang Configuration
SkillFiles & storageLoad and validate application configuration from environment variables and config files. Use when managing Go application config with environment variables or viper.
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The instructions your AI receives, as published by hoangnguyen0403/agent-skills-standard in skills/golang/golang-configuration/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.
Priority: P1 (HIGH)
Principles
- 12-Factor App: Store config in environment variables.
- Typed Config: Load config into struct, validate immediately.
- Secrets: Never commit secrets. Use env vars or secret managers.
- No Globals: Return Config struct and inject it.
Implementation Workflow
- Define Config struct — Create typed struct with all required fields.
- Load defaults — Set sensible defaults for non-secret values.
- Override from file — Optionally load from YAML/JSON config file.
- Override from env — Environment variables take highest priority.
- Validate at startup — Crash immediately on missing required config.
- Inject via constructor — Pass Config to services; never use global config vars.
See config struct and usage examples
Libraries
- Standard Lib:
os.Getenvfor simple apps. - Viper: Industry standard for complex configs (env, files, remote).
- Koanf: Lighter, cleaner alternative to Viper.
- Caarlos0/env: Strict struct tagging approach.
Anti-Patterns
- No hardcoded secrets: load all secrets from env vars or secret manager.
- No global config vars: return typed Config struct and inject via constructors.
- No silent startup: crash immediately on missing required env vars.
References
Signals
- GitHub stars
- 565
- Forks
- 163
- Last commit
- Sep 2026
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- Gateway key
golang-configuration- Source
- github.com/hoangnguyen0403/agent-skills-standard