Go HTTP Services AI Skill Guide (Claude)

Overview & Engine Architecture

Go services ship as single static binaries: net/http (or a thin http.Handler router) accepts traffic, goroutines handle concurrency, and context.Context carries deadlines and cancellation into DB/HTTP clients. Since Go 1.22, stdlib ServeMux supports method + wildcard patterns (GET /items/{id}). Agents treat timeouts, context propagation, and deadline-bounded Shutdown as first-class contracts—not optional polish.