go-plugin-release

go-plugin-release

A Claude Code plugin that guides you through setting up cross-platform binary compilation and distribution pipelines for Go-based Claude Code plugins.

What it does

This plugin provides a skill that walks you through creating:

• Makefile for local build/test/cover/clean
• CI workflow with multi-OS/Go-version matrix testing
• Release workflow that cross-compiles for 5 platforms (macOS Intel/ARM, Linux x64/ARM, Windows x64), generates a platform-detection wrapper script, pushes to an orphan releases branch, and creates a GitHub Release with checksums
• Wrapper script that auto-detects OS/architecture and dispatches to the correct binary

Install

claude plugin add JamesPrial/go-plugin-release

Usage

Ask Claude Code to set up a release pipeline for your Go plugin:

• "Set up Go binary distribution for my plugin"
• "Create a release pipeline for this Go plugin"
• "Add cross-compilation and GitHub Actions CI"

The skill will read your project's go.mod, plugin.json, and repo URL to fill in the templates automatically.

Pipeline Architecture

Uses a two-branch strategy:

Branch	Contents	Purpose
main	Source code, workflows, tests	Development and tagging
releases	Binaries, wrapper script, plugin metadata	Marketplace distribution (pinned by SHA)

The releases branch is an orphan branch that gets force-pushed on each release — no history accumulation, no source code exposure.

Supported Platforms

OS	Architecture	Binary Suffix
macOS	Intel	darwin-amd64
macOS	Apple Silicon	darwin-arm64
Linux	x86_64	linux-amd64
Linux	ARM64	linux-arm64
Windows	x86_64	windows-amd64.exe

Prerequisites for Target Projects

• Go 1.22+ with go.mod
• A cmd/<name>/main.go entry point
• .claude-plugin/plugin.json manifest
• hooks/hooks.json configuration
• GitHub repo with Actions enabled
• No CGO dependencies (for single-runner cross-compilation)

License

MIT