Props: the container that does the heavy lifting
Passing dependencies to Go commands in a typed struct rather than stuffing them in context.Context, so the compiler checks them and tests stay simple.
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Design your whole CLI in one file
go-tool-base keeps an entire CLI command tree in one manifest file and generates the wiring from it, without locking you out of hand-written Go.
Scaffolding that respects your edits
How a Go scaffolder can re-run safely: hash every generated file, overwrite what is untouched, and prompt before it stands on your edits.
Your CLI is already an AI tool
A well-built CLI already has what an agent needs: named operations, descriptions and typed parameters. Exposing one over MCP takes no AI code.
go-tool-base: I got tired of reinventing the wheel
How a pile of separate Go CLI plumbing packages became one library, with a typed container for dependencies and a generator on top.
