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name: viper-go-setup description: Set up Viper for Go configuration management with file, env, and flag binding. allowed-tools: Read, Write, Edit, Bash, Glob, Grep graph: domains: [domain:software-engineering] specializations: [specialization:cli-mcp-development] skillAreas: [skill-area:cli-design, skill-area:configuration-management] roles: [role:backend-engineer, role:platform-engineer] workflows: [workflow:feature-development] topics: [topic:developer-experience]

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Viper Go Setup

Set up Viper for Go configuration management.

Generated Patterns

package config

import (
    "github.com/spf13/viper"
    "github.com/spf13/cobra"
)

type Config struct {
    Server   ServerConfig   `mapstructure:"server"`
    Database DatabaseConfig `mapstructure:"database"`
}

type ServerConfig struct {
    Host string `mapstructure:"host"`
    Port int    `mapstructure:"port"`
}

func InitConfig(cfgFile string) (*Config, error) {
    if cfgFile != "" {
        viper.SetConfigFile(cfgFile)
    } else {
        viper.SetConfigName("config")
        viper.SetConfigType("yaml")
        viper.AddConfigPath(".")
        viper.AddConfigPath("$HOME/.myapp")
    }

    viper.AutomaticEnv()
    viper.SetEnvPrefix("MYAPP")

    if err := viper.ReadInConfig(); err != nil {
        if _, ok := err.(viper.ConfigFileNotFoundError); !ok {
            return nil, err
        }
    }

    var cfg Config
    if err := viper.Unmarshal(&cfg); err != nil {
        return nil, err
    }
    return &cfg, nil
}

Target Processes

• configuration-management-system
• cli-application-bootstrap