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+# GitHub Copilot Instructions for go-zero
+
+This document provides guidelines for GitHub Copilot when assisting with development in the go-zero project.
+
+## Project Overview
+
+go-zero is a web and RPC framework with lots of built-in engineering practices designed to ensure the stability of busy services with resilience design. It has been serving sites with tens of millions of users for years.
+
+### Key Architecture Components
+
+- **REST API framework** (`rest/`) - HTTP service framework with middleware support
+- **RPC framework** (`zrpc/`) - gRPC-based RPC framework with service discovery
+- **Core utilities** (`core/`) - Foundational components including:
+  - Circuit breakers, rate limiters, load shedding
+  - Caching, stores (Redis, MongoDB, SQL)
+  - Concurrency control, metrics, tracing
+  - Configuration management
+- **Code generation tool** (`tools/goctl/`) - CLI tool for generating code from API files
+
+## Coding Standards and Conventions
+
+### Code Style
+
+1. **Follow Go conventions**: Use `gofmt` for formatting, follow effective Go practices
+2. **Package naming**: Use lowercase, single-word package names when possible
+3. **Error handling**: Always handle errors explicitly, use `errorx.BatchError` for multiple errors
+4. **Context propagation**: Always pass `context.Context` as the first parameter for functions that may block
+5. **Configuration structures**: Use struct tags with JSON annotations and default values
+
+Example configuration pattern:
+```go
+type Config struct {
+    Host     string `json:",default=0.0.0.0"`
+    Port     int    `json:",default=8080"`
+    Timeout  int    `json:",default=3000"`
+    Optional string `json:",optional"`
+}
+```
+
+### Interface Design
+
+1. **Small interfaces**: Follow Go's preference for small, focused interfaces
+2. **Context methods**: Provide both context and non-context versions of methods
+3. **Options pattern**: Use functional options for complex configuration
+
+Example:
+```go
+func (c *Client) Get(key string, val any) error {
+    return c.GetCtx(context.Background(), key, val)
+}
+
+func (c *Client) GetCtx(ctx context.Context, key string, val any) error {
+    // implementation
+}
+```
+
+### Testing Patterns
+
+1. **Test file naming**: Use `*_test.go` suffix
+2. **Test function naming**: Use `TestFunctionName` pattern
+3. **Use testify/assert**: Prefer `assert` package for assertions
+4. **Table-driven tests**: Use table-driven tests for multiple scenarios
+5. **Mock interfaces**: Use `go.uber.org/mock` for mocking
+6. **Test helpers**: Use `redistest`, `mongtest` helpers for database testing
+
+Example test pattern:
+```go
+func TestSomething(t *testing.T) {
+    tests := []struct {
+        name     string
+        input    string
+        expected string
+        wantErr  bool
+    }{
+        {"valid case", "input", "output", false},
+        {"error case", "bad", "", true},
+    }
+
+    for _, tt := range tests {
+        t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+            result, err := SomeFunction(tt.input)
+            if tt.wantErr {
+                assert.Error(t, err)
+                return
+            }
+            assert.NoError(t, err)
+            assert.Equal(t, tt.expected, result)
+        })
+    }
+}
+```
+
+## Framework-Specific Guidelines
+
+### REST API Development
+
+1. **API Definition**: Use `.api` files to define REST APIs
+2. **Handler pattern**: Separate business logic into logic packages
+3. **Middleware**: Use built-in middlewares (tracing, logging, metrics, recovery)
+4. **Response handling**: Use `httpx.WriteJson` for JSON responses
+5. **Error handling**: Use `httpx.Error` for HTTP error responses
+
+### RPC Development
+
+1. **Protocol Buffers**: Use protobuf for service definitions
+2. **Service discovery**: Integrate with etcd for service registration
+3. **Load balancing**: Use built-in load balancing strategies
+4. **Interceptors**: Implement interceptors for cross-cutting concerns
+
+### Database Operations
+
+1. **SQL operations**: Use `sqlx` package for database operations
+2. **Caching**: Implement caching patterns with `cache` package
+3. **Transactions**: Use proper transaction handling
+4. **Connection pooling**: Configure appropriate connection pools
+
+Example cache pattern:
+```go
+err := c.QueryRowCtx(ctx, &dest, key, func(ctx context.Context, conn sqlx.SqlConn) error {
+    return conn.QueryRowCtx(ctx, &dest, query, args...)
+})
+```
+
+### Configuration Management
+
+1. **YAML configuration**: Use YAML for configuration files
+2. **Environment variables**: Support environment variable overrides
+3. **Validation**: Include proper validation for configuration parameters
+4. **Sensible defaults**: Provide reasonable default values
+
+## Error Handling Best Practices
+
+1. **Wrap errors**: Use `fmt.Errorf` with `%w` verb to wrap errors
+2. **Custom errors**: Define custom error types when needed
+3. **Error logging**: Log errors appropriately with context
+4. **Graceful degradation**: Implement fallback mechanisms
+
+## Performance Considerations
+
+1. **Resource pools**: Use connection pools and worker pools
+2. **Circuit breakers**: Implement circuit breaker patterns for external calls
+3. **Rate limiting**: Apply rate limiting to protect services
+4. **Load shedding**: Implement adaptive load shedding
+5. **Metrics**: Add appropriate metrics and monitoring
+
+## Security Guidelines
+
+1. **Input validation**: Validate all input parameters
+2. **SQL injection prevention**: Use parameterized queries
+3. **Authentication**: Implement proper JWT token handling
+4. **HTTPS**: Support TLS/HTTPS configurations
+5. **CORS**: Configure CORS appropriately for web APIs
+
+## Documentation Standards
+
+1. **Package documentation**: Include package-level documentation
+2. **Function documentation**: Document exported functions with examples
+3. **API documentation**: Maintain API documentation in sync
+4. **README updates**: Update README for significant changes
+
+## Common Patterns to Follow
+
+### Service Configuration
+```go
+type ServiceConf struct {
+    Name string
+    Log  logx.LogConf
+    Mode string `json:",default=pro,options=[dev,test,pre,pro]"`
+    // ... other common fields
+}
+```
+
+### Middleware Implementation
+```go
+func SomeMiddleware() rest.Middleware {
+    return func(next http.HandlerFunc) http.HandlerFunc {
+        return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+            // Pre-processing
+            next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+            // Post-processing
+        }
+    }
+}
+```
+
+### Resource Management
+Always implement proper resource cleanup using defer and context cancellation.
+
+## Build and Test Commands
+
+- Build: `go build ./...`
+- Test: `go test ./...`  
+- Test with race detection: `go test -race ./...`
+- Format: `gofmt -w .`
+- Generate code: `goctl api go -api *.api -dir .`
+
+Remember to run tests and ensure all checks pass before submitting changes. The project emphasizes high quality, performance, and reliability, so these should be primary considerations in all development work.
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