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Interactive Go tutor: lesson band, test watcher, and an editor split driven from Claude

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README

goTutor

An interactive Go tutoring workspace for Claude Code. Claude is the tutor; you are the student. Each lesson is a short conversation, a scaffolded exercise with // TODO(you) markers, tests that pin down the behaviour (goroutine leaks and deadlocks included), and a review. Short pure-recall drills warm up each session.

What's in the box:

  • A tutor brief (CLAUDE.md) that tells Claude how to teach: talk first, Socratic hints, never write the student's code, review like a mentor.
  • A Claude Code mod (.claude/skills/gotutor/) that adds /learn, /hint, /review, /check, /tutor, a lesson band above the prompt with live test status, a watcher that re-runs go test -race on save, and tools Claude uses to start lessons and drive your editor.
  • An editor split: Neovim (or Vim) opens beside Claude in tmux or Windows Terminal; Claude can point at a line while explaining.
  • Lessons in lessons/, drills in drills/, and PROGRESS.md, which the tutor keeps current.

Requirements

  • Go 1.25+ (testing/synctest, sync.WaitGroup.Go, range-over-func)
  • Claude Code 2.1.290+ with mods enabled
  • Task (task), tmux (recommended), Neovim 0.11+ or Vim
  • gopls for the editor's LSP (optional but nice)

Get started

git clone https://github.com/derekmwright/goTutor
cd goTutor
task nvim:install   # optional: Neovim to ~/.local, no sudo
task start          # Claude Code inside a tmux session named gotutor

In Claude Code, accept the trust prompt for the directory, then:

/learn

Two lessons (channel foundations, pipelines and bounded parallelism) and six drills are already scaffolded, so Claude will suggest starting there. For a new topic, /learn <topic>: Claude talks through what you know, scaffolds lessons/NN-slug/, opens the editor beside you, and runs the baseline tests. Edit the TODO(you) parts, save, and watch the band above the prompt. /hint for the next nudge, /review when you think you're done, /check to run the tests by hand.

Start each session with a warm-up: task drill:list shows what's due, Claude picks one and runs task drill -- <name>; you check with task drill:check -- <name>.

Layout

CLAUDE.md               the tutor's instructions
Taskfile.yml            tasks (task --list)
.claude/skills/gotutor/ the Claude Code mod (hooks/register.tsx)
editor/                 tutor-editor.sh launcher/driver, init.lua, vimrc
lessons/NN-slug/        README, code with TODO(you) stubs, tests
drills/                 warm-up katas; log.tsv (your times) is git-ignored
PROGRESS.md             what you've finished and what to revisit

Hacking on the mod

task mod:check      # claude plugin validate + claude plugin test
/reload-plugins     # in the session, after editing the mod

For hot reload while developing, run claude --plugin-dir .claude/skills/gotutor from the repo root. If you keep a working copy elsewhere, MOD_SRC=/path/to/copy task mod:sync copies it back into the repo.

Make it yours

Lessons and drills here are a starting point. Fork it, clear PROGRESS.md, and let Claude pick the next topic from the curriculum ideas in CLAUDE.md or follow your own interests.

Source 3 files
hooks/register.tsx 344 lines
1import { atom, read, update } from 'claude-code'
2import type { EngineInterface, Register } from 'claude-code'
3
4import type { Lesson, TestRun } from '../types'
5import { countTodos, parseGoTest, summary, tailOf } from './gotest'
6
7const PANE = 'gotutor'
8const EDITOR = 'editor/tutor-editor.sh'
9const lesson = atom({ plugin: 'gotutor', key: 'lesson' } as const, null)
10const run = atom({ plugin: 'gotutor', key: 'run' } as const, null)
11
12const HINT =
13  'Give me a hint for the current lesson: only the next rung of the hint ladder, no solution code.'
14const REVIEW =
15  'Review my current code for this lesson (read the files fresh and look at the latest test run). ' +
16  'Tell me what is right, what is wrong or racy, and ask me a question instead of fixing it.'
17
18const EDITOR_ACTIONS = ['open', 'goto', 'reload', 'resize', 'zoom', 'focus', 'close', 'status'] as const
19
20// Module state: lost on reload, which only costs one extra test run.
21let isRunning = false
22let lastSignature = ''
23
24async function sourceFiles($: EngineInterface, dir: string) {
25  const entries = await $.fs.list(dir).catch(() => [])
26  return entries.filter(f => f.kind === 'file' && f.name.endsWith('.go'))
27}
28
29async function runTests($: EngineInterface): Promise<{ run: TestRun; output: string } | null> {
30  const current = await read($, lesson)
31  if (!current || isRunning) return null
32  isRunning = true
33  try {
34    const at = await $.clock.now()
35    await update($, run, (prev): TestRun => ({ ...(prev ?? { tests: [], tail: '', todos: 0 }), status: 'running', at }))
36    $.ui.status(`go: ${current.title} · running…`)
37
38    const res = await $.process.run(
39      ['go', 'test', '-race', '-count=1', '-timeout', '20s', '-v', `./${current.dir}/...`],
40      { timeoutMs: 120_000 },
41    )
42    const output = `${res.stdout}${res.stderr}`
43
44    let todos = 0
45    for (const f of await sourceFiles($, current.dir)) {
46      if (f.name.endsWith('_test.go')) continue
47      todos += countTodos(await $.fs.read(`${current.dir}/${f.name}`))
48    }
49
50    const result: TestRun = { ...parseGoTest(res.exitCode, output), todos, at: await $.clock.now() }
51    await update($, run, () => result)
52    $.ui.status(`go: ${current.title} · ${summary(result)}`)
53    if (result.status === 'pass') $.ui.toast(`goTutor: all tests pass for ${current.title}`)
54
55    return { run: result, output }
56  } finally {
57    isRunning = false
58  }
59}
60
61async function editor($: EngineInterface, args: string[]) {
62  const exists = await $.fs.exists(EDITOR)
63  if (!exists) return { ok: false, text: `${EDITOR} not found: start Claude Code from the goTutor repo root.` }
64  const res = await $.process.run([EDITOR, ...args], { timeoutMs: 15_000 })
65  return { ok: res.exitCode === 0, text: `${res.stdout}${res.stderr}`.trim() }
66}
67
68async function openEditor($: EngineInterface) {
69  const current = await read($, lesson)
70  if (!current) return { ok: false, text: 'No lesson is active.' }
71  return editor($, ['open', current.dir, ...current.files])
72}
73
74// Submitting from inside command.run would wait on the turn that hook holds,
75// so the prompt goes out from a timer a moment later.
76function ask($: EngineInterface, text: string) {
77  $.clock.after(1, () => {
78    $.prompt.submit({ text, asUser: true }).catch(err => $.ui.toast(`goTutor: could not send prompt: ${String(err)}`))
79  })
80}
81
82// Re-runs the tests whenever a .go file in the lesson changes on disk.
83async function watch($: EngineInterface) {
84  const current = await read($, lesson)
85  if (!current || isRunning) return
86  const files = await sourceFiles($, current.dir)
87  const signature = files.map(f => `${f.name}:${f.mtimeMs}`).join('|')
88  const isChanged = lastSignature !== '' && signature !== lastSignature
89  lastSignature = signature
90  if (isChanged) await runTests($)
91}
92
93export const register: Register = on => {
94  on('session.start', async ($, e, next) => {
95    const saved = (await $.store.get('lesson')) as Lesson | undefined
96    if (saved) {
97      await update($, lesson, () => saved)
98      $.ui.status(`go: ${saved.title} · ${summary(await read($, run))}`)
99    }
100
101    const commands = [
102      { name: 'learn', description: 'goTutor: start a lesson on a Go topic', argumentHint: '[topic]' },
103      { name: 'hint', description: 'goTutor: next hint for the current lesson' },
104      { name: 'review', description: 'goTutor: have the tutor review your code' },
105      { name: 'check', description: 'goTutor: run the lesson tests now' },
106      { name: 'tutor', description: 'goTutor: show the lesson pane' },
107      { name: 'editor', description: 'goTutor: open the editor on the lesson', argumentHint: '[zoom|focus|close|status]' },
108    ]
109    for (const c of commands) await $.command.register(c).catch(() => undefined)
110
111    await $.tool.register({
112      name: 'start_lesson',
113      description:
114        'Begin a goTutor lesson after scaffolding its folder. Records the lesson, shows it in the ' +
115        "student's lesson band, runs the baseline tests, and opens the student's editor (a tmux or " +
116        'Windows Terminal split beside Claude) on the files they will edit.',
117      inputSchema: {
118        type: 'object',
119        properties: {
120          dir: { type: 'string', description: 'Lesson folder relative to the repo root, e.g. lessons/03-fan-in' },
121          title: { type: 'string', description: 'Short title, e.g. "Fan-out / fan-in"' },
122          objectives: { type: 'array', items: { type: 'string' }, description: '2-5 things the student will be able to do' },
123          files: { type: 'array', items: { type: 'string' }, description: 'Files the student edits, relative to dir' },
124          openEditor: { type: 'boolean', description: 'Open the editor (default true)' },
125        },
126        required: ['dir', 'title', 'objectives', 'files'],
127      },
128    })
129    await $.tool.register({
130      name: 'run_tests',
131      description:
132        "Run the current lesson's tests (go test -race -v, 20s timeout) and return the output. " +
133        "Also refreshes the student's lesson band. Tests re-run by themselves whenever the student saves.",
134      inputSchema: { type: 'object', properties: {} },
135    })
136    await $.tool.register({
137      name: 'editor',
138      description:
139        "Drive the student's editor. open: (re)open on the lesson files. goto: show file at line " +
140        '(use to point at code while explaining). reload: reload buffers after you edit files. ' +
141        'resize: editor width percent. zoom: toggle full-window. focus: give the student the keyboard. ' +
142        'close, status.',
143      inputSchema: {
144        type: 'object',
145        properties: {
146          action: { type: 'string', enum: EDITOR_ACTIONS },
147          file: { type: 'string', description: 'goto: path relative to the repo root' },
148          line: { type: 'number', description: 'goto: line number' },
149          percent: { type: 'number', description: 'resize: width percent' },
150        },
151        required: ['action'],
152      },
153    })
154    await $.tool.register({
155      name: 'finish_lesson',
156      description: 'Close the current lesson once the student has it working and you have debriefed. Clears the band.',
157      inputSchema: {
158        type: 'object',
159        properties: { notes: { type: 'string', description: 'One line: what clicked, what to revisit' } },
160        required: ['notes'],
161      },
162    })
163
164    $.clock.every(1500, () => void watch($))
165
166    return next(e)
167  })
168
169  on('tool.call', { tool: 'mcp__gotutor__start_lesson' }, async ($, e) => {
170    // A registered tool's arguments arrive as fields of e itself (beside tool and
171    // tool_use_id), not under e.input.
172    const input = e as unknown as Partial<Lesson> & { openEditor?: boolean }
173    if (!input.dir || !(await $.fs.exists(input.dir))) {
174      return { result: `Lesson folder ${input.dir} does not exist yet: scaffold it first.` }
175    }
176    const next: Lesson = {
177      dir: input.dir.replace(/^\.\//, '').replace(/\/$/, ''),
178      title: input.title ?? input.dir,
179      objectives: input.objectives ?? [],
180      files: input.files ?? [],
181      startedAt: await $.clock.now(),
182    }
183    await update($, lesson, () => next)
184    await update($, run, () => null)
185    await $.store.set('lesson', next)
186    lastSignature = ''
187
188    const baseline = await runTests($)
189    const opened = input.openEditor === false ? null : await openEditor($)
190
191    return {
192      result: [
193        `Lesson "${next.title}" started in ${next.dir}.`,
194        opened ? `Editor: ${opened.text}` : 'Editor not opened.',
195        `Baseline: ${summary(baseline?.run ?? null)}`,
196        baseline ? tailOf(baseline.output, 30) : '',
197      ].join('\n'),
198    }
199  })
200
201  on('tool.call', { tool: 'mcp__gotutor__run_tests' }, async $ => {
202    const done = await runTests($)
203    if (!done) return { result: (await read($, lesson)) ? 'Tests are already running; try again shortly.' : 'No lesson is active.' }
204    return {
205      result: `${summary(done.run)} · TODO(you) left: ${done.run.todos}\n\n${tailOf(done.output, 150)}`,
206    }
207  })
208
209  on('tool.call', { tool: 'mcp__gotutor__editor' }, async ($, e) => {
210    const input = e as unknown as { action: string; file?: string; line?: number; percent?: number }
211    if (input.action === 'open') return { result: (await openEditor($)).text }
212    const args = [input.action]
213    if (input.action === 'goto') args.push(input.file ?? '', String(input.line ?? 1))
214    if (input.action === 'resize') args.push(String(input.percent ?? 55))
215    return { result: (await editor($, args)).text }
216  })
217
218  on('tool.call', { tool: 'mcp__gotutor__finish_lesson' }, async ($, e) => {
219    const current = await read($, lesson)
220    if (!current) return { result: 'No lesson is active.' }
221    const notes = String((e as unknown as { notes?: string }).notes ?? '')
222    const history = ((await $.store.get('history')) as unknown[] | undefined) ?? []
223    await $.store.set('history', [...history, { ...current, notes, finishedAt: await $.clock.now() }])
224    await $.store.delete('lesson')
225    await update($, lesson, () => null)
226    await update($, run, () => null)
227    $.ui.status(undefined)
228    $.ui.toast(`goTutor: finished ${current.title}`)
229    return { result: `Finished "${current.title}". Remember to update PROGRESS.md.` }
230  })
231
232  on('command.run', { command: 'learn' }, async ($, e) => {
233    const topic = e.args.trim()
234    ask(
235      $,
236      topic
237        ? `Teach me: ${topic}. Start with a short conversation to see what I already know, then scaffold a lesson.`
238        : 'Suggest what I should learn next, based on PROGRESS.md. Offer 3 options.',
239    )
240    return { text: topic ? `Starting a lesson on ${topic}…` : 'Picking a next topic…' }
241  })
242
243  on('command.run', { command: 'hint' }, async $ => {
244    ask($, HINT)
245    return { text: 'Asking for a hint…' }
246  })
247
248  on('command.run', { command: 'review' }, async $ => {
249    ask($, REVIEW)
250    return { text: 'Asking for a review…' }
251  })
252
253  on('command.run', { command: 'check' }, async $ => {
254    const done = await runTests($)
255    if (!done) return { text: 'No lesson is active (or tests are already running).' }
256    return { text: `${summary(done.run)} · TODO(you) left: ${done.run.todos}\n${tailOf(done.output, 25)}` }
257  })
258
259  on('command.run', { command: 'tutor' }, async $ => {
260    await $.ui.open({ id: PANE, title: 'goTutor', closeOnEscape: true })
261    return { text: 'Lesson pane opened.' }
262  })
263
264  on('command.run', { command: 'editor' }, async ($, e) => {
265    const action = e.args.trim()
266    if (action && action !== 'open') return { text: (await editor($, [action])).text }
267    return { text: (await openEditor($)).text }
268  })
269
270  // The student's own prompts carry the lesson and the latest run, so the tutor
271  // never has to ask "did the tests pass?".
272  on('prompt.submit', async ($, e, next) => {
273    const current = await read($, lesson)
274    if (!current || e.origin.kind !== 'composer') return next(e)
275    const last = await read($, run)
276    const note = `goTutor: active lesson "${current.title}" in ${current.dir}; latest test run: ${summary(last)}; TODO(you) left: ${last?.todos ?? '?'}.`
277    return next({ ...e, context: [...(e.context ?? []), note] })
278  })
279
280  // One line above the prompt while a lesson is active.
281  on('ui.render', { component: 'AbovePrompt' }, async ($, e, next) => {
282    const current = await read($, lesson)
283    if (!current || e.props.hasSurvey) return next(e)
284    const last = await read($, run)
285    const { Box, Button, Text } = $.ui.resolve(e)
286    const color = !last || last.status === 'running' ? 'yellow' : last.status === 'pass' ? 'green' : 'red'
287
288    return (
289      <Box flexDirection="row" gap={1} flexWrap="wrap">
290        <Text bold>goTutor</Text>
291        <Text>{current.title}</Text>
292        <Text color={color}>{summary(last)}</Text>
293        {last && last.todos > 0 && <Text dimColor>TODO×{last.todos}</Text>}
294        <Button key="check" label="test" hotkey="t" plain onPress={() => void runTests($)} />
295        <Button key="hint" label="hint" hotkey="h" plain onPress={() => ask($, HINT)} />
296        <Button key="review" label="review" hotkey="r" plain onPress={() => ask($, REVIEW)} />
297        <Button key="editor" label="editor" hotkey="e" plain onPress={() => void openEditor($)} />
298        <Button key="more" label="more" hotkey="m" plain onPress={() => void $.ui.open({ id: PANE, title: 'goTutor', closeOnEscape: true })} />
299      </Box>
300    )
301  })
302
303  on('ui.render', { component: 'Pane', requestId: PANE }, async ($, e) => {
304    const { Box, Text, Code } = $.ui.resolve(e)
305    const current = await read($, lesson)
306    if (!current) {
307      return (
308        <Box flexDirection="column">
309          <Text bold>goTutor</Text>
310          <Text dimColor>No lesson yet. Try /learn concurrency fan-out fan-in</Text>
311        </Box>
312      )
313    }
314    const last = await read($, run)
315
316    return (
317      <Box flexDirection="column" gap={1}>
318        <Box flexDirection="column">
319          <Text bold>{current.title}</Text>
320          <Text dimColor>{current.dir}</Text>
321        </Box>
322        <Box flexDirection="column">
323          <Text bold>Objectives</Text>
324          {current.objectives.map(o => (
325            <Text>• {o}</Text>
326          ))}
327        </Box>
328        <Box flexDirection="column">
329          <Text bold>Tests: {summary(last)}</Text>
330          {(last?.tests ?? []).map(t => (
331            <Text color={t.result === 'pass' ? 'green' : t.result === 'fail' ? 'red' : undefined} dimColor={t.result === 'skip'}>
332              {t.result === 'pass' ? '✓' : t.result === 'fail' ? '✗' : '–'} {t.name}
333            </Text>
334          ))}
335          {last && <Text dimColor>TODO(you) markers left: {last.todos}</Text>}
336        </Box>
337        {last && last.status !== 'pass' && last.tail && (
338          <Code source={tailOf(last.tail, Math.max(5, (e.viewport?.rows ?? 30) - 18))} wrap="wrap" />
339        )}
340      </Box>
341    )
342  })
343}
344
hooks/gotest.ts 44 lines
1import type { TestCase, TestRun } from '../types'
2
3const CASE = /^\s*--- (PASS|FAIL|SKIP): (\S+)/
4
5/** Reads `go test -v` output into a run summary. */
6export function parseGoTest(
7  exitCode: number,
8  output: string,
9): Pick<TestRun, 'status' | 'tests' | 'tail'> {
10  const lines = output.split('\n')
11  const seen = new Map<string, TestCase['result']>()
12  for (const line of lines) {
13    const m = CASE.exec(line)
14    if (m?.[1] && m[2]) seen.set(m[2], m[1].toLowerCase() as TestCase['result'])
15  }
16  const tests = [...seen].map(([name, result]) => ({ name, result }))
17
18  let status: TestRun['status'] = 'fail'
19  if (exitCode === 0) status = 'pass'
20  else if (/panic: test timed out/.test(output)) status = 'timeout'
21  else if (/\[(build|setup) failed\]/.test(output) || (tests.length === 0 && !/^(FAIL|---)/m.test(output))) status = 'build'
22
23  return { status, tests, tail: tailOf(output, 40) }
24}
25
26export function tailOf(text: string, n: number): string {
27  return text.trimEnd().split('\n').slice(-n).join('\n')
28}
29
30export function countTodos(source: string): number {
31  return source.split('TODO(you)').length - 1
32}
33
34/** One line for the status bar and the band. */
35export function summary(run: TestRun | null): string {
36  if (!run) return 'not run yet'
37  if (run.status === 'running') return 'running…'
38  if (run.status === 'build') return 'does not compile'
39  if (run.status === 'timeout') return 'timed out (deadlock?)'
40  const passed = run.tests.filter(t => t.result === 'pass').length
41  const mark = run.status === 'pass' ? '✓' : '✗'
42  return `${mark} ${passed}/${run.tests.length} tests`
43}
44
types/index.d.ts 31 lines
1export type Lesson = {
2  /** The lesson folder, relative to the project root (`lessons/01-fan-out`). */
3  dir: string
4  title: string
5  objectives: string[]
6  /** Files the student edits, relative to `dir`; opened in the editor. */
7  files: string[]
8  startedAt: number
9}
10
11export type TestCase = { name: string; result: 'pass' | 'fail' | 'skip' }
12
13export type TestRun = {
14  status: 'running' | 'pass' | 'fail' | 'build' | 'timeout'
15  tests: TestCase[]
16  /** The last lines of `go test` output. */
17  tail: string
18  /** `TODO(you)` markers still in the student's files. */
19  todos: number
20  at: number
21}
22
23declare module 'claude-code' {
24  interface PluginState {
25    gotutor: {
26      lesson: Lesson | null
27      run: TestRun | null
28    }
29  }
30}
31