Go Micro is a framework for building services and agents in Go.
Write services — they register, discover each other, and communicate via RPC and events. Every endpoint is automatically an AI-callable tool via MCP. Build agents to manage them intelligently. Both are Go code, both use the same primitives, both deploy the same way.
Install the CLI:
# Binary (no Go required)
curl -fsSL https://go-micro.dev/install.sh | sh
# Or with Go
go install go-micro.dev/v5/cmd/micro@v5.25.0Generate services from a description and start them:
micro run --prompt "a task management system with categories" --provider anthropicThe AI designs the architecture, you review it, then it generates handlers with real business logic, compiles them, and starts them:
Services:
● task — Task management with status tracking
● project — Project organization
Generate? [Y/n]
Micro
Services:
● task
● project
Agents:
◆ agent
Then talk to your services from the console:
> Create a project called Launch, then add three tasks to it
→ project_Project_Create({"name":"Launch"})
← {"record":{"id":"p1..."},"success":true}
→ task_Task_Create({"title":"Design specs","project_id":"p1..."})
→ task_Task_Create({"title":"Write code","project_id":"p1..."})
→ task_Task_Create({"title":"Ship it","project_id":"p1..."})
Created Work category and added 'Finish report' task to it.
When you need a capability that doesn't exist, the agent generates a new service mid-conversation:
> I need to track shipping. Create a shipment for order 123 to London.
⚡ generating shipping service...
✓ shipping
→ shipping_Shipping_Create({"order_id":"123","destination":"London"})
← {"record":{"id":"xyz...","status":"pending"}}
Created shipment for order 123 going to London.
Edit the generated code by hand at any time — re-running preserves your changes. Read more.
Under the hood, a service is a struct with methods. Doc comments and @example tags become tool descriptions for AI agents automatically.
package main
import (
"go-micro.dev/v5"
)
type Request struct {
Name string `json:"name"`
}
type Response struct {
Message string `json:"message"`
}
type Say struct{}
// Hello greets a person by name.
// @example {"name": "Alice"}
func (h *Say) Hello(ctx context.Context, req *Request, rsp *Response) error {
rsp.Message = "Hello " + req.Name
return nil
}
func main() {
service := micro.New("greeter")
service.Handle(new(Say))
service.Run()
}Run it and everything is accessible — REST, gRPC, MCP, agent playground:
micro run
# Dashboard: http://localhost:8080
# API: http://localhost:8080/api/{service}/{method}
# Agent: http://localhost:8080/agent
# MCP Tools: http://localhost:8080/mcp/toolsYou can also scaffold a service from a template:
micro new helloworld
micro new contacts --template crudAn Agent is a service with an LLM inside it. It has a proto-defined Agent.Chat RPC endpoint, registers in the registry, and is callable like any service:
agent := micro.NewAgent("task-mgr",
micro.AgentServices("task", "project"),
micro.AgentPrompt("You manage tasks and projects. You understand deadlines and priorities."),
micro.AgentProvider("anthropic"),
)
agent.Run()The agent discovers its services from the registry, scopes its tools to their endpoints, and maintains conversation memory in the store. It registers itself so micro chat and other agents can find it.
// Programmatic interaction
resp, _ := agent.Ask(ctx, "What tasks are overdue?")
fmt.Println(resp.Reply)Multiple agents coordinate via RPC — each is a service with an Agent.Chat endpoint. micro chat routes to the right one.
micro agent list # list registered agents
micro call task-mgr Agent.Chat '{"message": "What tasks are overdue?"}'Every agent gets two built-in capabilities, exposed as tools — no extra setup, no harness:
plan— for multi-step work, the agent records an ordered plan in its store-backed memory and stays oriented across turns.delegate— the agent hands a self-contained subtask to another agent. If a registered agent already owns the relevant services, the hand-off goes over RPC to that agent; otherwise a focused, short-lived sub-agent is created for the subtask with its own isolated context.
This keeps intelligence distributed: an agent doesn't need to know how to do everything, only who does. See examples/agent-plan-delegate.
// A sub-agent is just an agent — created with New, talked to with Ask.
// delegate-first: reuse a registered agent, or spin up a focused one.
resp, _ := agent.Ask(ctx, "Plan the launch, create the tasks, and have comms notify the owner.")| Category | What | Details |
|---|---|---|
| AI | Agents | micro.NewAgent() — intelligent layer that manages services |
| AI | Plan & delegate | Built-in agent tools — plan multi-step work, delegate subtasks to other agents |
| AI | Flows | micro.NewFlow() — event-driven LLM orchestration |
| AI | MCP gateway | Every endpoint is an AI tool automatically |
| AI | 7 LLM providers | Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, Groq, Mistral, Together, Atlas Cloud |
| AI | Interactive console | micro run includes a chat console for talking to services |
| AI | Service generation | micro run --prompt — describe a system, get running services |
| Discovery | Service registry | mDNS (default), Consul, etcd |
| Communication | RPC client/server | gRPC transport, load balancing, streaming |
| Messaging | Pub/sub events | NATS, RabbitMQ, HTTP broker |
| Storage | Key-value store | File (bbolt), Postgres, NATS KV |
| Data | Typed model layer | CRUD + queries, SQLite/Postgres backends |
| DX | Hot reload | micro run watches files, rebuilds on change |
| DX | Templates | micro new --template crud/pubsub/api |
| Deploy | One-command deploy | micro deploy user@server — SSH + systemd, no Docker |
| Plugins | Everything swappable | All abstractions are Go interfaces |
| Command | Purpose |
|---|---|
micro run --prompt "..." |
Generate services + agent, start with interactive console |
micro run |
Dev mode: hot reload, gateway, interactive console |
micro run -d |
Detached mode (no console) |
micro chat |
Standalone chat (when not using micro run) |
micro agent list |
List registered agents |
micro new myservice |
Scaffold a service |
micro call service endpoint '{}' |
Call a service or agent from the CLI |
micro build |
Compile production binaries |
micro deploy user@server |
Deploy via SSH + systemd |
Run multiple services together:
users := micro.New("users", micro.Address(":9001"))
orders := micro.New("orders", micro.Address(":9002"))
users.Handle(new(Users))
orders.Handle(new(Orders))
g := micro.NewGroup(users, orders)
g.Run()Or use a micro.mu config file:
service users
path ./users
service orders
path ./orders
depends users
Typed persistence with CRUD and queries:
type User struct {
ID string `json:"id" model:"key"`
Name string `json:"name"`
Email string `json:"email" model:"index"`
}
db := service.Model()
db.Register(&User{})
db.Create(ctx, &User{ID: "1", Name: "Alice", Email: "alice@example.com"})
var results []*User
db.List(ctx, &results, model.Where("email", "alice@example.com"))Backends: memory (default), SQLite, Postgres.
Swap providers with a single import — same interface everywhere:
| Provider | Default Model |
|---|---|
| Anthropic | claude-sonnet-4-20250514 |
| OpenAI | gpt-4o |
| Google Gemini | gemini-2.5-flash |
| Groq | llama-3.3-70b-versatile |
| Mistral | mistral-large-latest |
| Together AI | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct-Turbo |
| Atlas Cloud | llama-3.3-70b |
m := ai.New("anthropic", ai.WithAPIKey(key))
resp, _ := m.Generate(ctx, &ai.Request{Prompt: "hello"})- hello-world — Basic RPC service
- multi-service — Multiple services in one binary
- mcp — MCP integration with AI agents
- agent-plan-delegate — Agent planning and multi-agent delegation
- grpc-interop — Call go-micro from any gRPC client
See all examples.
- Getting Started
- AI Integration
- Agent Design
- Plan & Delegate
- MCP & AI Agents
- Data Model
- Deployment
- Plugins
Package reference: https://pkg.go.dev/go-micro.dev/v5