diff --git a/corpus/backend/golang/context-first-param.yaml b/corpus/backend/golang/context-first-param.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d96b656
--- /dev/null
+++ b/corpus/backend/golang/context-first-param.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+name: context-first-param
+topic: concurrency
+priority: P0
+rule: Pass context.Context as the first parameter to every function that does I/O.
+reason: Enables cancellation propagation and deadline enforcement across service boundaries.
+good: |
+  func (s *Service) FetchUser(ctx context.Context, id string) (*User, error) { ... }
+bad: |
+  func (s *Service) FetchUser(id string) (*User, error) { ... } // no cancellation possible
diff --git a/corpus/backend/golang/error-wrapping.yaml b/corpus/backend/golang/error-wrapping.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4876609
--- /dev/null
+++ b/corpus/backend/golang/error-wrapping.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+name: error-wrapping
+topic: error-handling
+priority: P0
+rule: 'Always wrap errors with context: fmt.Errorf("context: %w", err)'
+reason: Provides call stack context without expensive stack traces. %w enables errors.Is/As.
+good: |
+  if err := db.Query(ctx, q); err != nil {
+    return fmt.Errorf("userRepo.FindByID %s: %w", id, err)
+  }
+bad: |
+  if err := db.Query(ctx, q); err != nil {
+    return err // context lost - which query failed?
+  }
diff --git a/corpus/backend/golang/goroutine-lifecycle.yaml b/corpus/backend/golang/goroutine-lifecycle.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..82f5467
--- /dev/null
+++ b/corpus/backend/golang/goroutine-lifecycle.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+name: goroutine-lifecycle
+topic: concurrency
+priority: P0
+rule: Never start a goroutine without knowing how it stops.
+reason: Goroutine leaks exhaust memory. Every goroutine needs a clear exit condition.
+good: |
+  go func() {
+    defer wg.Done()
+    for {
+      select {
+      case <-ctx.Done(): return // clean exit
+      case job := <-jobCh: process(job)
+      }
+    }
+  }()
+bad: |
+  go func() {
+    for job := range jobCh { process(job) } // what if jobCh never closes?
+  }()
diff --git a/corpus/backend/golang/index.yaml b/corpus/backend/golang/index.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..554773a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/corpus/backend/golang/index.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+namespace: backend.golang
+practices:
+  error-wrapping:
+    file: error-wrapping.yaml
+  goroutine-lifecycle:
+    file: goroutine-lifecycle.yaml
+  context-first-param:
+    file: context-first-param.yaml
diff --git a/corpus/index.yaml b/corpus/index.yaml
index 479274f..ff0295d 100644
--- a/corpus/index.yaml
+++ b/corpus/index.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ namespaces:
     index: frontend/design-tokens/index.yaml
   frontend.shadcn:
     index: frontend/shadcn/index.yaml
+  backend.golang:
+    index: backend/golang/index.yaml
   frontend.ui-ux:
     index: frontend/ui-ux/index.yaml
   frontend.react:
diff --git a/src/plugins/golang/tools/get-practice.ts b/src/plugins/golang/tools/get-practice.ts
index 47eb7f8..2c1b352 100644
--- a/src/plugins/golang/tools/get-practice.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/golang/tools/get-practice.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,102 @@
 import type { McpServer } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/mcp.js";
+import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { dirname, join } from "node:path";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+import YAML from "yaml";
 import { z } from "zod";
-import { BEST_PRACTICES } from "../data.js";
+import { BEST_PRACTICES, type BestPractice } from "../data.js";
+
+type CorpusIndex = {
+  namespaces?: {
+    "backend.golang"?: {
+      index?: string;
+    };
+  };
+};
+
+type CorpusNamespaceIndex = {
+  namespace?: string;
+  practices?: Record<string, { file?: string }>;
+};
+
+type CorpusPracticeEntry = {
+  name?: string;
+  topic?: string;
+  priority?: string;
+  rule?: string;
+  reason?: string;
+  good?: string;
+  bad?: string;
+};
+
+type LoadedCorpusPractice = { practice: BestPractice; source: string };
+
+const moduleDir = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+const corpusRoot = join(moduleDir, "../../../../corpus");
+const corpusNamespace = "backend.golang";
+
+const cachedCorpusPractices = new Map<string, LoadedCorpusPractice | null>();
+
+function normalize(name: string): string {
+  return name.toLowerCase().trim();
+}
+
+function loadCorpusPractice(name: string): LoadedCorpusPractice | null {
+  const key = normalize(name);
+  if (cachedCorpusPractices.has(key)) {
+    return cachedCorpusPractices.get(key) ?? null;
+  }
+
+  try {
+    const indexRaw = readFileSync(join(corpusRoot, "index.yaml"), "utf8");
+    const index = YAML.parse(indexRaw) as CorpusIndex | null;
+    const namespaceIndexPath = index?.namespaces?.[corpusNamespace]?.index;
+    if (!namespaceIndexPath) {
+      cachedCorpusPractices.set(key, null);
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    const namespaceRaw = readFileSync(join(corpusRoot, namespaceIndexPath), "utf8");
+    const namespaceIndex = YAML.parse(namespaceRaw) as CorpusNamespaceIndex | null;
+    const practicePath = namespaceIndex?.practices?.[key]?.file;
+    if (!practicePath) {
+      cachedCorpusPractices.set(key, null);
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    const raw = readFileSync(join(corpusRoot, "backend/golang", practicePath), "utf8");
+    const entry = YAML.parse(raw) as CorpusPracticeEntry | null;
+    if (
+      !entry ||
+      normalize(entry.name ?? "") !== key ||
+      !entry.topic ||
+      (entry.priority !== "P0" && entry.priority !== "P1") ||
+      !entry.rule ||
+      !entry.reason
+    ) {
+      cachedCorpusPractices.set(key, null);
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    const loaded: LoadedCorpusPractice = {
+      practice: {
+        name: entry.name ?? name,
+        topic: entry.topic as BestPractice["topic"],
+        priority: entry.priority,
+        rule: entry.rule,
+        reason: entry.reason,
+        good: entry.good,
+        bad: entry.bad,
+      },
+      source: corpusNamespace,
+    };
+    cachedCorpusPractices.set(key, loaded);
+    return loaded;
+  } catch {
+    cachedCorpusPractices.set(key, null);
+    return null;
+  }
+}
 
 export function register(server: McpServer): void {
   server.tool(
@@ -10,7 +106,10 @@ export function register(server: McpServer): void {
       name: z.string().describe("Practice name (e.g. 'error-wrapping', 'goroutine-lifecycle', 'crypto-rand', 'table-driven-tests', 'thin-handlers')"),
     },
     async ({ name }) => {
-      const practice = BEST_PRACTICES.find((p) => p.name.toLowerCase() === name.toLowerCase());
+      const corpusEntry = loadCorpusPractice(name);
+      const practice =
+        corpusEntry?.practice ??
+        BEST_PRACTICES.find((p) => p.name.toLowerCase() === name.toLowerCase());
       if (!practice) {
         return {
           content: [{ type: "text", text: `Practice "${name}" not found.\n\nAvailable: ${BEST_PRACTICES.map((p) => p.name).join(", ")}` }],
@@ -23,6 +122,11 @@ export function register(server: McpServer): void {
       text += `**Why:** ${practice.reason}\n\n`;
       if (practice.good) text += `## ✅ Good\n\`\`\`go\n${practice.good}\n\`\`\`\n\n`;
       if (practice.bad) text += `## ❌ Bad\n\`\`\`go\n${practice.bad}\n\`\`\`\n`;
+
+      if (corpusEntry) {
+        text += `\n**Corpus Source:** ${corpusEntry.source}`;
+      }
+
       return { content: [{ type: "text", text }] };
     }
   );
diff --git a/tests/golang-practice-corpus-backed-tools-behaviour.test.ts b/tests/golang-practice-corpus-backed-tools-behaviour.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6eaf8ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/golang-practice-corpus-backed-tools-behaviour.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import { expect, test } from "bun:test";
+import { captureTool, extractTextContent } from "./helpers";
+import { register as registerGolangGetPractice } from "../src/plugins/golang/tools/get-practice.ts";
+
+const golangGetPractice = captureTool(registerGolangGetPractice);
+
+test("golang_get_practice prefers corpus metadata for error-wrapping", async () => {
+  const result = await golangGetPractice.invoke({ name: "error-wrapping" });
+  const text = extractTextContent(result);
+
+  expect(text).toContain("# error-wrapping [error-handling] - P0");
+  expect(text).toContain("**Corpus Source:** backend.golang");
+  expect(text).toContain('fmt.Errorf("userRepo.FindByID');
+});
+
+test("golang_get_practice prefers corpus metadata for goroutine-lifecycle", async () => {
+  const result = await golangGetPractice.invoke({ name: "goroutine-lifecycle" });
+  const text = extractTextContent(result);
+
+  expect(text).toContain("# goroutine-lifecycle [concurrency] - P0");
+  expect(text).toContain("**Corpus Source:** backend.golang");
+  expect(text).toContain("case <-ctx.Done(): return");
+});
+
+test("golang_get_practice prefers corpus metadata for context-first-param", async () => {
+  const result = await golangGetPractice.invoke({ name: "context-first-param" });
+  const text = extractTextContent(result);
+
+  expect(text).toContain("# context-first-param [concurrency] - P0");
+  expect(text).toContain("**Corpus Source:** backend.golang");
+  expect(text).toContain("ctx context.Context, id string");
+});
+
+test("golang_get_practice falls back to in-file data for non-corpus practices", async () => {
+  const result = await golangGetPractice.invoke({ name: "handle-once" });
+  const text = extractTextContent(result);
+
+  expect(text).toContain("# handle-once [error-handling] - P0");
+  expect(text).not.toContain("**Corpus Source:** backend.golang");
+});