diff --git a/uuid/README.md b/uuid/README.md
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+# UUID Package
+
+This package provides utilities for UUID (Universally Unique Identifier) generation and manipulation using only Go's standard library.
+
+## Features
+- Generate new UUIDs (v4)
+- Parse UUID from string
+- Convert UUID to string
+- Validate a UUID string
+- Compare two UUIDs
+- Marshal/Unmarshal UUID to/from JSON
+- Generate nil (zero value) UUID
+
+## Usage Example
+```go
+import "yourmodule/uuid"
+
+// Generate a new UUID (v4)
+id := uuid.NewUUID()
+
+// Convert to string
+s := id.String()
+
+// Validate a UUID string
+valid := uuid.Validate(s)
+
+// Parse from string
+parsed, err := uuid.Parse(s)
+
+// Compare UUIDs
+isEqual := id.Equal(parsed)
+
+// Nil UUID
+zero := uuid.Nil()
+
+// Marshal/Unmarshal JSON
+b, _ := json.Marshal(id)
+var u2 uuid.UUID
+_ = json.Unmarshal(b, &u2)
+```
+
+## Testing
+Run unit tests:
+```sh
+go test ./uuid
+```
diff --git a/uuid/uuid.go b/uuid/uuid.go
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+// Package uuid provides utilities for UUID generation and manipulation using Go's standard library only.
+//
+// Features:
+//   - Generate new UUIDs (v4)
+//   - Parse UUID from string
+//   - Convert UUID to string
+//   - Validate a UUID string
+//   - Compare two UUIDs
+//   - Marshal/Unmarshal UUID to/from JSON
+//   - Generate nil (zero value) UUID
+//
+// Usage Example:
+//
+//	import "yourmodule/uuid"
+//	id := uuid.NewUUID()
+//	valid := uuid.Validate(id.String())
+//	...
+package uuid
+
+import (
+	"crypto/rand"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// UUID represents a 128-bit universally unique identifier (UUID).
+type UUID [16]byte
+
+// NewUUID generates a new random (version 4) UUID.
+func NewUUID() UUID {
+	var u UUID
+	_, err := rand.Read(u[:])
+	if err != nil {
+		panic("uuid: cannot generate random UUID: " + err.Error())
+	}
+	// Set version (4) and variant bits as per RFC 4122
+	u[6] = (u[6] & 0x0f) | 0x40 // Version 4
+	u[8] = (u[8] & 0x3f) | 0x80 // Variant is 10
+	return u
+}
+
+// Parse parses a UUID from string (accepts canonical form only).
+func Parse(s string) (UUID, error) {
+	var u UUID
+	s = strings.ToLower(s)
+	if len(s) != 36 {
+		return Nil(), errors.New("uuid: invalid length")
+	}
+	// Remove dashes
+	hexStr := strings.ReplaceAll(s, "-", "")
+	if len(hexStr) != 32 {
+		return Nil(), errors.New("uuid: invalid format")
+	}
+	b, err := hex.DecodeString(hexStr)
+	if err != nil || len(b) != 16 {
+		return Nil(), errors.New("uuid: invalid hex")
+	}
+	copy(u[:], b)
+	return u, nil
+}
+
+// String returns the canonical string representation of the UUID.
+func (u UUID) String() string {
+	b := u[:]
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%08x-%04x-%04x-%04x-%012x",
+		b[0:4], b[4:6], b[6:8], b[8:10], b[10:16],
+	)
+}
+
+// Validate checks if a string is a valid UUID.
+func Validate(s string) bool {
+	_, err := Parse(s)
+	return err == nil
+}
+
+// Equal compares two UUIDs for equality.
+func (u UUID) Equal(other UUID) bool {
+	return u == other
+}
+
+// Nil returns a nil (zero value) UUID.
+func Nil() UUID {
+	return UUID{}
+}
+
+// MarshalJSON implements the json.Marshaler interface.
+func (u UUID) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	return json.Marshal(u.String())
+}
+
+// UnmarshalJSON implements the json.Unmarshaler interface.
+func (u *UUID) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
+	var s string
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &s); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	parsed, err := Parse(s)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	*u = parsed
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Format implements fmt.Formatter for UUID.
+func (u UUID) Format(f fmt.State, c rune) {
+	fmt.Fprintf(f, "%s", u.String())
+}
diff --git a/uuid/uuid_test.go b/uuid/uuid_test.go
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+package uuid
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestNewUUID(t *testing.T) {
+	u := NewUUID()
+	if u.String() == "" || !Validate(u.String()) {
+		t.Errorf("NewUUID generated invalid UUID: %s", u.String())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestParse(t *testing.T) {
+	u1 := NewUUID()
+	u2, err := Parse(u1.String())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Parse() error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if !u1.Equal(u2) {
+		t.Errorf("Parsed UUID does not match original")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestValidate(t *testing.T) {
+	u := NewUUID().String()
+	if !Validate(u) {
+		t.Errorf("Validate() failed for valid UUID: %s", u)
+	}
+	if Validate("not-a-uuid") {
+		t.Errorf("Validate() passed for invalid UUID")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEqual(t *testing.T) {
+	u1 := NewUUID()
+	u2, _ := Parse(u1.String())
+	if !u1.Equal(u2) {
+		t.Errorf("Equal() failed for identical UUIDs")
+	}
+	u3 := NewUUID()
+	if u1.Equal(u3) {
+		t.Errorf("Equal() passed for different UUIDs")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNil(t *testing.T) {
+	nilUUID := Nil()
+	if nilUUID.String() != "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000" {
+		t.Errorf("Nil() did not return zero UUID")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestMarshalUnmarshalJSON(t *testing.T) {
+	u := NewUUID()
+	data, err := json.Marshal(u)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("MarshalJSON() error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	var u2 UUID
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &u2); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("UnmarshalJSON() error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if !u.Equal(u2) {
+		t.Errorf("UnmarshalJSON() did not produce equal UUID")
+	}
+}