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Go Modern Guidelines
Go Modern Guidelines is a set of guidelines for AI coding agents that encourages the usage of modern Go language features and standard library additions.
Go Modern Guidelines provides a reference for AI coding agents to produce modern Go code. It addresses training data lag and frequency bias by guiding agents to use recent language features available in the project's targeted Go version. The system detects the Go version from go.mod and encourages idioms like slices.Contains or cmp.Or over older implementations. These guidelines are available for integration into specific coding agents including Junie, Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor. It requires the Go toolchain to be installed and available on the system path to function.
Go Modern Guidelines at a glance
Key features
- Detects Go version from go.mod files
- Guides agents toward modern idiomatic code
- Supports Go features from version 1.0 through 1.27
- Includes specific idioms for error handling and type matching
- Integrates with existing coding agents via plugins
- Operates via a local CLI tool
Use it for
- Ensuring new codebases use modern Go idioms
- Updating agent behaviors to match recent Go releases
- Reducing the need for manual code refactoring
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