go-modern-guidelines
by JetBrains
A skill and plugin pack that teaches AI coding agents to write up-to-date Go code, using newer language features and standard library additions instead of older patterns. It detects the Go version in a project's go.mod file and only suggests features available in that version.
- Stars
- 3.9k
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Runs on
- Your computer
- Setup
- Easy
- Language
- Go
- Age
- 339 days
What you can do with it
- Install it as a plugin in Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or Junie so the agent writes modern Go automatically
- Have the agent use newer idioms such as max, slices.Contains and cmp.Or in place of older hand-written patterns
- Invoke the skill explicitly in Claude Code with the use-modern-go command
Make money with it
A freelance Go developer could use it to deliver cleaner AI-assisted code faster, which supports taking on more client work.
An idea, not financial advice. Check the licence before charging for anything built on it.
Ways a business could use it
- Cut review and rework time by having AI-generated Go code follow current idioms from the start
- Keep a small team's Go codebase consistent and up to date without manual style checks
Can you use it commercially?
Free to use, change and sell, including in paid products. Keep the copyright notice.
Not legal advice. Read the project's licence file before building a product on it.
Getting it running
Add the repository as a marketplace and install the plugin with a couple of commands in your agent (or use npx skills add for other agents); the Go toolchain must be installed.
Follow the official instructions in the project README.
Things to check
- Requires an AI coding agent, which may need a paid subscription or API key
- Needs the Go toolchain installed, as it installs a small CLI with go install on first use
Who's talking about it
Checked 29 Oct 2026. Summary drafted by AI from the project's README.
