JetBrains Ships Modern Go Guidelines for AI Agents

This targets a real weakness in AI coding: models reliably produce working code, but often choose outdated Go idioms because older patterns dominate their training data.

• –Version-aware guidance prevents agents from suggesting syntax or standard-library features newer than the project supports.
• –The list/explain CLI uses progressive disclosure, giving agents concise rules first and detailed examples only when needed.
• –Examples cover practical upgrades such as `slices.Contains`, `max`, `cmp.Or`, `sync.WaitGroup.Go`, and `errors.AsType`.
• –Plugin distribution makes the guidance portable across major coding-agent ecosystems, rather than locking it to JetBrains tooling.
• –It complements `go fix` and linters by improving generated code upfront, but developers still need tests and code review for correctness. [JetBrains Blog](https://blog.jetbrains.com/go/2026/08/24/help-ai-coding-agents-write-up-to-date-code-with-modern-golang-skills/) [DEV Community](https://dev.to/gde/go-in-practice-writing-modern-go-with-ai-testing-jetbrains-go-modern-guidelines-and-refactoring-151o)