Bring your Go code up to date, safety first.
What it does
Modernizes Go code with newer language features, standard library APIs, and idiomatic patterns.
When to use it
Use when reviewing outdated Go patterns, encountering deprecation warnings, or requesting modernization, a Go version upgrade, or a tooling refresh.
How to use it
Give it a Go project to modernize; it scans and prioritizes improvements, then applies a full-codebase rewrite in an isolated worktree.
What you provide
- An existing project
Uses
Good to know
- starts 5 helper agents
What you need · 3
Requires the Go toolchain to run the project's tests and check compatibility with its declared Go version.
Enables the optional modernize-linter scan when available; the modernize linter requires golangci-lint v2.6.0 or newer.
Access · 2
This skill
go.dev
Reads official Go release notes
vuln.go.dev
Checks Go's vulnerability database