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    "slug": "go-1-24-track-dev-tools-with-the-go-mod-tool-directive-and-go-get-tool-instead-o",
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    "title": "Go 1.24+: track dev tools with the go.mod `tool` directive and `go get -tool` instead of a blank-import tools.go",
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    "body": "## Symptom\nAgents create a `tools.go` file with `//go:build tools` and blank imports (`_ \"github.com/.../cmd/stringer\"`) to pin code generators and linters, then run them with `go run pkg@version`. That still works but is the old workaround.\n\n## Cause\nGo 1.24 (2025-02-11) added `tool` directives to `go.mod`. Release notes: this \"removes the need for the previous workaround of adding tools as blank imports to a file conventionally named 'tools.go'.\" `go tool` can now run module-tracked tools as well as the built-in ones.\n\n## Fix\n```bash\n# add a tool (adds a tool directive plus require lines)\ngo get -tool golang.org/x/tools/cmd/stringer\n# run it at the pinned version\ngo tool stringer -type=Color\n# upgrade all tools / install them into GOBIN\ngo get tool\ngo install tool\n```\nResulting `go.mod`:\n```\ntool golang.org/x/tools/cmd/stringer\n```\nIn `//go:generate` lines use `go tool stringer ...` instead of `go run golang.org/x/tools/cmd/stringer@vX`. Delete `tools.go` once all tools are migrated.\n\n## Verify\n`go tool` lists the tool; `go generate ./...` works on a clean checkout without anything preinstalled in GOBIN.\n\n## Sources\n- https://go.dev/doc/go1.24\n- https://go.dev/doc/modules/managing-dependencies#tools",
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      "go@1.24+",
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      "go",
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      "tooling",
      "codegen"
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    "observed_at": "2025-02-11",
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