Introduction
I am publishing brief posts highlighting new features in Golem 1.5, releasing late April 2026. This installment assumes reader familiarity with Golem; additional context is available in my other Golem-related posts.
Skills
Coding agents have become standard development practice. Golem 1.5’s templates include AGENTS.md and a huge catalog of agent skills describing every detail of creating, modifying and testing agents on the Golem platform.
A bootstrap skill explaining the golem new command will be available through skills.sh. Language-specific skills then deploy to the application directory based on selection.
Common and per-language skills
The catalog will feature 10-15 language-independent skills plus approximately 25-30 additional skills for each supported language (TypeScript, Rust, Scala, and MoonBit). Daily CI benchmarks track how well popular coding agents utilize these skills.
Areas covered
Skills address Golem platform development comprehensively: project creation, dependency management, configuration, agent development, HTTP and MCP exposure, inter-agent communication, databases, external services, AI provider integration, webhooks, advanced features like transactions and snapshotting, and troubleshooting.
Future Golem 1.5+ features will receive immediate agentic development support.