diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index 85622cc3..dbc3f287 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ env:
   PYTHON_MIN_VERSION: "3.7.13"
 
 jobs:
-  asdf:
+  asdf-bash:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -21,6 +21,27 @@ jobs:
       - run: scripts/install_dependencies.bash
       - run: scripts/lint.bash --check
 
+  asdf-golang:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Setup Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v4
+        with:
+          go-version: '1.21.5'
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: go get .
+      - name: Check format
+        run: '[ -z "$(gofmt -l ./...)" ]'
+      - name: Vet
+        run: go vet
+      - name: Install staticcheck for linting
+        run: go install honnef.co/go/tools/cmd/staticcheck@latest
+      - name: Lint
+        run: staticcheck -tests -show-ignored ./...
+      - name: Build
+        run: build -v ./...
+
   actions:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/semantic-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/semantic-pr.yml
index a95230be..566cb8a9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/semantic-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/semantic-pr.yml
@@ -14,3 +14,17 @@ jobs:
       - uses: amannn/action-semantic-pull-request@v5.4.0
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          scopes: |
+            # The scope for all the Golang rewrite commits
+            golang-rewrite
+            # A list of all used scopes can be computed by running this command:
+            #
+            # git log --pretty=format:%s | rg '^[^: ]*\(([^):]*)\).*' -r '$1' | sort | uniq
+            #
+            # We only want to allow a limited set of scopes going forward, so
+            # the list of valid scopes has been pared down here.
+            docs
+            website
+            plugin
+            completions
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 7a2ae1cf..21a273b7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ on:
 jobs:
   detect-changes:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      pull-requests: read
     # Set job outputs to values from filter step
     outputs:
       documentation: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.documentation }}
@@ -37,6 +35,21 @@ jobs:
               - 'defaults'
               - 'help.txt'
 
+  test-golang:
+    needs: detect-changes
+    if: ${{ needs.detect-changes.outputs.cli == 'true' }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Setup Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v4
+        with:
+          go-version: '1.21.5'
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: go get .
+      - name: Run Go tests
+        run: go test
+
   ubuntu:
     needs: detect-changes
     # only run if