One thing I'd add to this list: lots and lots of examples.
Coding agents are absurdly good at understanding and adapting examples. If your new language includes a large collection of searchable examples even a weaker model should be able to find something close to what it's trying to achieve and directly adapt that example code.
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One thing I'd add to this list: lots and lots of examples.
Coding agents are absurdly good at understanding and adapting examples. If your new language includes a large collection of searchable examples even a weaker model should be able to find something close to what it's trying to achieve and directly adapt that example code.
Agreed @simonw and if you can give positive examples you get better results with negative examples of what not to do