nav-compact

# Navigator Compact Skill Clear your conversation context while preserving all knowledge in a context marker. Like git commit before switching branches - save your state, then start fresh. ## When to Invoke Invoke this skill when the user: - Says "clear context", "start fresh", "reset conversation" - Says "I'm done with this task", "moving to next feature" - Mentions "approaching token limit", "context getting full" - Says "compact", "clean up context" - After completing isolated sub-task **DO NOT invoke** if: - User is in middle of implementation - Context is needed for next immediate step - Less than 20 messages in conversation (not much to gain) ## Execution Steps ### Step 0: Detect PreCompact Hook (Fast Path) [v6.10.0+] **Before doing anything else**, check whether the project has the PreCompact hook installed. ```bash HAS_HOOK=$(grep -l "nav_dispatch" .claude/settings.json .claude/settings.local.json 2>/dev/null | head -1) ``` **If the hook is present**: → **Fast path activated**. The `PreCompact` hook will write the marker automatically when the user runs `/compact` (or when Claude Code auto-compacts). Skip Steps 2–5 (marker creation + `.active` writing) — the hook owns those. Just print: ``` ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ 🗜️ Navigator Compact (hook-managed) ║ ╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ✅ PreCompact hook is installed — Navigator will write the marker automatically when you run /c...