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Sync project CLAUDE.md to the installed Navigator version, preserving customizations. Use when user says "sync CLAUDE.md", "update CLAUDE.md", or when detecting outdated Navigator configuration.

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Install
$ npx -y skills add alekspetrov/navigator --skill nav-sync-claude --agent claude-code

How it fires

How this skill gets triggered: by you, by Claude, or both.

  • Fires itselfAuto-invocation. Claude auto-loads it when your prompt matches the work.Auto-invocation is when the right skill fires by itself at the right moment, driven by a FLOW.md router and a hook, instead of you invoking it by name. It is the difference between a skill being installed and a skill actually getting used.Read the full definition →
  • You can call itInvoke it directly when you want it.
  • Slash command/nav-sync-claude

Context preview

The summary Claude sees to decide when to auto-load this skill.

Sync project CLAUDE.md to the installed Navigator version, preserving customizations. Use when user says "sync CLAUDE.md", "update CLAUDE.md", or when detecting outdated Navigator configuration.

SKILL.md

nav-sync-claude.SKILL.md
name: nav-sync-claude
description: Sync project CLAUDE.md to the installed Navigator version, preserving customizations. Use when user says "sync CLAUDE.md", "update CLAUDE.md", or when detecting outdated Navigator configuration.
allowed-tools: Read, Write, Edit, Bash
version: 1.0.0

Navigator CLAUDE.md Updater Skill

Update project's CLAUDE.md to latest Navigator version (v3.1) while preserving project-specific customizations.

When to Invoke

Invoke this skill when the user:

  • Says "update my CLAUDE.md", "migrate CLAUDE.md to v3"
  • Says "update Navigator configuration", "fix my CLAUDE.md"
  • Mentions outdated commands like "/nav:start" and wants to upgrade
  • Complains that Claude doesn't understand Navigator workflow

**DO NOT invoke** if:

  • CLAUDE.md already references v3.1 and natural language commands
  • User is editing CLAUDE.md for project-specific reasons (not Navigator updates)
  • Working on plugin's root CLAUDE.md (not user projects)

Execution Steps

Step 1: Detect Current CLAUDE.md Version

Check if CLAUDE.md exists and detect version:

if [ ! -f "CLAUDE.md" ]; then
  echo "❌ No CLAUDE.md found in current directory"
  echo ""
  echo "Run 'Initialize Navigator in this project' first."
  exit 1
fi

Use `version_detector.py` to analyze CLAUDE.md:

PLUGIN_DIR="${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT:-$HOME/.claude/plugins/cache/navigator-marketplace/navigator}"
[ -d "$PLUGIN_DIR" ] || PLUGIN_DIR="$HOME/.claude/plugins/marketplaces/navigator-marketplace"
python3 "$PLUGIN_DIR/skills/nav-sync-claude/functions/version_detector.py" CLAUDE.md

This script checks for:

  • Version markers (e.g., "Navigator Version: 3.1.0")
  • Slash command references (`/nav:start`, `/nav:doc`, etc.)
  • Skills vs commands language
  • Natural language examples

**Outputs**:

  • `outdated` - Has `/nav:` commands or v1/v2 markers
  • `current` - Already v3.1 with natural language
  • `unknown` - Can't determine (custom/non-Navigator file)

**If `current`**:

✅ CLAUDE.md is already up to date (v3.1)

No migration needed.

Exit successfully.

**If `unknown`**:

⚠️  CLAUDE.md doesn't appear to be a Navigator file

This might be a custom configuration. Manual review recommended.
Proceed with migration anyway? [y/N]

If user declines, exit. If accepts, continue.

Step 2: Backup Current CLAUDE.md

Always create backup before modifying:

cp CLAUDE.md CLAUDE.md.backup
echo "📦 Backup created: CLAUDE.md.backup"

Step 3: Extract Project-Specific Customizations

Use `claude_updater.py` to parse current CLAUDE.md:

PLUGIN_DIR="${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT:-$HOME/.claude/plugins/cache/navigator-marketplace/navigator}"
[ -d "$PLUGIN_DIR" ] || PLUGIN_DIR="$HOME/.claude/plugins/marketplaces/navigator-marketplace"
python3 "$PLUGIN_DIR/skills/nav-sync-claude/functions/claude_updater.py" extract CLAUDE.md > /tmp/nav-customizations.json

This extracts:

  • **Project name** (from title)
  • **Project description** (from Context section)
  • **Tech stack** (languages, frameworks)
  • **Code standards** (custom rules beyond Navigator defaults)
  • **Forbidden actions** (project-specific restrictions)
  • **PM tool configuration** (Linear, GitHub, Jira, etc.)
  • **Custom sections** (anything not in Navigator template)

Step 4: Generate Updated CLAUDE.md

Apply latest template with extracted customizations:

PLUGIN_DIR="${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT:-$HOME/.claude/plugins/cache/navigator-marketplace/navigator}"
[ -d "$PLUGIN_DIR" ] || PLUGIN_DIR="$HOME/.claude/plugins/marketplaces/navigator-marketplace"
# Template fetching now automatic via get_template_path():
# 1. Tries GitHub (version-matched)
# 2. Falls back to bundled if offline
python3 "$PLUGIN_DIR/skills/nav-sync-claude/functions/claude_updater.py" generate \
  --customizations /tmp/nav-customizations.json \
  --template "$PLUGIN_DIR/templates/CLAUDE.md" \
  --output CLAUDE.md

**Template Source Priority**: 1. **GitHub** (version-matched): Fetches from `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/alekspetrov/navigator/v{version}/templates/CLAUDE.md`

  • Matches installed plugin version (e.g., v4.3.0)
  • Always up-to-date with release
  • Works with pre-releases

2. **Bundled** (fallback): Uses `templates/CLAUDE.md` from installed plugin

  • Offline fallback
  • Guaranteed availability

**What this does**: 1. Loads template (GitHub or bundled) 2. Replaces placeholders with extracted data 3. Preserves custom sections 4. Updates Navigator workflow to natural language 5. Removes slash command references 6. Adds skills explanation

Step 5: Show Diff and Confirm

Display changes for user review:

echo ""
echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
echo "📝 CHANGES TO CLAUDE.MD"
echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
echo ""

# Show unified diff
diff -u CLAUDE.md.backup CLAUDE.md || true

echo ""
echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"

Step 6: Verify and Commit

Show summary of changes:

✅ CLAUDE.md Updated to v3.1

Key changes:
  ✓ Removed slash command references (e.g., /nav:start)
  ✓ Added natural language examples ("Start my Navigator session")
  ✓ Added skills architecture explanation
  ✓ Updated Navigator workflow section
  ✓ Preserved your project-specific customizations:
    - Tech stack: [list]
    - Code standards: [count] custom rules
    - Forbidden actions: [count] custom rules

Backup saved: CLAUDE.md.backup

Next steps:
  1. Review changes: git diff CLAUDE.md
  2. Test: "Start my Navigator session" should work
  3. Commit: git add CLAUDE.md && git commit -m "chore: update CLAUDE.md to Navigator v3.1"
  4. Remove backup: rm CLAUDE.md.backup

Rollback if needed: mv CLAUDE.md.backup CLAUDE.md

Step 7: Update .nav-config.json

If config exists, migrate to latest version with new sections:

PLUGIN_DIR="${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT:-$HOME/.claude/plugins/cache/navigator-marketplace/navigator}"
[ -d "$PLUGIN_DIR" ] || PLUGIN_DIR="$HOME/.claude/plugi
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