Navigator Compact

by alekspetrov

Navigator Compact is an AI Engineering skill for Claude Code, published by alekspetrov in navigator.

230 stars11 forkson alekspetrov/navigatorAdded 2026/09/03Repository updated 2026/09/01

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Install Navigator Compact

Copy Navigator Compact into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/alekspetrov/navigator/tree/main/skills/nav-compact ~/.claude/skills/nav-compact

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/alekspetrov/navigator.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: skills/nav-compact/SKILL.md in alekspetrov/navigator
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/nav-compact
Collection: One of 25 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: AI Engineering — 2793 skills

What Navigator Compact does

Navigator Compact saves the current conversation state into a context marker before you clear or restart a Claude Code session. Use it when finishing a task, switching features, or approaching token limits.

Navigator Compact is cataloged under AI Engineering on DirSkills. Navigator Compact comes from a repository tagged ai-assistant, ai-tools, anthropic, claude and claude-code.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

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+]

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Commands Navigator Compact provides

Slash commands named in this skill’s SKILL.md, listed in the order they first appear.

/compact
/clear

Frequently asked about Navigator Compact

What else does alekspetrov publish alongside Navigator Compact?
Navigator Compact is one of 25 skills that DirSkills catalogs from alekspetrov/navigator, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Backend API Endpoint Generator, Backend Test Generator and Database Migration Generator. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Navigator Compact does, and is maintained by alekspetrov in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the alekspetrov/navigator page.
How does Navigator Compact compare to other AI Engineering skills?
Navigator Compact ranks #2470 by stars among the 2793 AI Engineering skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Architecture Decision Records, AI-First Engineering and Agentic OS. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Navigator Compact against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.