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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 Use when user says "sync CLAUDE.md", "update CLAUDE.md", or when detecting outdated Navigator configuration.

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What this skill does


# 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- Mentions outdated commands like "/nav:start" and wants to upgrade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:

```bash
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:

```bash
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- `outdated` - Has `/nav:` commands or v1/v2 markers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:

```bash
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:

```bash
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:

```bash
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:

```bash
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:

```bash
PLUGIN_DIR="${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT:-$HOME/.claude/plugins/cache/navigator-marketplace/navigator}"
[ -d "$PLUGIN_DIR" ] || PLUGIN_DIR="$HOME/.claude/plugins/marketplaces/navigator-marketplace"
if [ -f ".agent/.nav-config.json" ]; then
  python3 "$PLUGIN_DIR/skills/nav-sync-claude/functions/config_migrator.py" .agent/.nav-config.json
fi
```

**What this does**:
1. Detects current config version
2. Adds missing sections based on version:
   - v5.4.0+: `simplification` config
   - v5.5.0+: `auto_update` config
   - v5.6.0+: `task_mode` config
3. Updates version marker to current

**Example output**:
```
✅ Config migrated: v5.4.0 → v5.6.0

Changes:
  + auto_update: (new section added)
  + task_mode: (new section added)
  ~ version: 5.4.0 → 5.6.0
```

**Dry run** (preview changes without applying):
```bash
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/config_migrator.py" .agent/.nav-config.json --dry-run
```

## Predefined Functions

### functions/version_detector.py

**Purpose**: Detect CLAUDE.md version (outdated, current, unknown)

**Usage**:
```bash
python3 version_detector.py CLAUDE.md
```

**Output**: Prints one of: `outdated`, `current`, `unknown`

**Exit codes**:
- 0: Success (version detected)
- 1: File not found
- 2: Parse error

**Detection logic**:
1. Check for version marker: `Navigator Version: X.X.X`
2. Check for slash commands: `/nav:start`, `/jitd:`, etc.
3. Check for natural language examples: `"Start my Navigator session"`
4. Check for skills section

**Heuristics**:
- Has `/nav:` → outdated
- Version < 3.0 → outdated
- Version >= 3.0 + natural language → current
- No version + no Navigator markers → unknown

### functions/claude_updater.py

**Purpose**: Extract customizations and generate updated CLAUDE.md

**Usage**:
```bash
# Extract customizations
python3 claude_updater.py extract CLAUDE.md > customizations.json

# Generate updated file
python3 claude_updater.py generate \
  --customizations customizations.json \
  --template ../../templates/CLAUDE.md \
  --output CLAUDE.md
```

**Extract mode** outputs JSON:
```json
{
  "project_name": "MyApp",
  "description": "Brief project description",
  "tech_stack": ["Next.js", "TypeScript", "PostgreSQL"],
  "code_standards": ["Custom rule 1", "Custom
Files: 5
Size: 54.1 KB
Complexity: 43/100
Category: General

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