md-toc

Documents

Navigate large markdown files efficiently — get a complete heading TOC with exact line ranges, then Read only the section you need instead of loading the whole file.

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Source SKILL.md: https://github.com/nubjs/nub/blob/HEAD/.claude/skills/md-toc/SKILL.md

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md-toc — markdown navigation via line ranges

When a markdown file is large (>200 lines), don't Read the whole thing. Run the TOC script first to see every heading and its section's line range, then use Read with offset + limit to jump straight to the section you need.

Invocation

node scripts/md-toc/index.mjs <file.md>
# or equivalently:
nub scripts/md-toc/index.mjs <file.md>

Output format

One line per heading, indented by depth, with the section's line range:

L1-402    # Nub — Final-Polish Orchestration Tracker
L152-192    ## Status board
L282-367    ## Item cards
L284-292      ### A — Settle/verify env-plumbing  ·  todo

The range L152-192 means the "Status board" section occupies lines 152–192. To read it:

Read(file, offset=152, limit=41)   # limit = end - start + 1

A heading's section spans from its own line to just before the next heading of equal or higher level (or EOF). # lines inside fenced code blocks are correctly ignored (uses a real markdown AST parser, not regex).

When to use

Any file >200 lines where you need one section, not the whole file.
HANDOFF/STATUS trackers, AGENTS.md, architecture docs, long epics.
Before dispatching a sub-agent that needs a slice of a large doc — run the TOC yourself, embed the relevant offset/limit in the prompt so the agent Reads precisely.