Use Case

As a Compass user working with many connections, databases, and collections
I want a keyboard-first "Go to" palette that I can open with Cmd/Ctrl+P and fuzzy-search my inventory
So that I can jump directly to a connection, database, or collection without walking the sidebar tree.

User Experience

• The palette opens via Cmd/Ctrl+P, or via File -> Go to..., when the enableGoTo feature flag is on.
• Typing fuzzy-searches candidates across connections, databases, and collections (Fuse.js).
• Activating a result opens the matching workspace: Databases, Collections, or Collection.
• Activating a row for a disconnected connection connects first, then opens the Databases workspace.
• If connecting fails, the palette stays open and shows an inline error rather than closing.
• On open, the palette refreshes its inventory from already-loaded sidebar data, then does a best-effort listDatabases / listCollections for connected hosts. Search works immediately against cached inventory and is not blocked by the fetch.

Risks/Unknowns

• Cluster load: each open can trigger listDatabases plus per-database listCollections for every connected host. Worst case is many connected hosts x many databases producing many parallel calls on every open.
• Open question: whether inventory refresh should be throttled/deduped when the palette is opened repeatedly with many connections.
• Design review is still needed for the palette UI.
• Requires a change in compass-connections so plugins keep a live connections.current (a getter, not frozen by useInitialValue) - potential for regressions in other consumers of that context.
• Feature must remain fully inert when the flag is off, including the keyboard shortcut and the File menu item.

Acceptance Criteria

Implementation Requirements

• New plugin package @mongodb-js/compass-go-to providing the palette component and Redux store.
• New development feature flag enableGoTo in compass-preferences-model; all entry points gated on it.
• Wired into both Compass desktop (packages/compass/src/app/components/workspace.tsx) and Compass Web (packages/compass-web/src/entrypoint.tsx).
• Store builds candidates from the connections list and the instance manager; activation is routed through the workspaces service.
• Fix compass-connections store context so connections.current stays live for plugins.
• Inventory fetches are best-effort: failures must not break search or leave the palette in a broken state.

Testing Requirements

• Unit tests for candidate construction from connections + instance manager.
• Unit tests for fuzzy search ranking/matching behavior.
• Unit tests for activation routing to the correct workspace type per candidate.
• Component tests covering open, search, activate, and the connect-failure inline error path.
• Verify the palette and its shortcut are absent when enableGoTo is off.

References

• PR: https://github.com/mongodb-js/compass/pull/8409 - "feat(go-to): add Cmd/Ctrl+P navigation palette"