A functor between $S \rightarrow S_*$ (of quasicategories)

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On p.60 of Moritz Groth short course on $\infty$-category he writes, If $C$ is an $\infty$-category adding a disjoint base point defines a functor $$_+:C \rightarrow C_{*/}$$ where $C_{*/}$ is the slice category over $*$. How is this defined?

Thoughts: I know a morphism $* : \Delta^0 \rightarrow C$ determines a distinct point on each level $C_n$. By adjunction, defining a map $C \rightarrow C_*$ is equivalent to a morphism $$\Delta^0 \star C \rightarrow C $$ The natural map seems to be collapse on each level $n$ everything else other than $C_n$, which we take to be identity.

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In HTT, 7.2.2.1 the notion of pointed objects is defined. For the equivalence with how Moritz Groth defined this, see HTT, 7.2.2.8. As for your question, if $C$ has finite coproducts then the functor you want is simply the cobase change along $\emptyset \to \ast$. Formally the functor can be defined by using the theory of Cartesian and Cocartesian fibrations, see HTT, 6.1.1 for a discussion of the dual notion of base change and apply this to $C^{\mathrm{op}}$ to obtain the result that you are after.