tzst

SKILL.md

Zstandard archive creation, extraction, listing, and integrity testing via CLI with safe defaults and scripting support.

Supports .tzst and .tar.zst archives with three extraction modes: standard (preserves directory structure), flattened, and fully-trusted for known sources

Includes conflict resolution strategies for automated workflows, JSON output for scripting, and streaming mode for large archives or memory-constrained environments

Offers atomic archive creation by default, integrity testing, and member listing with optional filtering

Install via uv tool install tzst, pip install tzst, or standalone binary; verify with tzst --version before use

Use this skill for the tzst command-line interface. Default to execution when the user clearly wants a real archive action and the required paths or archive names are already known.

This skill is CLI-only. If the user is asking about Python code such as from tzst import ..., treat that as a general Python library or API documentation task instead of using this skill as the main guide.

When to Use

Use this skill when the user:

mentions .tzst or .tar.zst archives

wants to create, extract, flatten, list, or test a tzst archive

needs help installing tzst or choosing CLI flags

wants machine-readable tzst output for scripting or automation

needs safe conflict handling or extraction filter guidance

Do not use this skill for generic tar, zip, or Python API questions unless tzst is actually part of the request.

Preflight