tzst

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.

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