dataarchive inspect

Archive Inspect

archive_inspect

Lists entries and sizes in a local ZIP or TAR archive without extracting it. Use when an agent needs to understand archive contents safely before selecting files to process. Scope: local filesystem only and read-only; never extracts files and returns at most 5,000 entries. Not for archive creation or extraction.

How to use archive_inspect

Provide only the required inputs below. Start with the smallest scope that answers the task, then review the risk properties before an agent executes the call.

Risk and execution properties

Read only: yes

Destructive: no

Idempotent: yes

Open world: no — operates locally or through configured services

Inputs

pathstringrequired

Path to a ZIP, TAR, TAR.GZ, TAR.BZ2, or TAR.XZ archive.

max_entriesinteger

Maximum entries returned. Max: 5000.

Default: 200

Example input

{
  "path": "<string>",
  "max_entries": 200
}

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