tzst

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

1. Check whether tzst is available with tzst --version or tzst --help.