A versatile archive management utility for AI agents to create, extract, and manipulate tar archives with multi-format support.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install tar
2. Manual Installation
Copy the skill folder to one of these locations
~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
Copy this prompt to OpenClaw to install it automatically.
Help me install tar using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
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What is tar?
The tar skill provides AI agents with a robust interface for handling tape archives and various compressed file formats like .tar.gz, .tar.bz2, and .tar.xz. As a core component of the Openclaw Skills ecosystem, it enables seamless file bundling, extraction, and integrity verification within automated development environments. This tool is essential for managing project assets, ensuring that Openclaw Skills can handle complex file system operations with precision and speed while maintaining minimal overhead.
tar Use Cases
- Bundling project source code and assets for deployment or cloud backups.
- Extracting downloaded datasets or dependencies into specific directories for agent processing.
- Verifying the integrity of compressed archives to ensure no corruption occurred during file transit.
- Searching for specific files or patterns within archives without performing a full extraction.
- Comparing the contents of two different archive versions to identify changes in file structure.
How tar Works
- The AI agent identifies the required archive operation such as create, extract, list, or verify based on the task context.
- The agent passes specific parameters, including archive paths, target directories, and compression formats, to the utility script.
- The bash-based logic executes the command using the local system binaries to process the archive files.
- The skill returns the operation result, such as file lists or metadata, back to the Openclaw Skills environment for further action.
tar Setup
To integrate this utility into your Openclaw Skills setup, ensure you have bash 4.0 or higher installed on your host system. You can execute commands via the provided script interface:
# To create a new compressed archive
scripts/script.sh create my-project.tar.gz ./src ./config
# To extract an archive to a specific directory
scripts/script.sh extract my-project.tar.gz ./build
tar Data Schema & Taxonomy
The tar skill interacts with standard archive formats and generates detailed metadata reports. The schema for data output includes:
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| archive | The file path to the archive (.tar, .tar.gz, .tar.bz2, .tar.xz). |
| size | The total disk size of the archive in bytes. |
| entries | A structured list of files and directories contained within the archive. |
| format | The detected compression format (e.g., GZIP, BZIP2, XZ). |
| integrity | A boolean or status message indicating if the archive is valid or corrupted. |
tar Advanced Features
- Differential Analysis: Use the diff command to compare two archives and identify modified, added, or deleted files.
- Deep Integrity Checks: Built-in verification logic to alert agents of archive corruption or header mismatches.
- Non-Destructive Appending: Support for adding files to existing uncompressed .tar archives to facilitate incremental backups within Openclaw Skills.
- Pattern Discovery: Powerful search functionality to find specific file paths within compressed headers for faster data retrieval.
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