Archives and files

TAR.GZ pack and extract for AI agents

Creates and extracts gzipped TAR archives, keeping file metadata.

utilities.tar_gz_pack_unpack

What it does

Creates and extracts gzipped TAR archives, keeping file metadata. It is one of the Archives and files tools in the Ahura Utilities catalogue: a ready-made MCP tool that an agent calls with a typed input and gets a structured result back, with no library to install and no sandbox to start.

How agents use it

Agents use tar.gz pack and extract to handle Unix-style packages and build contexts. Because it is a plain tool call, it slots into a single agent turn or a step in an Ahura Workflow, and large inputs and outputs are passed by reference using a store:// address from Ahura Store.

Interactive simulation

Run tar.gz pack and extract

Press Run to send the call. The dashboard shows what it would use in a partition. Simulated: nothing is actually executed.

ahura mcp · ptn_demo_7f3a

# Handle Unix-style packages and build contexts.

→ POST /mcp

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "utilities.tar_gz_pack_unpack",
    "arguments": {
      "source": "store://files/archive",
      "output": "store://out/tar_gz_pack_unpack.zip"
    }
  }
}

Ready. Press Run.

ptn_demo_7f3a

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Run time

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Size

2.3MB

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Good to know

Billed per call, with the price shown in tools/list. See pricing
Runs inside your partition, so inputs and results stay isolated and follow its retention settings.
Safe to chain: pair it with Ahura Workflows for retries and approvals.

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