Competition File Parser Chain
Use this skill only as a downstream specialization after $ctf-sandbox-orchestrator is already active and has established sandbox assumptions, node ownership, and evidence priorities. If that has not happened yet, return to $ctf-sandbox-orchestrator first.
Use this skill when the hard part is following a file from ingress through every parser, extractor, converter, or deserializer boundary that matters.
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Quick Start
- Preserve the original upload and every derived artifact separately.
- Map the chain in order: ingress, temp storage, archive extraction, format conversion, parser call, deserialization, and final consumer.
- Record filenames, MIME guesses, extensions, temp paths, and parser choices before mutating anything.
- Separate client-visible validation from backend parser behavior.
- Reproduce the smallest file-processing chain that yields the decisive branch or artifact.
Workflow
1. Map File Ingress And Derivation
- Record request shape, multipart names, content type, filename, temp paths, upload staging, and storage keys.
- Note every derived artifact: extracted archive member, converted preview, generated thumbnail, temp document, or deserialized object.
- Keep original file and each derivative labeled separately.
2. Trace Parser And Conversion Boundaries
- Show which parser, converter, extractor, or deserializer runs at each step.
- Record parser-specific decisions driven by extension, MIME, magic bytes, schema, archive member names, or embedded metadata.
- Distinguish parsing success, preview success, conversion success, and business-logic acceptance.
3. Reduce To The Decisive File Chain
- Compress the result to the smallest sequence: upload -> derived artifact -> parser boundary -> resulting effect.
- State clearly whether the decisive weakness lives in archive handling, MIME inference, file conversion, path resolution, or deserialization.
- If the chain becomes mostly a generic async worker problem after enqueue, hand off to the tighter queue or worker skill.
Read This Reference
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references/file-parser-chain.mdfor the ingress checklist, parser checklist, and evidence packaging.
What To Preserve
- Original uploads, derived files, temp paths, storage keys, parser names, and conversion steps
- The exact boundary where backend behavior diverges from user-visible validation
- One minimal replayable file-processing sequence that reaches the decisive effect