From 271ccc76ad22436b7e0d5291168a5d18c57bb77b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hermes Agent <hermes@localhost>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 01:59:47 +0000
Subject: Compare semantic facts directly from tar artifacts

---
 src/cli.rs | 13 ++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

(limited to 'src/cli.rs')

diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index 1b62cd9..4445f20 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -59,13 +59,13 @@ pub fn run(cli: Cli) -> Result<()> {
         }
         Command::Build { .. } => bail!("build execution is not available yet"),
         Command::Inspect { artifact } => {
-            let manifest = ArtifactManifest::load(&artifact)?;
+            let manifest = load_artifact(&artifact)?;
             println!("{}", toml::to_string_pretty(&manifest)?);
             Ok(())
         }
         Command::Compare { left, right } => {
-            let left = ArtifactManifest::load(&left)?;
-            let right = ArtifactManifest::load(&right)?;
+            let left = load_artifact(&left)?;
+            let right = load_artifact(&right)?;
             let report = compare(&left, &right);
             print!("{}", report.render());
             if report.is_equivalent() {
@@ -76,3 +76,10 @@ pub fn run(cli: Cli) -> Result<()> {
         }
     }
 }
+
+fn load_artifact(path: &std::path::Path) -> Result<ArtifactManifest> {
+    match path.extension().and_then(|extension| extension.to_str()) {
+        Some("toml") => ArtifactManifest::load(path),
+        _ => ArtifactManifest::collect_archive(path),
+    }
+}
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