Manifest Navigation

Manifest Navigation

Installed packages are readable through zinc://packages.

Zinc records the installed package root and source URI. It does not store every package file in the database. File reads go back to the installed package directory when requested.

List installed packages

zn read zinc://packages

Read a package manifest

zn read zinc://packages/openai-responses/manifest

Read a manifest node

zn read zinc://packages/openai-responses/manifest/neighbors
zn read zinc://packages/openai-responses/manifest/surfaces/responses
zn read zinc://packages/unix-bash/manifest/settings/defaults

The path after manifest/ is navigated through the installed zinc.pkg.yaml.

Read a package file

zn read zinc://packages/openai-responses/files/surfaces/responses.py

The path after files/ is joined under the installed package root. Zinc rejects . and .. segments.

Boundary note

Manifest navigation is for reading package facts and files. It does not install missing packages and does not resolve package neighbors.