diff --git a/tools/local_archive.bzl b/tools/local_archive.bzl
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+def _impl(repository_ctx):
+    repository_ctx.extract(
+        archive = repository_ctx.attr.src,
+        stripPrefix = repository_ctx.attr.strip_prefix,
+    )
+    repository_ctx.file(
+        "BUILD.bazel",
+        repository_ctx.attr.build_file_content,
+    )
+
+local_archive = repository_rule(
+    implementation = _impl,
+    attrs = {
+        "src": attr.label(mandatory = True, allow_single_file = True),
+        "build_file_content": attr.string(mandatory = True),
+        "sha256": attr.string(),
+        "strip_prefix": attr.string(),
+    },
+)