add_files
Add files to a staging session
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Append files to an open staging session. Call as many times as needed; commit_deploy applies them all at once. Validates path/extension/encoding on every call so a bad file fails fast. Same 500 MB cap as single-call deploys, but cumulative across the session. LARGE TEXT FILES: a file that looks too big to inline (100-250 KB of HTML/CSS/JS) usually still fits in ONE call — gzip it locally, base64 the result, send with encoding:'gzip+base64' (text compresses 3-5×, so ~250 KB of source ≈ ~70 KB on the wire). Prefer that over add_file_chunk: one call, no ordering hazards. Only chunk when a single file exceeds ~250 KB of source even after gzip, or when you have no way to gzip locally. If your environment can run shell but can't reach this host, gzip+base64 via add_files is the fastest path; if it CAN reach this host, begin_deploy's uploadUrl (tarball POST, 100 MB) beats everything.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| deployId | string | yes | Session id returned by begin_deploy. |
| files | any | yes | Files to append to the staging scratch dir. Same wire shape as deploy_site/update_site — array form supports binary via encoding:'base64'; map form is utf8-only. Re-adding a path overwrites the previously staged version. Cumulative cap across the whole session: 500 MB. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"deployId": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Session id returned by begin_deploy."
},
"files": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"path": {
"type": "string"
},
"content": {
"type": "string"
},
"encoding": {
"description": "utf8 (default) for plain text. base64 for binary files (images, fonts, PDFs). gzip+base64 ships ~3–5× more raw text per tool call: gzip the bytes locally first, then base64. Server gunzips before writing. Per-file decoded size capped at 500 MB.",
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"utf8",
"base64",
"gzip+base64"
]
}
},
"required": [
"path",
"content"
]
}
},
{
"type": "object",
"propertyNames": {
"type": "string"
},
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "string"
}
}
],
"description": "Files to append to the staging scratch dir. Same wire shape as deploy_site/update_site — array form supports binary via encoding:'base64'; map form is utf8-only. Re-adding a path overwrites the previously staged version. Cumulative cap across the whole session: 500 MB."
}
},
"required": [
"deployId",
"files"
]
}