Extract Zipped ESRI Shapefile / Geodatabase

Download and install the latest version of Filestar.
Right click on one or more Zip file(s) on your desktop and select Convert with Filestar.
Type extract in the search box.
Press Extract.
Or let an AI agent do it: filestarcli -i file.zip -c "extract" (how).

Let your AI agent extract Zipped ESRI Shapefile / Geodatabase

Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents can do this on your computer with Filestar. Your files stay on your machine.

Install Filestar and add it to your agents:

npm install -g filestar
filestarcli agent install

Or add it in one click:

Claude Code:

claude mcp add filestar -- npx -y [email protected] mcp

Then ask your agent:

“Use Filestar to extract Zipped ESRI Shapefile / Geodatabase in my Downloads folder”

Or run it yourself:

filestarcli -i file.zip -c "extract"

Runs on your computer, so your files stay on it. Works on Windows, macOS and Linux. 50 free conversions with the npm install, no account needed.

Can my AI agent extract Zipped ESRI Shapefile / Geodatabase?

Yes. Install the Filestar CLI with npm install -g filestar and your agent can run filestarcli -i file.zip -c "extract" on your computer, so your files stay on it.

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What is .zip?

Name: Zipped ESRI Shapefile / Geodatabase
Extension: .zip
Format: Binary
Category: GIS
Developer: ESRI
Description: A ZIP file holding an Esri shapefile (.shp, .shx, .dbf and companions) or a file geodatabase folder, the usual way GIS vector data is downloaded and shared.
MIME Type: application/zip
Wikipedia: .zip on Wikipedia

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