diff --git a/src/agents/skills-install-extract.ts b/src/agents/skills-install-extract.ts
index faa0fe27fc5..05fc348166a 100644
--- a/src/agents/skills-install-extract.ts
+++ b/src/agents/skills-install-extract.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { createHash } from "node:crypto";
 import fs from "node:fs";
 import {
-  createTarEntrySafetyChecker,
+  createTarEntryPreflightChecker,
   extractArchive as extractArchiveSafe,
   mergeExtractedTreeIntoDestination,
   prepareArchiveDestinationDir,
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ export async function extractArchive(params: {
           code: 1,
         };
       }
-      const checkTarEntrySafety = createTarEntrySafetyChecker({
+      const checkTarEntrySafety = createTarEntryPreflightChecker({
         rootDir: destinationRealDir,
         stripComponents: strip,
         escapeLabel: "targetDir",
diff --git a/src/infra/archive.ts b/src/infra/archive.ts
index cb808a88b9d..613b02579a5 100644
--- a/src/infra/archive.ts
+++ b/src/infra/archive.ts
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ function readTarEntryInfo(entry: unknown): TarEntryInfo {
   return { path: p, type: t, size: s };
 }
 
-export function createTarEntrySafetyChecker(params: {
+export function createTarEntryPreflightChecker(params: {
   rootDir: string;
   stripComponents?: number;
   limits?: ArchiveExtractLimits;
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ export async function extractArchive(params: {
         await withStagedArchiveDestination({
           destinationRealDir,
           run: async (stagingDir) => {
-            const checkTarEntrySafety = createTarEntrySafetyChecker({
+            const checkTarEntrySafety = createTarEntryPreflightChecker({
               rootDir: destinationRealDir,
               stripComponents: params.stripComponents,
               limits,