diff --git a/jq.js b/jq.js
index 15cc948..51b2a0d 100644
--- a/jq.js
+++ b/jq.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ function parseArgs() {
             const argName = val.substring(2);
             // Check if we are not at the last element and the next element doesn't start with '--'
             if (index < array.length - 1 && !array[index + 1].startsWith('--')) {
+                // Directly assign the following value to the argument
                 args[argName] = array[index + 1];
             }
         }
@@ -21,7 +22,8 @@ const filter = args.filter || '.';
 const jsonPath = args.jsonpath;
 const options = {
     input: 'file',
-    output: 'json'
+    output: 'json',
+    slurp: args.optionSlurp === 'true'
 };
 
 jq.run(filter, jsonPath, options)
diff --git a/tool.gpt b/tool.gpt
index 6f8ccd4..fe2603c 100644
--- a/tool.gpt
+++ b/tool.gpt
@@ -8,17 +8,23 @@ You are an expert at using the jq cli and know all there is about the functions
 you will be given a filename that contains JSON data the requester believes answers the ${task}.
 Do not assume anything about the file structure until the schema has been determined.
 
+When working with files take into account the possibility of null entries.
+
 get the schema of the file from ${filename}.
+if the schema was determined with slurp, then consider that in all future queries
 plan out the jq queries needed and get the data.
 ---
 name: schema
-tools: execute
-args: path: path to the json file
+tools: execute,sys.stat
+args: jsonPath: file and path to execute jq queries against
 description: return the schema of the JSON file.
 
-You are given the filepath ${path} to a json file.
+You are given the filepath ${jsonPath} to a json file.
+
+As an expert user of jq find out the schema of the file.
+If the file is larger then 250kb, use slurp mode first to get the length.
+Check the first two objects in slurp mode to ensure the schema is consistent.
 
-As an expert user of jq find out the schema of the file
 
 You can recursively make requests to jq to understand each layer.
 if you encounter a list, pick the first one or two items and assume that all items follow the same structure.
@@ -47,13 +53,15 @@ Then return the paths like:
 .key2.listOfThings[].thing
 ...
 return the list so it can be determined what to query by other tools
+If Slurp mode was used also respond that slurp was true.
 ---
 name: execute
 description: execute the jq command line utility to parse data from json files
 tools: sys.exec
 args: jsonPath: file and path to execute jq queries against
 args: filter: the jq filter to pass to the command line
+args: optionSlurp: pass false unless you need this, otherwise pass exactly 'true'
 
 #!/bin/bash
 
-node jq.js --jsonpath ${jsonPath} --filter "${filter}"
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+node jq.js --jsonpath ${jsonPath} --filter "${filter}" --optionSlurp ${optionSlurp}
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