A specialized utility for creating timestamped backups and performing safe restorations of all OpenClaw configuration and workspace data.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install backup-openclaw-config
2. Manual Installation
Copy the skill folder to one of these locations
~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
Copy this prompt to OpenClaw to install it automatically.
Help me install backup-openclaw-config using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
Prefer to download?
Get the raw skill files in a ZIP archive.
What is Backup OpenClaw Configuration?
The Backup OpenClaw Configuration skill is an essential maintenance utility designed to safeguard your entire AI agent environment. By utilizing this within the ecosystem of Openclaw Skills, developers and power users can generate compressed, timestamped archives of their main configuration, system settings, local data, and workspace assets. This ensures that your skills, memory, and personalized settings are protected against system failures or accidental deletions.
Beyond simple data preservation, this skill facilitates seamless migration and version control of your AI setup. It handles the complexities of directory structures across your system, providing a reliable way to snapshot your progress before major updates or when moving your workflow to a new machine. It prioritizes data integrity by creating safety backups of existing configurations before any restoration process begins.
Backup OpenClaw Configuration Use Cases
- Creating a full system snapshot before upgrading OpenClaw versions to prevent data loss.
- Migrating personalized Openclaw Skills and workspace data from one development machine to another.
- Implementing a disaster recovery plan to quickly restore AI agent memory and configurations after a system crash.
- Managing disk space automatically by retaining only the most recent 15 days of configuration backups.
How Backup OpenClaw Configuration Works
- Environment Audit: The skill verifies the existence of critical OpenClaw directories and ensures the backup destination is writable.
- Staging & Collection: It gathers files from main config, system-level settings, and local share directories into a temporary staging area.
- Archive Generation: Data is compressed into a .tar.gz archive and paired with a .info metadata file containing timestamps and host information.
- Restoration Safety: During a restore, the skill displays archive metadata for verification and requires explicit user confirmation.
- Atomic Replacement: It renames existing configurations with a .bak extension before extracting the archive to its original locations to ensure a rollback path exists.
Backup OpenClaw Configuration Setup
Ensure the backup scripts are executable and run them directly from your workspace.
# Make scripts executable
chmod +x ~/.openclaw/workspace/skills/backup-openclaw-config/scripts/*.sh
# Create your first backup
~/.openclaw/workspace/skills/backup-openclaw-config/scripts/backup_openclaw.sh
Backup OpenClaw Configuration Data Schema & Taxonomy
The skill organizes data into a structured archive format to ensure compatibility during restoration:
| File Type | Pattern | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Backup Archive | openclaw_backup_YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.tar.gz |
Compressed bundle of all config and workspace files. |
| Metadata File | openclaw_backup_YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.info |
Contains timestamp, hostname, and user details. |
| Included Paths | ~/.openclaw/, ~/.config/openclaw/, etc. |
Preservation of original directory hierarchy. |
Backup OpenClaw Configuration Advanced Features
- Automated Retention Policy: Automatically prunes backup archives older than 15 days to optimize storage usage.
- Metadata-Driven Recovery: Uses .info files to provide a summary of the backup contents before any changes are applied to the system.
- Safety Rollback Mechanism: Automatically creates .bak versions of your current setup during the restore process to prevent accidental data corruption.
- Custom Destination Routing: Supports dynamic output directories for integration with external drives or cloud-synced folders.
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