A robust automated backup and disaster recovery system designed to preserve OpenClaw agents, skills, configurations, and long-term memory.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install openclaw-backup-automation
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 openclaw-backup-automation 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 Openclaw Backup Automation?
Openclaw Backup Automation is a specialized utility within the Openclaw Skills ecosystem designed to ensure the persistence and recoverability of your AI workspace. It creates compressed tar archives of your entire environment, including isolated agents, installed skills, cron job configurations, and the vital MEMORY.md files that store your agent's learned context.
By default, the skill prioritizes security by keeping backups local and excluding sensitive credentials unless specifically configured otherwise. This makes it an ideal solution for developers using Openclaw Skills who need a reliable way to migrate instances, recover from system failures, or maintain a versioned history of their AI development progress through optional Git synchronization.
Openclaw Backup Automation Use Cases
- Performing full disaster recovery after a system crash or data corruption.
- Exporting a complete agent and skill configuration for migration to a new server.
- Creating manual snapshots before performing risky code changes or infrastructure updates.
- Automating daily background backups of agent memory and learned context.
- Maintaining a versioned audit trail of your workspace using the integrated Git sync feature.
How Openclaw Backup Automation Works
- The backup script identifies all active agent directories, installed skills, and system-level configuration files.
- It bundles these assets into a timestamped .tar.gz archive stored in a configurable local directory.
- The system checks the opt-in settings to determine if credentials and API tokens should be included in the archive.
- If a retention policy is set, the skill automatically purges old backups to save disk space.
- For users who enable Git synchronization, the script pushes the latest backup to a remote repository for off-site redundancy.
Openclaw Backup Automation Setup
To integrate this utility from the Openclaw Skills library into your workflow, use the following commands:
# Perform an immediate manual backup
node skills/backup-automation/scripts/backup.js
# List all existing backup archives
node skills/backup-automation/scripts/backup.js list
# (Optional) Enable credentials backup for full environment portability
node skills/backup-automation/scripts/backup.js credentials-enable
# (Optional) Schedule a daily backup at 2 AM using crontab
(crontab -l ; echo "0 2 * * * cd ~/.openclaw/workspace && node skills/backup-automation/scripts/backup.js >> ~/.logs/openclaw-backup.log 2>&1") | crontab -
Openclaw Backup Automation Data Schema & Taxonomy
The skill manages data with a focus on organization and retention as shown below:
| Attribute | Specification |
|---|---|
| Archive Format | Gzip compressed Tar (.tar.gz) |
| Default Path | ~/backups |
| Included Assets | Agents, Skills, Cron Jobs, Memory (MEMORY.md), Core Configs |
| Retention | 7 days (configurable via keepDays) |
| Security | Credentials and Git Sync are disabled by default (Opt-in only) |
Openclaw Backup Automation Advanced Features
- Git Remote Sync: Automatically push your local backups to a private Git repository for multi-location redundancy.
- Granular Recovery: Support for restoring the entire instance or specific isolated agents without affecting the rest of the workspace.
- Automated Health Checks: The status command allows users to verify backup success and storage integrity quickly.
- Intelligent Suggestions: Your AI agents can proactively suggest a backup before you execute significant configuration changes.
- Customizable Retention: Fine-tune how many days of history to keep to balance safety with storage availability.
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