Log Archiver

What This Skill Does

The Log Archiver skill, developed by autogame-17, is an automated utility designed to streamline the management, rotation, and archival of system and application logs. In complex environments, log files can grow exponentially, consuming significant disk space and degrading system search performance. This skill mitigates these issues by providing an automated interface to identify stale logs, compress them into designated archive formats, and move them to long-term storage or dedicated archival directories. By leveraging this tool, users can maintain clean working directories, ensure compliance with data retention policies, and maintain system performance without manual intervention.

Installation

To integrate the Log Archiver skill into your OpenClaw environment, ensure you have the necessary permissions and execute the following command in your terminal:

clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/autogame-17/log-archiver

Once the installation completes, verify the installation by checking your active skills list. No additional environment variables are required for basic operation, though you may need to configure specific directory paths upon the first execution.

Use Cases

This skill is highly effective for DevOps engineers managing containerized applications that generate high volumes of ephemeral logs. It is also suitable for local development environments where log spam can quickly fill up storage partitions. Organizations requiring strict audit trails can use this tool to batch move archives into secure, encrypted volumes for long-term retention. Additionally, it serves as an excellent cleanup utility for automated CI/CD pipelines that produce verbose build logs that are no longer needed after a successful deployment.

Example Prompts

1. "Log Archiver, locate all log files in /var/logs that are older than 30 days and compress them into a .tar.gz archive in my backups folder."
2. "Archive my current application logs to the storage bucket and delete the originals to free up space."
3. "Show me a summary of logs that are ready for archival based on the current retention policy set in the config."

Tips & Limitations

Always verify your file paths before running archival commands to prevent accidental deletion of critical system files. This skill is primarily intended for text-based log management; it is not recommended for archiving large binary artifacts or proprietary database files without specific configuration. Ensure that your OpenClaw instance has the appropriate filesystem permissions to read from source folders and write to destination archives. If you are handling sensitive logs, consider adding a post-archive encryption step or moving the final files to a secure, permission-restricted directory.