webdav-backup

What This Skill Does

The webdav-backup skill is a robust data preservation tool designed for the OpenClaw AI ecosystem. It enables seamless synchronization of your critical OpenClaw work environment—including memory files, long-term logs, user profiles, and tool configurations—to any standard WebDAV-compliant storage provider. Whether you use enterprise solutions like Nextcloud or personal cloud storage like 坚果云, this skill automates the creation of compressed tar.gz archives, ensuring your AI data remains portable and secure. It supports both manual triggering and automated cron-based scheduling, allowing for a 'set it and forget it' data safety strategy.

Installation

To integrate this utility, run the following command in your terminal: clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/caozeal/webdav-backup. After installation, configure your connection by editing ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json or setting environment variables for WEBDAV_URL, WEBDAV_USERNAME, and WEBDAV_PASSWORD. Prioritize your configuration through the environment variables if you require strictly isolated credentials that remain outside your configuration files.

Use Cases

This skill is ideal for power users who want to prevent data loss after system reinstalls, migrate their OpenClaw workspace across different machines, or maintain a redundant copy of their AI's 'brain'. It is frequently used for creating daily incremental backups of MEMORY.md and USER.md files, or for syncing heavy media assets to a cost-effective cloud server instead of local storage.

Example Prompts

1. "OpenClaw, please run a backup of my current workspace to the WebDAV server immediately."
2. "Show me a list of all existing backup archives stored on my WebDAV server."
3. "Restore my configuration and memory from the latest backup file found on the cloud."

Tips & Limitations

Always ensure your WebDAV provider has sufficient storage quota to accommodate your backup frequency. The current implementation uses tar.gz compression; if your media/ directory is massive, consider excluding it to speed up transfers. While the tool is reliable, always verify that your WEBDAV_URL includes the necessary path prefix (e.g., /dav/) required by your specific service provider. Note that this skill requires read access to your workspace and network access to your cloud provider; verify your network settings if you are behind a strict corporate firewall.