Skills openclaw-backup

Backup and restore OpenClaw data. Use when user asks to create backups, set up automatic backup schedules, restore from backup, or manage backup rotation. Handles ~/.openclaw directory archiving with proper exclusions.

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/openclaw/skills

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/openclaw/skills "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/alessandropcostabr/openclaw-backup-safe" ~/.claude/skills/clawdbot-skills-openclaw-backup && rm -rf "$T"

OpenClaw · Install into ~/.openclaw/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/openclaw/skills "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.openclaw/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/alessandropcostabr/openclaw-backup-safe" ~/.openclaw/skills/clawdbot-skills-openclaw-backup && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: skills/alessandropcostabr/openclaw-backup-safe/SKILL.md

source content

OpenClaw Backup

Backup and restore OpenClaw configuration, credentials, and workspace.

Create Backup

Run the backup script:

./scripts/backup.sh [backup_dir]

Default backup location:

~/openclaw-backups/

Output:

openclaw-YYYY-MM-DD_HHMM.tar.gz

What Gets Backed Up

```
openclaw.json
```
- main config
```
credentials/
```
- API keys, tokens
```
agents/
```
- agent configs, auth profiles
```
workspace/
```
- memory, SOUL.md, user files
```
telegram/
```
- session data
```
cron/
```
- scheduled tasks

Excluded

```
completions/
```
- cache, regenerated automatically
```
*.log
```
- logs

Setup Daily Backup with Cron

Use OpenClaw cron for daily backups with notification:

{
  "name": "daily-backup",
  "schedule": {"kind": "cron", "expr": "0 3 * * *", "tz": "UTC"},
  "payload": {
    "kind": "agentTurn",
    "message": "Run ~/.openclaw/workspace/skills/openclaw-backup/scripts/backup.sh and report result to user."
  },
  "sessionTarget": "isolated",
  "delivery": {"mode": "announce"}
}

Restore

See references/restore.md for step-by-step restore instructions.

Quick restore:

openclaw gateway stop
mv ~/.openclaw ~/.openclaw-old
tar -xzf ~/openclaw-backups/openclaw-YYYY-MM-DD_HHMM.tar.gz -C ~
openclaw gateway start

Rotation

Script keeps last 7 backups automatically.