Clawdbot Backup

ClawdBot Backup Skill

Backup, restore, and sync your ClawdBot configuration across devices directly from Clawdbot.

Overview

This skill helps you: Backup all ClawdBot data and settings Restore from backups Sync between multiple machines Version control your configuration Automate backup routines Migrate to new devices

Key Locations

~/.claude/ # Main ClawdBot directory ├── settings.json # Global settings ├── settings.local.json # Local overrides (machine-specific) ├── projects.json # Project configurations ├── skills/ # Your custom skills │ ├── skill-name/ │ │ ├── SKILL.md │ │ └── supporting-files/ │ └── another-skill/ ├── commands/ # Custom slash commands (legacy) │ └── command-name.md ├── contexts/ # Saved contexts ├── templates/ # Response templates └── mcp/ # MCP server configurations └── servers.json ~/projects/ # Your projects (optional backup) ├── project-1/ │ └── .claude/ # Project-specific config │ ├── settings.json │ └── skills/ └── project-2/

What to Backup

ESSENTIAL (Always backup): ✓ ~/.claude/skills/ # Custom skills ✓ ~/.claude/commands/ # Custom commands ✓ ~/.claude/settings.json # Global settings ✓ ~/.claude/mcp/ # MCP configurations RECOMMENDED (Usually backup): ✓ ~/.claude/contexts/ # Saved contexts ✓ ~/.claude/templates/ # Templates ✓ Project .claude/ folders # Project configs OPTIONAL (Case by case): ○ ~/.claude/settings.local.json # Machine-specific ○ Cache directories # Can be rebuilt ○ Log files # Usually not needed

Full Backup

# Create timestamped backup BACKUP_DIR="$HOME/clawdbot-backups" TIMESTAMP=$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S) BACKUP_NAME="clawdbot_backup_$TIMESTAMP" mkdir -p "$BACKUP_DIR" tar -czvf "$BACKUP_DIR/$BACKUP_NAME.tar.gz" \ -C "$HOME" \ .claude/skills \ .claude/commands \ .claude/settings.json \ .claude/mcp \ .claude/contexts \ .claude/templates \ 2>/dev/null echo "Backup created: $BACKUP_DIR/$BACKUP_NAME.tar.gz"

Quick Skills-Only Backup

# Backup just skills tar -czvf ~/clawdbot_skills_$(date +%Y%m%d).tar.gz \ -C "$HOME" .claude/skills .claude/commands

Restore from Backup

# Restore full backup BACKUP_FILE="$HOME/clawdbot-backups/clawdbot_backup_20260129.tar.gz" # Preview contents first tar -tzvf "$BACKUP_FILE" # Restore (will overwrite existing) tar -xzvf "$BACKUP_FILE" -C "$HOME" echo "Restore complete!"

Full-Featured Backup Script

#!/bin/bash # clawdbot-backup.sh - Comprehensive ClawdBot backup tool set -e # Configuration BACKUP_ROOT="${CLAWDBOT_BACKUP_DIR:-$HOME/clawdbot-backups}" CLAUDE_DIR="$HOME/.claude" MAX_BACKUPS=10 # Keep last N backups TIMESTAMP=$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S) # Colors RED='\033[0;31m' GREEN='\033[0;32m' YELLOW='\033[1;33m' NC='\033[0m' log_info() { echo -e "${GREEN}[INFO]${NC} $1"; } log_warn() { echo -e "${YELLOW}[WARN]${NC} $1"; } log_error() { echo -e "${RED}[ERROR]${NC} $1"; } # Check if ClawdBot directory exists check_claude_dir() { if [ ! -d "$CLAUDE_DIR" ]; then log_error "ClawdBot directory not found: $CLAUDE_DIR" exit 1 fi } # Create backup create_backup() { local backup_type="${1:-full}" local backup_name="clawdbot_${backup_type}_${TIMESTAMP}" local backup_path="$BACKUP_ROOT/$backup_name.tar.gz" mkdir -p "$BACKUP_ROOT" log_info "Creating $backup_type backup..." case $backup_type in full) tar -czvf "$backup_path" \ -C "$HOME" \ .claude/skills \ .claude/commands \ .claude/settings.json \ .claude/settings.local.json \ .claude/projects.json \ .claude/mcp \ .claude/contexts \ .claude/templates \ 2>/dev/null || true ;; skills) tar -czvf "$backup_path" \ -C "$HOME" \ .claude/skills \ .claude/commands \ 2>/dev/null || true ;; settings) tar -czvf "$backup_path" \ -C "$HOME" \ .claude/settings.json \ .claude/settings.local.json \ .claude/mcp \ 2>/dev/null || true ;; *) log_error "Unknown backup type: $backup_type" exit 1 ;; esac if [ -f "$backup_path" ]; then local size=$(du -h "$backup_path" | cut -f1) log_info "Backup created: $backup_path ($size)" else log_error "Backup failed!" exit 1 fi } # List backups list_backups() { log_info "Available backups in $BACKUP_ROOT:" echo "" if [ -d "$BACKUP_ROOT" ]; then ls -lh "$BACKUP_ROOT"/*.tar.gz 2>/dev/null | \ awk '{print $9, $5, $6, $7, $8}' || \ echo "No backups found." else echo "Backup directory doesn't exist." fi } # Restore backup restore_backup() { local backup_file="$1" if [ -z "$backup_file" ]; then log_error "Please specify backup file" list_backups exit 1 fi if [ ! -f "$backup_file" ]; then # Try relative path in backup dir backup_file="$BACKUP_ROOT/$backup_file" fi if [ ! -f "$backup_file" ]; then log_error "Backup file not found: $backup_file" exit 1 fi log_warn "This will overwrite existing configuration!" read -p "Continue? (y/N) " confirm if [ "$confirm" != "y" ] && [ "$confirm" != "Y" ]; then log_info "Restore cancelled." exit 0 fi log_info "Restoring from: $backup_file" tar -xzvf "$backup_file" -C "$HOME" log_info "Restore complete!" } # Clean old backups cleanup_backups() { log_info "Cleaning old backups (keeping last $MAX_BACKUPS)..." cd "$BACKUP_ROOT" 2>/dev/null || return local count=$(ls -1 *.tar.gz 2>/dev/null | wc -l) if [ "$count" -gt "$MAX_BACKUPS" ]; then local to_delete=$((count - MAX_BACKUPS)) ls -1t *.tar.gz | tail -n "$to_delete" | xargs rm -v log_info "Removed $to_delete old backup(s)" else log_info "No cleanup needed ($count backups)" fi } # Show backup stats show_stats() { log_info "ClawdBot Backup Statistics" echo "" echo "=== Directory Sizes ===" du -sh "$CLAUDE_DIR"/skills 2>/dev/null || echo "Skills: N/A" du -sh "$CLAUDE_DIR"/commands 2>/dev/null || echo "Commands: N/A" du -sh "$CLAUDE_DIR"/mcp 2>/dev/null || echo "MCP: N/A" du -sh "$CLAUDE_DIR" 2>/dev/null || echo "Total: N/A" echo "" echo "=== Skills Count ===" find "$CLAUDE_DIR/skills" -name "SKILL.md" 2>/dev/null | wc -l | xargs echo "Skills:" find "$CLAUDE_DIR/commands" -name "*.md" 2>/dev/null | wc -l | xargs echo "Commands:" echo "" echo "=== Backup Directory ===" if [ -d "$BACKUP_ROOT" ]; then du -sh "$BACKUP_ROOT" ls -1 "$BACKUP_ROOT"/*.tar.gz 2>/dev/null | wc -l | xargs echo "Backup files:" else echo "No backups yet" fi } # Usage usage() { cat << EOF ClawdBot Backup Tool Usage: $(basename $0) <command> [options] Commands: backup [type] Create backup (types: full, skills, settings) restore <file> Restore from backup file list List available backups cleanup Remove old backups (keep last $MAX_BACKUPS) stats Show backup statistics help Show this help Examples: $(basename $0) backup # Full backup $(basename $0) backup skills # Skills only $(basename $0) restore latest.tar.gz $(basename $0) list $(basename $0) cleanup Environment: CLAWDBOT_BACKUP_DIR Backup directory (default: ~/clawdbot-backups) EOF } # Main main() { check_claude_dir case "${1:-help}" in backup) create_backup "${2:-full}" ;; restore) restore_backup "$2" ;; list) list_backups ;; cleanup) cleanup_backups ;; stats) show_stats ;; help|--help|-h) usage ;; *) log_error "Unknown command: $1" usage exit 1 ;; esac } main "$@"

Save and Use

# Save script cat > ~/.local/bin/clawdbot-backup << 'SCRIPT' # Paste script content here SCRIPT chmod +x ~/.local/bin/clawdbot-backup # Usage clawdbot-backup backup # Full backup clawdbot-backup backup skills # Skills only clawdbot-backup list # List backups clawdbot-backup restore <file> # Restore

Initialize Git Repo

cd ~/.claude # Initialize git git init # Create .gitignore cat > .gitignore << 'EOF' # Machine-specific settings settings.local.json # Cache and temp files cache/ *.tmp *.log # Large files *.tar.gz *.zip # Sensitive data (if any) *.pem *.key credentials/ EOF # Initial commit git add . git commit -m "Initial ClawdBot configuration backup"

Push to Remote

# Add remote (GitHub, GitLab, etc) git remote add origin git@github.com:username/clawdbot-config.git # Push git push -u origin main

Daily Workflow

# After making changes to skills/settings cd ~/.claude git add . git commit -m "Updated skill: trading-bot" git push

Auto-Commit Script

#!/bin/bash # auto-commit-claude.sh - Auto commit changes cd ~/.claude || exit 1 # Check for changes if git diff --quiet && git diff --staged --quiet; then echo "No changes to commit" exit 0 fi # Get changed files for commit message CHANGED=$(git status --short | head -5 | awk '{print $2}' | tr '\n' ', ') git add . git commit -m "Auto-backup: $CHANGED ($(date +%Y-%m-%d))" git push 2>/dev/null || echo "Push failed (offline?)"

Method 1: Git Sync

# On new device git clone git@github.com:username/clawdbot-config.git ~/.claude # Pull latest changes cd ~/.claude && git pull # Push local changes cd ~/.claude && git add . && git commit -m "Update" && git push

Method 2: Rsync

# Sync to remote server rsync -avz --delete \ ~/.claude/ \ user@server:~/clawdbot-backup/ # Sync from remote server rsync -avz --delete \ user@server:~/clawdbot-backup/ \ ~/.claude/

Method 3: Cloud Storage

# Backup to cloud folder (Dropbox, Google Drive, etc) CLOUD_DIR="$HOME/Dropbox/ClawdBot" # Sync skills rsync -avz ~/.claude/skills/ "$CLOUD_DIR/skills/" rsync -avz ~/.claude/commands/ "$CLOUD_DIR/commands/" # Copy settings cp ~/.claude/settings.json "$CLOUD_DIR/"

Sync Script

#!/bin/bash # sync-clawdbot.sh - Sync ClawdBot config between devices SYNC_DIR="${CLAWDBOT_SYNC_DIR:-$HOME/Dropbox/ClawdBot}" CLAUDE_DIR="$HOME/.claude" sync_to_cloud() { echo "Syncing to cloud..." mkdir -p "$SYNC_DIR" rsync -avz --delete "$CLAUDE_DIR/skills/" "$SYNC_DIR/skills/" rsync -avz --delete "$CLAUDE_DIR/commands/" "$SYNC_DIR/commands/" rsync -avz "$CLAUDE_DIR/mcp/" "$SYNC_DIR/mcp/" 2>/dev/null cp "$CLAUDE_DIR/settings.json" "$SYNC_DIR/" 2>/dev/null echo "Sync complete!" } sync_from_cloud() { echo "Syncing from cloud..." rsync -avz "$SYNC_DIR/skills/" "$CLAUDE_DIR/skills/" rsync -avz "$SYNC_DIR/commands/" "$CLAUDE_DIR/commands/" rsync -avz "$SYNC_DIR/mcp/" "$CLAUDE_DIR/mcp/" 2>/dev/null # Don't overwrite local settings by default if [ ! -f "$CLAUDE_DIR/settings.json" ]; then cp "$SYNC_DIR/settings.json" "$CLAUDE_DIR/" 2>/dev/null fi echo "Sync complete!" } case "$1" in push) sync_to_cloud ;; pull) sync_from_cloud ;; *) echo "Usage: $0 {push|pull}" echo " push - Upload local config to cloud" echo " pull - Download cloud config to local" ;; esac

Cron Job (Linux/Mac)

# Edit crontab crontab -e # Add daily backup at 2 AM 0 2 * * * /home/user/.local/bin/clawdbot-backup backup full # Add weekly cleanup on Sundays 0 3 * * 0 /home/user/.local/bin/clawdbot-backup cleanup # Add git auto-commit every 6 hours 0 */6 * * * cd ~/.claude && git add . && git commit -m "Auto-backup $(date +\%Y-\%m-\%d)" && git push 2>/dev/null

Systemd Timer (Linux)

# Create service: ~/.config/systemd/user/clawdbot-backup.service cat > ~/.config/systemd/user/clawdbot-backup.service << 'EOF' [Unit] Description=ClawdBot Backup [Service] Type=oneshot ExecStart=/home/user/.local/bin/clawdbot-backup backup full EOF # Create timer: ~/.config/systemd/user/clawdbot-backup.timer cat > ~/.config/systemd/user/clawdbot-backup.timer << 'EOF' [Unit] Description=Daily ClawdBot Backup [Timer] OnCalendar=daily Persistent=true [Install] WantedBy=timers.target EOF # Enable systemctl --user enable clawdbot-backup.timer systemctl --user start clawdbot-backup.timer

Launchd (macOS)

# Create plist: ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.clawdbot.backup.plist cat > ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.clawdbot.backup.plist << 'EOF' <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>Label</key> <string>com.clawdbot.backup</string> <key>ProgramArguments</key> <array> <string>/Users/username/.local/bin/clawdbot-backup</string> <string>backup</string> <string>full</string> </array> <key>StartCalendarInterval</key> <dict> <key>Hour</key> <integer>2</integer> <key>Minute</key> <integer>0</integer> </dict> </dict> </plist> EOF # Load launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.clawdbot.backup.plist

Migrate to New Machine

# === On OLD machine === # 1. Create full backup clawdbot-backup backup full # 2. Copy backup file to new machine scp ~/clawdbot-backups/clawdbot_full_*.tar.gz newmachine:~/ # Or use git cd ~/.claude git add . && git commit -m "Pre-migration backup" git push # === On NEW machine === # Method A: From backup file tar -xzvf ~/clawdbot_full_*.tar.gz -C ~ # Method B: From git git clone git@github.com:username/clawdbot-config.git ~/.claude # 3. Verify ls -la ~/.claude/skills/

Export Single Skill

# Export one skill for sharing SKILL_NAME="my-awesome-skill" tar -czvf "${SKILL_NAME}.tar.gz" -C ~/.claude/skills "$SKILL_NAME" # Import skill tar -xzvf "${SKILL_NAME}.tar.gz" -C ~/.claude/skills/

Export All Skills for Sharing

# Create shareable skills bundle (no personal settings) tar -czvf clawdbot-skills-share.tar.gz \ -C ~/.claude \ skills \ --exclude='*.local*' \ --exclude='*personal*'

Verify Backup Integrity

# Test backup without extracting tar -tzvf backup.tar.gz > /dev/null && echo "Backup OK" || echo "Backup CORRUPT" # List contents tar -tzvf backup.tar.gz # Verify specific file exists tar -tzvf backup.tar.gz | grep "skills/my-skill/SKILL.md"

Compare Backup to Current

# Extract to temp dir TEMP_DIR=$(mktemp -d) tar -xzf backup.tar.gz -C "$TEMP_DIR" # Compare diff -rq ~/.claude/skills "$TEMP_DIR/.claude/skills" # Cleanup rm -rf "$TEMP_DIR"

Common Issues

# Issue: Permission denied chmod -R u+rw ~/.claude # Issue: Backup too large # Exclude cache and logs tar --exclude='cache' --exclude='*.log' -czvf backup.tar.gz ~/.claude # Issue: Restore overwrote settings # Keep settings.local.json for machine-specific config # It won't be overwritten if using proper backup # Issue: Git conflicts after sync cd ~/.claude git stash git pull git stash pop # Resolve conflicts manually if needed

Recovery from Corruption

# If ~/.claude is corrupted # 1. Move corrupted dir mv ~/.claude ~/.claude.corrupted # 2. Restore from backup clawdbot-backup restore latest.tar.gz # 3. Or restore from git git clone git@github.com:username/clawdbot-config.git ~/.claude # 4. Compare and recover anything missing diff -rq ~/.claude ~/.claude.corrupted/

Essential Commands

# Backup tar -czvf ~/clawdbot-backup.tar.gz -C ~ .claude/skills .claude/commands .claude/settings.json # Restore tar -xzvf ~/clawdbot-backup.tar.gz -C ~ # List backup contents tar -tzvf ~/clawdbot-backup.tar.gz # Git backup cd ~/.claude && git add . && git commit -m "Backup" && git push # Git restore cd ~/.claude && git pull

Backup Checklist

Before major changes: □ Create backup □ Verify backup integrity □ Note what you're changing Regular maintenance: □ Weekly full backup □ Daily git commits (if using) □ Monthly cleanup of old backups □ Test restore procedure quarterly

Related Skills

• skill-creator - Create new skills
• mcp-builder - Configure MCP servers
• dotfiles - General dotfile management

Documentation

• ClawdBot Docs: docs.clawdbot.com
• Skills Guide: docs.clawdbot.com/skills
• MCP Setup: docs.clawdbot.com/mcp
• Tip: Always test your backup restoration process before you actually need it. A backup you can't restore is worthless!