Backup Manager

backup-manager Skill

Manage local and cloud backups — list status, create backups, restore, monitor health.

Installation

This skill is automatically available in OpenClaw. The backup-manager CLI is located at:

~/.openclaw/workspace/skills/backup-manager/backup-manager

Commands

List Backups

backup-manager list

Create Backup

backup-manager create   

Examples:

# Backup home directory
backup-manager create home /Users/pp /Volumes/Backup/home
Backup documents
backup-manager create documents ~/Documents /Volumes/Backup/docs
Backup to network location
backup-manager create server ~/Documents /mnt/server/backup

Check Status

backup-manager status

Restore from Backup

backup-manager restore  

Examples:

backup-manager restore /Volumes/Backup/home /Users/pp

Schedule Backups

# List scheduled backups
backup-manager schedule list
Add a schedule (cron expression)
backup-manager schedule add  ""
Remove a schedule
backup-manager schedule remove 

Cron Examples:

# Daily at 2 AM
backup-manager schedule add daily-home '0 2 * * *'
Weekly on Sundays at 3 AM
backup-manager schedule add weekly-docs '0 3 * * 0'
Every 6 hours
backup-manager schedule add frequent '0 */6 * * *'

Cloud Backup (rclone)

# Check cloud status
backup-manager cloud status
Sync to cloud
backup-manager cloud sync  

Rclone Examples:

# Configure a remote (run once)
rclone config
Sync local folder to Google Drive
backup-manager cloud sync mydrive /Users/pp/Backup
Sync to S3
backup-manager cloud sync s3-backup /Users/pp/Backup

Configuration

The configuration file is stored at:

~/.config/openclaw/backups.json

Structure:

{
  "backups": [
    {
      "name": "home",
      "source": "/Users/pp",
      "destination": "/Volumes/Backup/home",
      "last_run": "2024-01-15T02:00:00-08:00"
    }
  ],
  "schedules": [
    {
      "name": "schedule-1",
      "backup_name": "home",
      "cron": "0 2 * * *"
    }
  ],
  "cloud": {
    "rclone": {
      "enabled": false,
      "remote": ""
    }
  }
}

Requirements

The skill uses these macOS/Unix tools (installed by default on macOS):

If a tool is missing, the skill handles it gracefully and provides warnings.

Features

1. Time Machine Integration - Detects and manages Time Machine backups 2. Rsync Backups - Efficient incremental backups using rsync 3. Cron Scheduling - Schedule recurring backups via cron 4. Cloud Support - rclone integration for cloud backups (S3, GDrive, etc.) 5. Config Management - JSON-based configuration with backup history

Notes

The configuration file is stored at:

~/.config/openclaw/backups.json

Structure:

{
  "backups": [
    {
      "name": "home",
      "source": "/Users/pp",
      "destination": "/Volumes/Backup/home",
      "last_run": "2024-01-15T02:00:00-08:00"
    }
  ],
  "schedules": [
    {
      "name": "schedule-1",
      "backup_name": "home",
      "cron": "0 2 * * *"
    }
  ],
  "cloud": {
    "rclone": {
      "enabled": false,
      "remote": ""
    }
  }
}