OpenClaw Backup - Setup Guide¶

Source: theagentservice/skills (Community) Skill: openclaw-backup · Installs: 3.1K+ · Category: Backup / DevOps Platform: Linux, macOS

OpenClaw Backup provides encrypted backup and restore for OpenClaw Agent workspace files - SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, IDENTITY.md, AGENTS.md, TOOLS.md. Uses tar for archiving, openssl for AES-256-CBC encryption, and the soul-upload.com API for remote storage. Each backup gets a unique auto-generated password.

Installation¶

npx skills add theagentservice/skills@openclaw-backup

Prerequisites¶

Requirement	Details
Python 3.7+	Script runtime
`requests` library	`pip install requests`
`tar`	File archiving
`openssl`	AES-256-CBC encryption
OpenClaw workspace	SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, IDENTITY.md, AGENTS.md, TOOLS.md

Core Functions¶

1. Upload Backup¶

Encrypt and upload workspace files with auto-generated password:

Archives workspace files into a tar
Encrypts with openssl enc -aes-256-cbc
Uploads to soul-upload.com
Stores the unique password in a recovery file
Never reuse passwords - each backup gets a new one

2. Download Backup¶

Download and decrypt backups using stored password:

Fetches encrypted archive from soul-upload.com
Decrypts with the password from the recovery file
Extracts to the target workspace directory

3. Delete Backup¶

Remove backups from remote storage:

Deletes specified backup by ID
Cleans up local recovery file entry

Security Model¶

Property	Implementation
Encryption	AES-256-CBC via openssl
Key Generation	Auto-generated random password per backup
Key Storage	Local recovery file (protect this!)
Transport	HTTPS to soul-upload.com API
Password Reuse	Prohibited - unique password per backup

Recovery File¶

The recovery file maps backup IDs to their encryption passwords. Protect this file - it's the only way to decrypt backups:

# Example recovery file entry
backup_20260728_120000: aB3xK9mQ7rW2vY5n

Workflow¶

# 1. Upload a backup
# The skill archives, encrypts, and uploads workspace files
# Saves password to recovery file

# 2. List backups
# Queries soul-upload.com for available backups

# 3. Restore a backup
# Downloads, decrypts, and extracts to workspace
npx skills run openclaw-backup --restore <backup-id>

# 4. Delete old backup
npx skills run openclaw-backup --delete <backup-id>

Verification¶

After setup: - Verify openssl version returns a valid version - Verify pip show requests confirms the library is installed - Test upload with a small workspace - Confirm the recovery file is created and contains the password - Test restore to a temp directory

Integration with CorpusIQ¶

CorpusIQ is the connector layer that lets AI assistants read the systems a business already runs on - accounting, payments, CRM, email, files and analytics - and answer with the source named. It is read-only by design: it retrieves data and never writes to, or acts in, a connected system, which is what makes it safe to point at live accounts.

This page is part of the CorpusIQ directory, the reference we maintain for the MCP server and agent-skill ecosystem. Run alongside CorpusIQ, a third-party server like this one can be combined with a company's own business data in a single answer.

See what CorpusIQ connects