Agent skill

DB Wal Recovery

by lazyFrogLOL in lazyFrogLOL/Harness_Engineering

Guide for recovering data from SQLite Write-Ahead Log (WAL) files that may be corrupted, encrypted, or inaccessible through standard methods.

No licenceAuto-check: notesDatabases

Install DB Wal Recovery

skills CLI
$ npx skills add lazyFrogLOL/Harness_Engineering --skill db-wal-recovery -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install lazyFrogLOL/Harness_Engineering db-wal-recovery --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/lazyFrogLOL/Harness_Engineering.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/db-wal-recovery .claude/skills/db-wal-recovery && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
db-wal-recovery
GitHub stars
128
Token cost
~1.8k tokens
SKILL.md length
866 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
32
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Guide for recovering data from SQLite Write-Ahead Log (WAL) files that may be corrupted, encrypted, or inaccessible through standard methods.

  • Works in 3 steps: Environment Discovery → File Analysis → Recovery Approaches
  • Databases work in your project
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, Critical Principle: Never…, Investigation Workflow and Verification Strategies, plus 3 more sections
  • Calls sqlite3

What it does

DB Wal Recovery is an agent skill from lazyFrogLOL/Harness_Engineering. Guide for recovering data from SQLite Write-Ahead Log (WAL) files that may be corrupted, encrypted, or inaccessible through standard methods. This skill should be used when tasks involve SQLite database recovery, WAL file analysis, encrypted database files, or discrepancies between tool outputs and filesystem access.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.8k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Databases. It works with SQLite and Bash.

When your agent uses it

  • Databases work in your project

Example prompts

  • “/db-wal-recovery”

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Environment Discovery
  2. File Analysis
  3. Recovery Approaches

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit cae3b25. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • sqlite3

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

DB Wal Recovery loads about 1.8k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 84 tokens; SKILL.md has 866 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~84
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.8k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check: notes

The automated check noted patterns worth knowing about, such as sudo or a known installer.

  • NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:34
    - Look for configuration files (.env, config.json, .sqlite*, etc.)

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 866 words (~1,833 tokens).

“This skill provides systematic approaches for recovering data from SQLite Write-Ahead Log (WAL) files. WAL recovery tasks often involve files that are corrupted, encrypted, or exhibit unusual access patterns. The skill emphasizes thorough investigation over pattern-guessing and provides verification strategies…”

— opening of SKILL.md by lazyFrogLOL
name
db-wal-recovery

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/db-wal-recovery of lazyFrogLOL/Harness_Engineering.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit cae3b25

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Questions about DB Wal Recovery

What does DB Wal Recovery do?

Guide for recovering data from SQLite Write-Ahead Log (WAL) files that may be corrupted, encrypted, or inaccessible through standard methods. DB Wal Recovery is an agent skill from lazyFrogLOL/Harness_Engineering. Guide for recovering data from SQLite Write-Ahead Log (WAL) files that may be corrupted, encrypted, or inaccessible through standard methods.

When should I use DB Wal Recovery?

DB Wal Recovery fits situations like: databases work in your project.

How do I install DB Wal Recovery in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add lazyFrogLOL/Harness_Engineering --skill db-wal-recovery -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/db-wal-recovery in lazyFrogLOL/Harness_Engineering) into .claude/skills/db-wal-recovery in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install DB Wal Recovery in Codex?

Run `npx skills add lazyFrogLOL/Harness_Engineering --skill db-wal-recovery -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/db-wal-recovery in lazyFrogLOL/Harness_Engineering) into .agents/skills/db-wal-recovery in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use DB Wal Recovery in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add lazyFrogLOL/Harness_Engineering --skill db-wal-recovery -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/db-wal-recovery, .gemini/skills/db-wal-recovery, .github/skills/db-wal-recovery and .opencode/skills/db-wal-recovery in your project.

What does DB Wal Recovery need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, DB Wal Recovery needs the command-line tools its instructions call (sqlite3).

Does DB Wal Recovery access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is DB Wal Recovery safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found notes only (mentions a .env file), nothing it rates as a warning. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does DB Wal Recovery use?

No licence was found for DB Wal Recovery or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does DB Wal Recovery use?

About 1.8k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7.3k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to DB Wal Recovery?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with DB Wal Recovery: Agmsg (fujibee/agmsg, 1.5k stars), Testing (ar-io/ar-io-node, 127 stars), Add Memory Kind (EverMind-AI/EverOS, 13k stars) and SQL Database Support for pREST (prest/prest, 4.6k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains DB Wal Recovery?

lazyFrogLOL (a GitHub user) maintains it in lazyFrogLOL/Harness_Engineering, which has 128 GitHub stars. The repository holds 32 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on May 18, 2026.

Source: lazyFrogLOL/Harness_Engineering on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.