Agent skill

Backup Recovery

by WrongStack in WrongStack/WrongStack

Design and verify backups and restoration for owned databases, files and application state.

MITAuto-check passedDevOps & Cloud

Install Backup Recovery

skills CLI
$ npx skills add WrongStack/WrongStack --skill backup-recovery -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install WrongStack/WrongStack backup-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/WrongStack/WrongStack.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/packages/core/skills/backup-recovery .claude/skills/backup-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
backup-recovery
GitHub stars
371
Token cost
~885 tokens
SKILL.md length
323 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
100
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Design and verify backups and restoration for owned databases, files and application state.

  • Works in 6 steps: Define protected data, ownership,… → Distinguish logical dump, physical… → Verify encryption/access and off-host… → …
  • Preparing recovery
  • SKILL.md covers Selection card, Overview, Rules and Workflow, plus 3 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Backup Recovery is an agent skill from WrongStack/WrongStack. Design and verify backups and restoration for owned databases, files and application state. Use when preparing recovery, migrating data or testing backups; protect the source and prove restore into an isolated destination before calling recovery ready.

Its SKILL.md is about 890 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 DevOps & Cloud, covering Backup and disaster recovery. It works with PostgreSQL. The repository describes itself as: An AI coding agent that reads your code, edits files, runs commands, and reasons through bugs — across a terminal REPL, a full-screen TUI, and a browser UI, while you keep your… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Preparing recovery
  • Testing backups
  • Protect the source and prove restore into an isolated destination before calling recovery ready

Example prompts

  • “/backup-recovery”

Workflow steps

6 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Define protected data, ownership, retention, recovery-point/time objectives and credentials.
  2. Distinguish logical dump, physical snapshot, filesystem copy and replication; they provide different consistency guarantees.
  3. Verify encryption/access and off-host storage; backup existence or upload success is not restore proof.
  4. Restore into a checked isolated destination and validate counts, constraints, attachments and application behavior.
  5. Avoid overwriting live databases or deleting retained backups without explicit recovery/retention authorization.
  6. Record partial recovery and missing time ranges; do not imply a newer backup can restore data it never captured.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit a744bdc. 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

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

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

  • Network

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • postgresql.org

    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

Backup Recovery loads about 885 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 67 tokens; SKILL.md has 323 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~67
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~885

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 passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

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

The full file from WrongStack/WrongStack at commit a744bdc, republished under its MIT licence (© WrongStack). 323 words, ~885 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/backup-recovery/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
backup-recovery
description
Design and verify backups and restoration for owned databases, files and application state. Use when preparing recovery, migrating data or testing backups; protect the source and prove restore into an isolated destination before calling recovery ready.
trigger
Design and verify backups and restoration for owned databases, files and application state. Use when preparing recovery, migrating data or testing backups…
version
1.0.1
required-capabilities
filesystem.read
optional-capabilities
filesystem.write, execution.shell, verification.run, web.research
metadata.routing-group
operations
metadata.domain
operations

Backup Recovery

Selection card

  • Task: Prove backup restore and recovery objectives. / TR: Yedek geri yükleme ve kurtarma hedefini kanıtla.
  • Start: Identify the authorized target, current health and rollback boundary.
  • Finish: apply the acceptance checks below; report observed results and unresolved constraints.

Overview

Design and verify backups and restoration for owned databases, files and application state.

Use the data engine/platform current supported backup and restore format. Checked PostgreSQL stable target: 18.6; verify tool/server compatibility and recovery semantics before database operations.

Rules

  1. Define protected data, ownership, retention, recovery-point/time objectives and credentials.
  2. Distinguish logical dump, physical snapshot, filesystem copy and replication; they provide different consistency guarantees.
  3. Verify encryption/access and off-host storage; backup existence or upload success is not restore proof.
  4. Restore into a checked isolated destination and validate counts, constraints, attachments and application behavior.
  5. Avoid overwriting live databases or deleting retained backups without explicit recovery/retention authorization.
  6. Record partial recovery and missing time ranges; do not imply a newer backup can restore data it never captured.

Workflow

  1. Inventory stores and dependencies needed for a coherent recovery point.
  2. Configure the appropriate backup workflow with bounded operational impact.
  3. Verify completion metadata, integrity and access from the recovery environment.
  4. Restore a representative backup into isolation and run data/application checks.
  5. Document tested commands, timing, recovered scope and the live cutover boundary.

Before returning

Backup provenance/time/integrity known; isolated restore actually ran; application/data checks passed; source and retention preserved.

Sources

Versioned facts checked 2026-10-09; refresh authoritative sources before new installs/upgrades. PostgreSQL backup, PostgreSQL versioning.

Skills in scope

  • database-migrations — design and verify schema migrations, bounded backfills and deployment compatibility for databases.
  • data-governance — data governance contracts and verification.
  • storage-uploads — implement owned file/object storage and upload/download flows with validated metadata, access and lifecycle.
  • incident-response — diagnose and recover an owned service incident with bounded changes, timeline evidence and verified health. Use during outages, bad deployments or data/service degradation; preserve evidence and separate mitigation from root-cause repair.

© WrongStack, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in packages/core/skills/backup-recovery of WrongStack/WrongStack.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit a744bdc

Compare with similar skills

Backup Recovery next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

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Mg Railway DB Backupmodelguide/modelguide108—~534Automated safety check: PassMIT
Database Backupssickn33/agentic-awesome-skills47k2 repos~3.1kAutomated safety check: NotesMIT

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Works with

Questions about Backup Recovery

What does Backup Recovery do?

Design and verify backups and restoration for owned databases, files and application state. Backup Recovery is an agent skill from WrongStack/WrongStack. Design and verify backups and restoration for owned databases, files and application state.

When should I use Backup Recovery?

Backup Recovery fits situations like: preparing recovery; testing backups; protect the source and prove restore into an isolated destination before calling recovery ready.

How do I install Backup Recovery in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Backup Recovery in Codex?

Run `npx skills add WrongStack/WrongStack --skill backup-recovery -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (packages/core/skills/backup-recovery in WrongStack/WrongStack) into .agents/skills/backup-recovery in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Backup 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 WrongStack/WrongStack --skill backup-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/backup-recovery, .gemini/skills/backup-recovery, .github/skills/backup-recovery and .opencode/skills/backup-recovery in your project.

What does Backup Recovery need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Backup Recovery is instructions for the agent only.

Does Backup Recovery access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: postgresql.org. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Backup Recovery safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Backup Recovery use?

Backup Recovery is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Backup Recovery use?

About 885 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.5k 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 Backup Recovery?

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Who maintains Backup Recovery?

WrongStack (a GitHub organization) maintains it in WrongStack/WrongStack, which has 371 GitHub stars. The repository holds 100 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 10, 2026.

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