Agent skill · operations · jeremylongshore
implementing-backup-strategies
Execute use when you need to work with backup and recovery.
Why this skill is useful
Adds executable backup scripts, automation procedures, and specific error handling that extend the AI's capabilities in disaster recovery.
What it needs
Requires aws-cli, gpg, rsync, tar installed locally. Requires aws account access. About 2k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-07. 2,604 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Implementing Backup Strategies Overview Design and implement backup strategies for databases, file systems, and cloud resources using tools like tar, rsync, pgdump, mysqldump, AWS S3, and cloud-native snapshot APIs. Covers full, incremental, and differential backup schemes with retention policies, encryption, and automated verification. Prerequisites tar, rsync, or restic installed for file-level backups Database client tools (pgdump, mysqldump, mongodump) for database backups AWS CLI configured with S3 write permissions (or equivalent GCP/Azure storage access) Sufficient storage capacity at backup destination (local, NFS, or object storage) Cron or systemd timer access for scheduling automated backups GPG or OpenSSL for backup encryption at rest Instructions 1. Inventory all data sources requiring backup: databases, application data directories, configuration files, secrets/certificates 2. Classify data by RPO (Recovery Point Objective) and RTO (Recovery Time Objective) requirements 3. Select backup strategy per data class: full daily + incremental hourly for databases, snapshot-based for block storage, rsync for file systems 4. Generate backup scripts using appropriate tools (pgdump --format=custom, tar czf, rsync -avz --delete) 5. Configure retention policy: daily backups kept 7 days, weekly kept 4 weeks, monthly kept 12 months 6. Add encryption for backups containing sensitive data (gpg --encrypt or S3 server-side encryption with KMS) 7. Set up automated scheduling via cron jobs or systemd timers with proper logging 8. Implement backup verification: restore to a test environment on a weekly schedule and validate data integrity 9. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills jeremylongshore/implementing-backup-strategies--98e3b5