Self Preserve

Self-preserve 1.0.0 - Initial release providing backup readiness and disaster recovery assessment for OpenClaw agents. - Checks existence and backup status of agent config, memory, identity, workspace, and skills files. - Detects local backups, surfaces offsite backup marker file if present, and inspects recent backup history. - Advises on best practices for offsite disaster recovery and version control (advisory only, does not implement). - Supports user-gated creation and management of automated backup cron jobs via Claude-native tools. - Strictly read-only for critical files; never reads contents or accesses credential directories.

**v0.4.0 — Adds offsite backup awareness and guidance** - Now checks whether an offsite copy of your backup exists (declared via an optional marker file), highlighting the gap between local backups and true disaster recovery. - Describes why local-only backups can’t protect against disk loss, device theft, or wipe, and offers advisory steps for offsite/remote backup (e.g., using git remotes, rsync/scp, S3-compatible storage), without automating or vendor-locking any solution. - Report format and next-step recommendations expanded to surface offsite backup status and last confirmed date. - Security and allowlist language updated: now permits read-only access to the offsite marker file, while keeping file writes and network access barred. - No code/scripts or automation; new features remain advisory and user-controlled.

Self-Preserve 0.3.2 Changelog - Added author and repository fields to SKILL.md for improved attribution and source tracking. - Updated homepage URL to pineappleai.com. - No functional changes to logic or usage; safety rules and backup assessment instructions remain unchanged. - Minor documentation tweaks for consistency.

Self-preserve 0.3.1 changelog: - Adds advisory to recommend version control and session-end hooks for identity files; the skill itself does not implement these. - Clarifies that advisory recommendations are informational only and no hooks or version control will be configured by the skill. - Now suppresses the display of non-backup cron jobs to the user when checking for automated backups. - Documentation updated for clarity and to reflect recommendations for improved disaster recovery practices.

Version 0.3.0 of the self-preserve skill introduces automated backup scheduling and updated disaster recovery assessment: - Adds support for creating, updating, and deleting automated backup cron jobs (with user confirmation). - Significantly expands the SKILL.md to clarify security boundaries and integration with Claude-native cron tools (CronCreate, CronList, CronDelete). - Tightens path allowlist and credential exclusion rules; improves wording for security vetting and path safety. - Changes reporting language: the main report now shows "Protected?" status using ⚠ and ✅ for clearer risk signaling. - Updates instructions and recommendations to explicitly guide users toward automated, regular backups.

Functional backup assessment skill. Agent instructions with explicit safety rules, constrained paths, metadata-only file checks. No credential access, no file content reading, no network calls.

Remove credential and API key references from SKILL.md to address security scan flag. Skill explicitly declares it does not access any secrets, tokens, or credentials.

Initial release of the self-preserve skill. - Provides self-assessment for backup readiness, disaster recovery, and state protection of your OpenClaw agent. - Inventories workspace, memory, credentials, skills, and configuration to identify unprotected or at-risk state. - Guides users toward full agent recoverability and highlights what needs backup. - No code execution or network calls; fully instruction-based for secure assessment. - v0.1.0 focuses on workspace inventory and backup status evaluation.