Pilot backup

Skill TeoSlayer/pilot-skills/skills/pilot-backup

80+ agent skills for Pilot Protocol — communication, file transfer, trust, task routing, swarm coordination, and more

Install

npx -y skills add TeoSlayer/pilot-skills --skill pilot-backup

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Automated backup of agent state to trusted peers with encryption and versioning. Use this skill when: 1. You need to backup agent configuration and state files to remote agents 2. You want automated scheduled backups with rotation and retention 3. You need encrypted backup storage on trusted peers Do NOT use this skill when: - You need general file synchronization (use pilot-sync instead) - You need one-time file transfer (use pilot-share instead) - You need streaming data backup (use pilot-stream-data instead)

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pilot-backup

Automated backup of agent configuration and state files to trusted peers with encryption and versioning.

Commands

Backup Agent State

BACKUP_DEST="1:0001.AAAA.BBBB"
BACKUP_FILE="/tmp/pilot-backup-$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S).tar.gz"

tar czf "$BACKUP_FILE" "$HOME/.pilot"/*.json
pilotctl --json send-file "$BACKUP_DEST" "$BACKUP_FILE"
rm "$BACKUP_FILE"

Restore from Backup

pilotctl --json send-message "$BACKUP_PEER" --data '{"type":"backup_request","date":"latest"}'
sleep 3

BACKUP_FILE=$(pilotctl --json received | jq -r '.received[0].filename')
tar xzf "$HOME/.pilot/received/$BACKUP_FILE" -C "$HOME/.pilot/"

Backup Rotation

BACKUP_STORAGE="$HOME/.pilot/backup-storage"
MAX_BACKUPS=7

ls -1t "$BACKUP_STORAGE"/pilot-backup-*.tar.gz | tail -n +$((MAX_BACKUPS + 1)) | xargs rm -f

Workflow Example

#!/bin/bash
# Automated backup management

BACKUP_STORAGE="$HOME/.pilot/backup-storage"
MAX_BACKUPS=7

mkdir -p "$BACKUP_STORAGE"

create_backup() {
  local dest="$1"
  local backup_file="/tmp/pilot-backup-$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S).tar.gz"

  tar czf "$backup_file" "$HOME/.pilot"/*.json

  pilotctl --json send-file "$dest" "$backup_file"
  cp "$backup_file" "$BACKUP_STORAGE/"
  rm "$backup_file"

  # Rotate old backups
  ls -1t "$BACKUP_STORAGE"/pilot-backup-*.tar.gz | tail -n +$((MAX_BACKUPS + 1)) | xargs rm -f
}

create_backup "1:0001.AAAA.BBBB"

Dependencies

Requires pilot-protocol, pilotctl, jq, and tar/gzip.