Pilot backup disaster recovery setup

Skill TeoSlayer/pilot-skills/skills/pilot-backup-disaster-recovery-setup

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

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npx -y skills add TeoSlayer/pilot-skills --skill pilot-backup-disaster-recovery-setup

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Deploy a backup and disaster recovery system with 4 agents. Use this skill when: 1. User wants to set up automated backup infrastructure 2. User is configuring a scheduler, backup, offsite replica, or restore tester agent 3. User asks about disaster recovery, offsite sync, or backup verification Do NOT use this skill when: - User wants a single backup operation (use pilot-backup instead) - User wants to verify a single file (use pilot-verify instead)

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Backup & Disaster Recovery Setup

Deploy 4 agents: scheduler, primary backup, offsite secondary, and restore tester.

Roles

Role	Hostname	Skills	Purpose
scheduler	`<prefix>-backup-sched`	pilot-cron, pilot-task-chain, pilot-audit-log, pilot-slack-bridge	Orchestrates backup lifecycle
primary	`<prefix>-backup-primary`	pilot-backup, pilot-archive, pilot-compress, pilot-share	Creates and ships backups
secondary	`<prefix>-backup-secondary`	pilot-sync, pilot-verify, pilot-health, pilot-share	Offsite replica, verifies integrity
tester	`<prefix>-restore-tester`	pilot-backup, pilot-verify, pilot-health, pilot-alert	Tests restores, alerts on failures

Setup Procedure

Step 1: Ask the user which role and prefix.

Step 2: Install skills:

# scheduler:
clawhub install pilot-cron pilot-task-chain pilot-audit-log pilot-slack-bridge
# primary:
clawhub install pilot-backup pilot-archive pilot-compress pilot-share
# secondary:
clawhub install pilot-sync pilot-verify pilot-health pilot-share
# tester:
clawhub install pilot-backup pilot-verify pilot-health pilot-alert

Step 3: Set hostname and write manifest to ~/.pilot/setups/backup-disaster-recovery.json.

Step 4: Handshake along the chain: scheduler↔primary↔secondary↔tester↔scheduler.

Manifest Templates Per Role

scheduler

{
  "setup": "backup-disaster-recovery", "role": "scheduler", "role_name": "Backup Scheduler",
  "hostname": "<prefix>-backup-sched",
  "skills": {
    "pilot-cron": "Schedule periodic backup jobs (hourly, daily, weekly).",
    "pilot-task-chain": "Orchestrate backup → sync → verify → report.",
    "pilot-audit-log": "Log all backup lifecycle events.",
    "pilot-slack-bridge": "Send backup reports and failure alerts to Slack."
  },
  "data_flows": [
    { "direction": "send", "peer": "<prefix>-backup-primary", "port": 1002, "topic": "backup-start", "description": "Trigger backup jobs" },
    { "direction": "receive", "peer": "<prefix>-restore-tester", "port": 1002, "topic": "restore-result", "description": "Restore test results" }
  ],
  "handshakes_needed": ["<prefix>-backup-primary", "<prefix>-backup-secondary", "<prefix>-restore-tester"]
}

primary

{
  "setup": "backup-disaster-recovery", "role": "primary", "role_name": "Primary Backup",
  "hostname": "<prefix>-backup-primary",
  "skills": {
    "pilot-backup": "Create database and filesystem backups.",
    "pilot-archive": "Archive backups with metadata and retention.",
    "pilot-compress": "Compress archives before transfer.",
    "pilot-share": "Ship compressed archives to secondary."
  },
  "data_flows": [
    { "direction": "receive", "peer": "<prefix>-backup-sched", "port": 1002, "topic": "backup-start", "description": "Backup triggers" },
    { "direction": "send", "peer": "<prefix>-backup-secondary", "port": 1001, "topic": "sync-backup", "description": "Compressed archives" }
  ],
  "handshakes_needed": ["<prefix>-backup-sched", "<prefix>-backup-secondary"]
}

secondary

{
  "setup": "backup-disaster-recovery", "role": "secondary", "role_name": "Offsite Replica",
  "hostname": "<prefix>-backup-secondary",
  "skills": {
    "pilot-sync": "Receive and sync backup archives from primary.",
    "pilot-verify": "Verify integrity checksums on received backups.",
    "pilot-health": "Report offsite storage health and capacity.",
    "pilot-share": "Provide backups to restore tester on demand."
  },
  "data_flows": [
    { "direction": "receive", "peer": "<prefix>-backup-primary", "port": 1001, "topic": "sync-backup", "description": "Compressed archives" },
    { "direction": "send", "peer": "<prefix>-restore-tester", "port": 1001, "topic": "restore-data", "description": "Backups for testing" },
    { "direction": "send", "peer": "<prefix>-backup-sched", "port": 1002, "topic": "sync-confirmed", "description": "Sync confirmation" }
  ],
  "handshakes_needed": ["<prefix>-backup-primary", "<prefix>-backup-sched", "<prefix>-restore-tester"]
}

tester

{
  "setup": "backup-disaster-recovery", "role": "tester", "role_name": "Restore Tester",
  "hostname": "<prefix>-restore-tester",
  "skills": {
    "pilot-backup": "Perform test restores in isolated environment.",
    "pilot-verify": "Verify restored data integrity (row counts, checksums).",
    "pilot-health": "Monitor restore test environment health.",
    "pilot-alert": "Alert on restore failures or data corruption."
  },
  "data_flows": [
    { "direction": "receive", "peer": "<prefix>-backup-secondary", "port": 1001, "topic": "restore-data", "description": "Backups to test" },
    { "direction": "send", "peer": "<prefix>-backup-sched", "port": 1002, "topic": "restore-result", "description": "Test results" }
  ],
  "handshakes_needed": ["<prefix>-backup-secondary", "<prefix>-backup-sched"]
}

Data Flows

scheduler → primary : backup triggers (port 1002)
primary → secondary : compressed archives (port 1001)
secondary → tester : backups for testing (port 1001)
tester → scheduler : restore test results (port 1002)

Workflow Example

# On scheduler:
pilotctl --json publish <prefix>-backup-primary backup-start '{"job_id":"BK-315","type":"full","targets":["postgres","redis"]}'
# On primary:
pilotctl --json send-file <prefix>-backup-secondary ./backups/BK-315-postgres.tar.gz
pilotctl --json publish <prefix>-backup-secondary sync-backup '{"job_id":"BK-315","size_mb":1240}'
# On tester:
pilotctl --json publish <prefix>-backup-sched restore-result '{"job_id":"BK-315","restore":"success","tables_verified":42}'

Dependencies

Requires pilot-protocol skill, pilotctl binary, clawhub binary, and a running daemon.