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Verify a vault backup, prove it restores, or restore it to a folder of the user's choosing. Use when the user says 'restore my backup', 'test my backups', 'are my backups any good', or after data loss. Never overwrites the live vault. Not for taking a backup (`backup-now`); not for scheduling (`backup-setup`).
davekilleen/Dex · ★ 475 · AI & Automation · score 77
Install: claude install-skill davekilleen/Dex
<!-- Generated from `.claude/skills/backup-restore/SKILL.md` by `scripts/generate-agents-skills.py`. Do not edit. --> # Backup Restore Three jobs, in increasing weight: prove a backup is intact, prove it actually restores, and bring one back. All three are driven by one tool, and none of them will ever overwrite the live vault: a restore always goes to a fresh folder the user chooses, to inspect and move into place themselves. ## Test mode (the one to suggest routinely) ```bash python3 core/backup/restore_vault.py test ``` This checks the newest set's fingerprints, verifies the version-history bundle with git's own verifier, extracts the whole archive into a throwaway temporary folder, counts what came out, and deletes the extraction. It proves a restore works without touching anything. Suggest running it once after setup and occasionally after that; a backup that has never been test-restored is a hope, not a backup. ## Verify only (quick integrity check) ```bash python3 core/backup/restore_vault.py verify ``` Fingerprint and history checks only, no extraction. Add `--set <stamp>` for a specific older set, or `--source /path` for a folder other than the configured destination. ## Restore for real First ask which set they want (default is the newest) and where the restored copy should go. The target must be a new or empty folder. ```bash python3 core/backup/restore_vault.py restore --to /path/to/fresh-folder ``` Then be explicit about three things: 1. **The live v