OpenClaw home backup

Private backup of this machine’s OpenClaw state: workspace bootstrap files, agent layouts, cron job definitions, and local skills.

What is not in git

• openclaw.json — contains gateway and channel secrets; keep a separate encrypted or offline backup if you need the raw file.
• credentials/, identity/, telegram/ — tokens and pairing state.
• Session transcripts under agents/*/sessions/.
• workspace/jake-mission-control/ — tracked in its own repository (Next.js app).

Restore

1. Clone this repo to ~/.openclaw (or merge into an existing tree).
2. Restore openclaw.json and secret dirs from your secure backup.
3. Run openclaw doctor and restart the gateway.

History note

If workspace/.git.backup-before-monorepo exists, it holds the previous standalone Git history for workspace/ before this monorepo was created. That directory is not tracked in this repo (see .gitignore).

GitHub (private remote)

Use a private repository only.

cd ~/.openclaw
gh auth login
gh repo create openclaw-home-backup --private --source=. --remote=origin --push

Or create an empty private repo in the GitHub UI, then:

git remote add origin https://github.com/<you>/openclaw-home-backup.git
git push -u origin main