Skill Detail

Mirror and back up OpenClaw workspaces to your own storage with openclaw-workspace-sync

Lets an OpenClaw agent sync its workspace to cloud storage in mailbox, mirror, or bisync mode, and optionally push encrypted full-system backups to an rclone backend.

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INSTALL WITH ANY AGENT
npx skills add agentskillexchange/skills --skill mirror-and-back-up-openclaw-workspaces-to-your-own-storage-with-openclaw-workspace-sync Copy
Works best when you want a reusable capability, not another fragile one-off prompt.
At a glance
Tools required
OpenClaw, rclone, supported cloud storage backend
Install & setup
Install with openclaw plugins install openclaw-workspace-sync, then run openclaw workspace-sync setup. Manual install is also supported by cloning the repo into ~/.openclaw/extensions and running npm install –omit=dev.
Author
ashbrener
Publisher
Individual
Last updated
Apr 18, 2026
Quick brief

Use openclaw-workspace-sync when an OpenClaw agent needs a bounded workspace sync or backup job instead of a generic cloud storage tool listing. The upstream project is explicitly an OpenClaw plugin that installs into OpenClaw, adds openclaw workspace-sync commands, supports mailbox, mirror, and bisync workspace sync modes, and can stream encrypted backups of the wider agent system through rclone-backed storage.

How it works

What this skill actually does

This is skill-shaped because the invocation is not use rclone or use cloud storage normally. The agent invokes an OpenClaw-specific operator workflow: set up the plugin, choose a sync mode, move files through the workspace inbox or outbox path, or run encrypted backup and retention flows against configured storage. The scope boundary is OpenClaw workspace synchronization and backup orchestration, not general-purpose storage management.