# backup-disaster-recovery

A skill that helps the agent plan database backups, disaster recovery and cross-region failover for your infrastructure.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 620 installs · ★ 371
- Author: aj-geddes
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts/tree/HEAD/skills/backup-disaster-recovery/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-03-04
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/backup-disaster-recovery

## What it does

This skill walks the agent through backup and disaster recovery work: scheduled backups, more than one storage location, integrity checks, written recovery steps. The quick start shows a Kubernetes cronjob that dumps a PostgreSQL database on a schedule.

The detail sits in the `references/` directory: database backup configuration, a disaster recovery plan template, a backup and restore script, and cross-region failover. The agent pulls the file that matches your stack when you ask for a procedure.

The skill tells you to keep encryption keys away from the backups themselves and not to park copies next to production data. If all your copies live in one place and nobody has ever restored one, start with a restore test rather than a new schedule.

## Requirements
- Works with: PostgreSQL, Kubernetes

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --skill backup-disaster-recovery -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/backup-disaster-recovery/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/backup-disaster-recovery/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --skill backup-disaster-recovery -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/backup-disaster-recovery/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --skill backup-disaster-recovery -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/backup-disaster-recovery/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts backup-disaster-recovery
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/backup-disaster-recovery/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --skill backup-disaster-recovery -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --path skills/backup-disaster-recovery
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/backup-disaster-recovery/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --skill backup-disaster-recovery -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts/tree/HEAD/skills/backup-disaster-recovery/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- set up a backup schedule for a database
- write a disaster recovery plan
- verify that a backup actually restores
- configure cross-region failover
- document point-in-time recovery steps

## Example prompts
- write a backup plan for PostgreSQL on Kubernetes
- generate a backup and restore script for our database
- review our disaster recovery plan and find the gaps

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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````text
---
name: backup-disaster-recovery
description: >
  Implement backup strategies, disaster recovery plans, and data restoration
  procedures for protecting critical infrastructure and data.
---

# Backup and Disaster Recovery

## Table of Contents

- [Overview](#overview)
- [When to Use](#when-to-use)
- [Quick Start](#quick-start)
- [Reference Guides](#reference-guides)
- [Best Practices](#best-practices)

## Overview

Design and implement comprehensive backup and disaster recovery strategies to ensure data protection, business continuity, and rapid recovery from infrastructure failures.

## When to Use

- Data protection and compliance
- Business continuity planning
- Disaster recovery planning
- Point-in-time recovery
- Cross-region failover
- Data migration
- Compliance and audit requirements
- Recovery time objective (RTO) optimization

## Quick Start

Minimal working example:

```yaml
# postgres-backup-cronjob.yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: ConfigMap
metadata:
  name: backup-script
  namespace: databases
data:
  backup.sh: |
    #!/bin/bash
    set -euo pipefail

    BACKUP_DIR="/backups/postgresql"
    RETENTION_DAYS=30
    DB_HOST="${POSTGRES_HOST}"
    DB_PORT="${POSTGRES_PORT:-5432}"
    DB_USER="${POSTGRES_USER}"
    DB_PASSWORD="${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}"

    export PGPASSWORD="$DB_PASSWORD"

    # Create backup directory
    mkdir -p "$BACKUP_DIR"

    # Full backup
    BACKUP_FILE="$BACKUP_DIR/full-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S).sql"
// ... (see reference guides for full implementation)
```

## Reference Guides

Detailed implementations in the `references/` directory:

| Guide | Contents |
|---|---|
| [Database Backup Configuration](references/database-backup-configuration.md) | Database Backup Configuration |
| [Disaster Recovery Plan Template](references/disaster-recovery-plan-template.md) | Disaster Recovery Plan Template |
| [Backup and Restore Script](references/backup-and-restore-script.md) | Backup and Restore Script |
| [Cross-Region Failover](references/cross-region-failover.md) | Cross-Region Failover |

## Best Practices

### ✅ DO

- Perform regular backup testing
- Use multiple backup locations
- Implement automated backups
- Document recovery procedures
- Test failover procedures regularly
- Monitor backup completion
- Use immutable backups
- Encrypt backups at rest and in transit

### ❌ DON'T

- Rely on a single backup location
- Ignore backup failures
- Store backups with production data
- Skip testing recovery procedures
- Over-compress backups beyond recovery speed needs
- Forget to verify backup integrity
- Store encryption keys with backups
- Assume backups are automatically working
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