# remote-collection

A skill that walks the agent through CCAM remote data sources: connect machines over SSH and pull Claude and Codex history. Useful when sessions live beyond your laptop.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 1121
- Author: hoangsonww
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor/tree/HEAD/plugins/ccam-integrations/skills/remote-collection/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/remote-collection

## What it does

The skill covers the whole lifecycle of a CCAM remote source: listing, adding, testing, syncing, editing and removing. Start with `ccam remote-sources` to see what is already configured. Host validation runs through your existing SSH setup, since CCAM keeps no passwords and no private keys.

Set `remote_home` and `remote_codex_home` only when those paths differ from the provider defaults. Test a source before syncing it: `ccam remote-sources test <id>`. Then `ccam remote-sources sync [id]` pulls one source or every source at once, and edits go through `ccam remote-sources update <id> --file patch.json --yes`.

Removing a source keeps imported sessions unless you ask otherwise. Purging needs the extra flag: `ccam remote-sources rm <id> --purge --confirm PURGE_REMOTE_SOURCE_DATA`. Miss the confirmation token and nothing gets wiped, so a stray command will not take your history with it. The skill also insists you say out loud whether imported data survives the removal.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor --skill remote-collection -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor --skill remote-collection -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor --skill remote-collection -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor remote-collection
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/remote-collection/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor --skill remote-collection -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor --path plugins/ccam-integrations/skills/remote-collection
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor --skill remote-collection -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/hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor/tree/HEAD/plugins/ccam-integrations/skills/remote-collection/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- attach a remote machine and pull its Claude history
- test a source before syncing so you do not import an empty set
- fix a non-default Codex path on a server
- sync every configured source in one go
- drop a source while keeping the sessions already imported

## Example prompts
- List the current CCAM remote sources
- Add a source for a machine where Codex history sits in a different directory
- Remove a source and tell me whether imported sessions are kept

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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````text
---
name: remote-collection
description: >
  Configure and troubleshoot CCAM Remote Data Sources that collect Claude Code
  and Codex history over SSH. Use when adding, editing, testing, syncing, or
  removing a remote machine, verifying provider paths, or deciding whether to
  retain or purge imported sessions.
---

# Remote Collection

1. List current sources with `ccam remote-sources`.
2. Validate the host through the user's existing SSH configuration. CCAM stores
   no passwords or private keys.
3. Add a source with `remote_home` and `remote_codex_home` only when they differ
   from the provider defaults.
4. Test before syncing: `ccam remote-sources test <id>`.
5. Sync one source or all sources with `ccam remote-sources sync [id]`.
6. Use `ccam remote-sources update <id> --file patch.json --yes` for edits.
7. Removal retains imported sessions by default. Purging them requires:

```bash
ccam remote-sources rm <id> --purge \
  --confirm PURGE_REMOTE_SOURCE_DATA
```

Always state whether imported data will be kept or deleted before removal.
````
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© hoangsonww · MIT · https://github.com/hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor/tree/HEAD/plugins/ccam-integrations/skills/remote-collection/SKILL.md

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