CF openclaw-webdav-backup
Backup and restore an OpenClaw workspace with incremental backups, integrity verification, health checks, optional config encryption and optional WebDAV upload. Supports full/incremental backup strategies (smart/daily/hourly), backup version management (list/select/delete), and configuration health diagnostics. Use when users want OpenClaw backup, restore, VM migration/disaster recovery, encrypted config backups, WebDAV-based offsite copies, scheduled backups, or backup integrity monitoring. Users must provide their own WebDAV service and credentials.
As a process F 51/100 · Will not run — References files that are not bundled: references/env.backup.example, references/env.backup.secret.example, references/env.backup.notify.example
What is at stake
Medium-severity findings: the skill is probably honest, but read what alarmed the scanner.
Below is the worst case for this category. The finding here is medium: the guard saw a sign, not a proof.
The instructions or scripts send data out: environment variables, keys, file contents, chat history. You may never notice, because the agent performs the upload as "part of the task".
If the upload is not needed for the task, remove it: catalogs flag such skills and delist them. If it is needed, name the destination explicitly, say what leaves the machine, and give the user a switch.
How to improve
- The text references files that are not there: add them or drop the references.
- Your own cases (evals/evals.json, 4–6 real requests with expected answers): the full check would then run those instead of a model-drafted suite.
- A spec.yaml with trigger phrases and assertions — a behaviour contract for CI; `skilltest init` writes a template.
Guard findings · 8
✓ No critical or high findings
Medium and low: 8
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medium Exfiltration
net-credential-usescripts/openclaw-backup.impl.sh:456Credential used in a network call (verify the destination is the intended service)response=$(curl --silent --show-error -u "${WEBDAV_USER}:${WEBDAV_PASS}" -X PROPFIND -H 'Depth: 1' "$url" 2>"${error_file}") || { -
medium Exfiltration
net-credential-usescripts/openclaw-backup.impl.sh:476Credential used in a network call (verify the destination is the intended service)http_code=$(curl --silent --show-error -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" -u "${WEBDAV_USER}:${WEBDAV_PASS}" -X DELETE "$url" 2>"${error_file}") || { -
medium Exfiltration
net-credential-usescripts/openclaw-backup.impl.sh:709Credential used in a network call (verify the destination is the intended service)code=$(curl --silent --show-error -u "${WEBDAV_USER}:${WEBDAV_PASS}" -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' -X MKCOL "$url") -
medium Exfiltration
net-credential-usescripts/openclaw-backup.impl.sh:723Credential used in a network call (verify the destination is the intended service)curl --fail --silent --show-error -u "${WEBDAV_USER}:${WEBDAV_PASS}" -T "${local_file}" "$remote_url" >/dev/null -
low Dangerous commands
cmd-cron-mentionreferences/scheduling.md:60Mentions editing / listing crontabcrontab -l
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low Exfiltration
exfil-webhook-urlscripts/openclaw-backup-notify.impl.sh:88Webhook / callback URL commonly used for exfiltration (verify the destination) (placeholder value)-X POST "https://api.telegram.org/bot${BACKUP_NOTIFY_TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN}/sendMessage" \placeholder -
low Exfiltration
exfil-secret-in-urlscripts/openclaw-backup-notify.impl.sh:141Credential passed in a URL query string (normal for some APIs — verify the host is the intended service) (placeholder value)-X POST "https://qyapi.weixin.qq.com/cgi-bin/webhook/send?key=…" \
placeholder -
low Exfiltration
read-dotenvscripts/openclaw-export.impl.sh:248Reads a .env fileexport $(cat .env | grep -v '^#' | xargs)
Files scanned: 22. Evidence is masked. Grey chips explain why severity was lowered.
Against the Agent Skills spec
- warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/env.backup.example - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/env.backup.secret.example - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/env.backup.notify.example
Process rating: all ten parameters 51/100
- 0Tools and files. 3 referenced file(s) missing: references/env.backup.example, references/env.backup.secret.example, references/env.backup.notify.example
- 0Result and completion. Does not say what the result is
- 0Inputs and preconditions. Does not say what the process needs to start
- 30Running it twice. 12 mutating operations with no state check
- 70When it triggers. States when to use, but not when not to
- 100Steps. 83 steps
- 100Failures and branches. 1 branches, has a failure section
- 100Consistency. Name and required fields are in place
- 100Execution cost. Instruction body is 3567 tokens
- 100Progress reporting. Reports progress
- low 15 top-level sections: this looks like several domains in one skill
Everything here is measured from the skill text rather than judged by a model, so the numbers are checkable. A parameter weighs more when it is a more common reason for the process to stall.
Quality signals
- +5Description has no quoted example phrases that should trigger the skill
- +4Description does not say when NOT to use the skill (false activations)
- +3Output format is not stated: the model decides each time
- -214 emoji in the instructions: noise for the model
- -35 of 10 scripts are never mentioned in SKILL.md
- +1No license
- +2Single-language instructions
- +3Description length 557: enough signal without eating the budget
- +4Structure: 36 headings
- +3Step-by-step instructions: 83 items
- +4Has examples (17 code blocks)
- +4Reference files are cited in the instructions (5 of 5)
Quality base 70; lint remarks subtract, signals add up to 100. Result: 71.