What do I need to use Backup Strategy?

Devices & OS; What matters most; Current backups; Budget & comfort; Threats of concern.

Is Backup Strategy free to use?

Yes — run it free in the browser playground (no API key needed for the sponsored trial, or bring any provider key), or install it into Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT and more via npx pm-claude-skills. MIT-licensed and open source.

Backup Strategy

Q: How do I know the Backup Strategy output is good?

The skill verifies itself against its own quality checks: Plan follows 3-2-1 (three copies, two media, one off-site); Prioritizes irreplaceable data first; Backups are automated, not manual/remembered; Includes a restore test, not just a backup.

🔵 Stable🕐 updated 2026-08-05 🔷 SkillSpec L3 pm-digital-safety

Set up a backup system that actually protects your photos, files, and devices — built on the 3-2-1 rule and, crucially, tested so it works when you need it. Use when asked how to back up my data, set up backups, protect my photos/files, or what's a good backup strategy. Produces a 3-2-1 plan tailored to your devices and data, specific what-to-back-up priorities, an automation setup so it happens without you, a restore-test step, and protection against the failure that ruins backups (ransomware/sync-deletes reaching the backup).

▶ Run it free — no key needed 📝 Grade your existing draft View SKILL.md ↗

🗣 Say this to your agent

“How should I back up my photos and files properly?”“Set me up a backup system for my laptop and phone.”“I don't want to lose my photos if my phone dies — what do I do?”“Is my current backup actually safe from ransomware?”“What's the 3-2-1 backup rule and how do I set it up?”

What to give it

▸Devices & OS — computers, phones, and what platform each is

▸What matters most — photos, documents, work files, and roughly how much data

▸Current backups — what (if anything) exists now, and whether it's tested

▸Budget & comfort — external drives, cloud services, willingness to pay/automate

▸Threats of concern — device loss/theft, hardware failure, ransomware, accidental deletion

✅ The bar it holds itself to

Every skill in this library self-verifies — these are this skill's own quality checks, straight from its definition.

✓Plan follows 3-2-1 (three copies, two media, one off-site)

✓Prioritizes irreplaceable data first

✓Backups are automated, not manual/remembered

✓Includes a restore test, not just a backup

✓Protects backups from ransomware/sync-delete (offline/versioned copy)

✓Tailored to the person's devices and budget

⚠️ What it refuses to do

**A single copy** on one drive — no redundancy.

**Manual backups** that quietly lapse.

**Never testing a restore** — discovering it's broken during a crisis.

**All copies online/connected** so ransomware or a sync-delete hits them all.

**Backing up everything equally** and burying the irreplaceable stuff.

Install

npx pm-claude-skills add --agent claude   # or codex · cursor · gemini · hermes
# or one-line MCP (every skill, any client):
claude mcp add pm-skills -- npx -y pm-claude-skills-mcp

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