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name: al-564-prove-your-website-backups-actually-work-have-an-ai-set-u
description: "Many small businesses, agents and brokerages assume their website is backed up until the day they need it. On Nov 1, 2026, the owner of a small IT and field-service business posted on X about a week of work done with the Claude app and Claude Code. Among other jobs, every website he hosts now has encrypted backups stored off-site and he tested that they actually restore; his client monitoring now sends a security summary every morning, runs daily backup checks and alerts him if a backup ever stops. He also said he patched recently disclosed PHP vulnerabilities across several client sites within hours. Results are owner-reported and no costs were given. Use when the user wants help with website backup restore tests and alerts (it & internal help) for a small business."
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# Prove your website backups actually work: have an AI set up encrypted off-site backups for every site you run, test a full restore, then check backups daily and alert you the moment one stops

Many small businesses, agents and brokerages assume their website is backed up until the day they need it. On Nov 1, 2026, the owner of a small IT and field-service business posted on X about a week of work done with the Claude app and Claude Code. Among other jobs, every website he hosts now has encrypted backups stored off-site and he tested that they actually restore; his client monitoring now sends a security summary every morning, runs daily backup checks and alerts him if a backup ever stops. He also said he patched recently disclosed PHP vulnerabilities across several client sites within hours. Results are owner-reported and no costs were given.

## Inputs to collect first
Ask the user for anything below that they haven't already given you. Don't guess missing facts.

- Cloud storage you use

## Instructions

Do the task below with the user's inputs in place of each [bracket].

1. Ask your AI to help you list every website, domain and hosting account you're responsible for, who hosts each one, and what backups exist today (if you don't know, write 'unknown').
2. Ask: "For each site, give me step-by-step instructions, for a non-expert, to set up automatic encrypted backups stored somewhere other than the web server [cloud storage you use], keeping [30] days of copies. Use my host's built-in tools or a well-known plugin where possible."
3. Pick one site and test a restore to a staging copy or a test address, never over the live site. Ask the AI to walk you through it and give you a checklist to confirm pages, forms, images and logins work.
4. Ask it to set up a daily check that confirms each backup ran and is a normal size, and sends you one short morning message: all OK, or which site failed.
5. Repeat the restore test on a different site each month and log the date and result.
6. Have the AI keep a one-page recovery sheet: where backups live, how to restore, and who to call.

## Safety checks (share these with the user)

- Check every figure, price and total against your own records before anything is sent, posted or booked. A person approves refunds, discounts, payments and price changes.
- Remove names, contact details, account numbers and other personal data the task doesn't need before you paste, and check your AI tool's data and training settings.
- Read and edit the draft before it reaches a customer or goes public. If you later automate this prompt, start with "draft and notify me", not "send automatically".
- Check names, dates, numbers and any claim against your own source material before you use the answer. AI can misread or invent details.
- Say clearly which parts need a person to review or approve before anything is sent, paid, posted or filed.

## About this skill

- Works with: Claude, Claude Code, ChatGPT, cloud storage, hosting control panel
- Based on this real-world example: https://x.com/RealMattMalecki/status/2116933396244963825
- Free prompt from AgentPlaybook Real Estate: https://agentic-library.netlify.app/prompt/al-564-prove-your-website-backups-actually-work-have-an-ai-set-up-e/
- To install in an agent that supports Agent Skills, save this file as SKILL.md in a folder with the same name as `name` above (for example in your skills directory). Install steps for Claude.ai, Claude Code, Cursor and Codex: https://agentic-library.netlify.app/skills/