Agent skill

Config Backup

Backup network device configurations with group/role/site filtering. Use when user asks to "backup config", "save configuration", "export configs", or needs to persist device configurations.

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Install this agent skill to your Project

npx add-skill https://github.com/majiayu000/claude-skill-registry/tree/main/skills/data/config-backup

SKILL.md

Config Backup Skill

Backup network device configurations to local storage with flexible filtering options.

Workflow

  1. List Available Devices: Call list_devices() to view all devices and their group/role/site attributes
  2. Filter Target Devices: Select devices by group, role, or site (e.g., "core role" → R3, R4)
  3. Execute Backup Commands: Run nornir_execute(device, "show running-config") on each device
  4. Save Configurations: Call save_device_config(device, "running", content) to persist backups

Device Classification

View device attributes with list_devices():

Device Groups Role Site
R1 test border lab
R2 test border lab
R3 test core lab
R4 test core lab
SW1 test access lab
SW2 test access lab

Usage Examples

Backup by Group

User: backup group:test running config
Process:
  1. list_devices() → Find devices in "test" group
  2. Execute show running-config on R1, R2, R3, R4, SW1, SW2
  3. save_device_config saves each config to data/exports/

Backup by Role

User: backup role:core all configs
Process:
  1. list_devices() → Find devices with role="core" (R3, R4)
  2. nornir_execute fetches running + startup configs
  3. save_device_config persists both configs

Backup by Site

User: backup site:lab running config
Process:
  1. list_devices() → Find all devices at site="lab"
  2. Batch backup all 6 devices

Single Device Backup

User: backup R1 running config
Process:
  1. nornir_execute("R1", "show running-config")
  2. save_device_config("R1", "running", content)

Backup Types

  • running - Current running configuration (show running-config)
  • startup - Startup configuration (show startup-config)
  • all - Both running and startup configs

Backup Storage

All backups are saved to agent_dir/data/configs/:

agent_dir/data/configs/
├── R1-running-config-20260108-120000.txt
├── R2-running-config-20260108-120000.txt
├── R1-startup-config-20260108-120000.txt
└── ...

Version Control with Git

bash
# Initialize repository (one-time)
cd agent_dir/data
git init
git config user.name "OLAV Backup"

# After backup
git add -A
git commit -m "Backup $(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)"

# View backup history
git log --oneline | head -10

Supported Filters

Filter Example Matches
Group group:test All devices in "test" group
Role role:core All devices with role="core"
Site site:lab All devices at site="lab"
Comma-list R1,R2,R3 Specific devices
All all All available devices

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