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Cloudflare R2 Rclone Backup

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Cloudflare R2 Rclone Backup skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Cloudflare R2 Rclone Backup is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Engineering category. Learn more at https://claudskills.com/learn/what-is-skill-md/.

Category: Engineering · Sub-category: cloud-platforms · Last updated: 2026-10-25

cloud:aws cloud:cloudflare

This skill should be used when setting up a nightly/periodic offsite backup of a directory or archive (Proxmox Backup Server datastore, database dumps, photo libraries, any local directory) to a Cloudflare R2 bucket via rclone's S3-compatible API, or when debugging an existing rclone-to-R2 sync job — including a sync that's slow/stalled on listing, needs recoverable soft-deletes, or hits unexpected 403s on a new destination path. Trigger phrases include "offsite backup to R2", "rclone sync to Cloudflare", "back up to R2", "R2 rclone", "unknown flag: --delete" (rclone), "Can't set -v and --log-level", "501 NotImplemented" from an S3/R2 sync, "create R2 access key", "rclone --stats-one-line format", "parse rclone transfer stats", "how many files did rclone sync", "rclone --fast-list", "sync stuck at 0 bytes", "R2 object versioning", "R2 bucket lifecycle rule", "rclone --backup-dir", "R2 token 403 new prefix", "AllAccessDisabled R2".

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From the source SKILL.md

Use rclone to mirror a local directory (backup archive, datastore, photo library, anything) to a Cloudflare R2 bucket on a schedule. This is a host-side pattern — the sync runs as a systemd timer on the machine that already has the data, not as a Cloudflare Worker. Workers have per-invocation subrequest/CPU-time limits that make them a poor fit for pushing GBs of binary data through; R2's role here is just the storage destination + a scoped credential, not compute.

What this skill does

Cloudflare R2 Rclone Backup is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the cloud-platforms sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/cloudflare-r2-rclone-backup/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Cloudflare R2 Rclone Backup Claude Code skill is built for software engineers, backend developers, full-stack teams, and technical leads building and maintaining production systems. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 211,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/cloudflare-r2-rclone-backup
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/cloudflare-r2-rclone-backup/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/cloudflare-r2-rclone-backup/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/cloudflare-r2-rclone-backup/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/cloudflare-r2-rclone-backup/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\cloudflare-r2-rclone-backup\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Cloudflare R2 Rclone Backup Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/cloudflare-r2-rclone-backup/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.

What does the Cloudflare R2 Rclone Backup skill do?

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

When should I use the Cloudflare R2 Rclone Backup skill?

Use Cloudflare R2 Rclone Backup when your Claude Code task falls under the Engineering category — specifically in the cloud platforms area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Cloudflare R2 Rclone Backup" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/engineering/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Cloudflare R2 Rclone Backup skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Cloudflare R2 Rclone Backup is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Engineering category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/jackson2w/claude-code-skills/blob/HEAD/cloudflare-r2-rclone-backup/SKILL.md
Author: jackson2w

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APA

jackson2w. (2026). Cloudflare R2 Rclone Backup [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/cloudflare-r2-rclone-backup/

BibTeX

@misc{cloudflare-r2-rclone-backup-2026,
  author    = {jackson2w},
  title     = {Cloudflare R2 Rclone Backup [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/cloudflare-r2-rclone-backup/}
}

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Grade A · scanned 2026-10-25 — free static scan against the OWASP Agentic Skills Top 10.

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✓ Supply chain
✓ Reverse shell
✓ Credentials
✓ Execution
✓ Filesystem
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