Agent skill

claude-vigil

File checkpoint and recovery — auto-quicksaves before destructive commands, manual checkpoints for safe rollback

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Install this agent skill to your Project

npx add-skill https://github.com/Vvkmnn/claude-emporium/tree/main/plugins/claude-vigil/skills/claude-vigil

SKILL.md

Vigil Plugin

File recovery. Saves checkpoints before dangerous operations, diffs changes, restores files safely.

Hooks

Hook When Action
PreToolUse(Bash) Destructive command detected Auto-quicksaves affected files (rm, mv, git reset, etc.)

Token cost: 0 on safe commands, ~30-50 on destructive. The regex matches: rm, rmdir, mv, sed -i, perl -i, git checkout/reset/clean/restore, output redirects.

Commands

Command Description
/save-vigil <name> [files] Create a named file checkpoint
/restore-vigil [name] Restore files from a checkpoint

Workflows

Checkpoint (standalone)

  1. vigil_save(name: "before-refactor", files: ["src/auth.ts", "src/middleware.ts"])
  2. Make changes safely
  3. If something breaks: vigil_restore(name: "before-refactor")

Checkpoint (with siblings)

  1. vigil_save(name: "before-refactor", files: [...])
  2. If praetorian active: also praetorian_compact(type: "decisions", ...) to save the reasoning
  3. Make changes — both files and context are now protected
  4. If something breaks:
    • vigil_restore(name: "before-refactor") — restore files
    • praetorian_restore("before-refactor") — restore context

Recovery (standalone)

  1. vigil_list() — see available checkpoints
  2. vigil_diff(name: "checkpoint") — preview what would change
  3. vigil_restore(name: "checkpoint") — restore files
  4. Optionally: vigil_delete(name: "checkpoint") — clean up

Recovery (with siblings)

  1. vigil_list() — see available checkpoints
  2. vigil_diff(name: "checkpoint") — preview changes
  3. If historian active: find_file_context("filename") to understand what changed and why
  4. vigil_restore(name: "checkpoint") — restore files
  5. If praetorian active: restore matching compaction for context

Sibling Synergy

Sibling Value How
Praetorian Context saved alongside files Pair vigil checkpoints with praetorian compactions for full state recovery
Historian File change context from history find_file_context() explains what happened between checkpoint and now

MCP Tools Reference

Tool Purpose
vigil_save Create named checkpoint (SHA-256 + gzip dedup)
vigil_list List available checkpoints with metadata
vigil_diff Preview changes since checkpoint
vigil_restore Restore files from checkpoint
vigil_delete Remove a checkpoint and free storage

Storage

Content-addressable at .claude/vigil/. 3 named slots + 1 rotating ~quicksave.

Requires

claude mcp add vigil -- npx claude-vigil-mcp

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