# Sync Claude

> Backs up the live global Claude Code configuration (settings.json, CLAUDE.md, statusline.ts) into a git repository, with an allowlist and secret scan to prevent leaking credentials.

- Skill: `samuelpatro/sync-claude` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add samuelpatro/sync-claude`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/samuelpatro/sync-claude/raw
- Safety review: CAUTION (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: DevOps & Infra, Coding & Dev Tools, CI/CD
- Tags: Bun, Claude Code, Claude Md, Config Backup, Git, Statusline
- Author: samuelpatro (https://skillmd.com/u/samuelpatro)
- Updated: 2026-08-22
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/samuelpatro/sync-claude

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# Sync Claude config to git

Backs up the user's live global Claude Code config (`~/.claude`) into this repo.

## What it touches

Only these files are ever read or copied (the allowlist lives in `sync.ts`):

- `settings.json`
- `CLAUDE.md`
- `statusline.ts`

Everything else in `~/.claude` (`.credentials.json`, `history.jsonl`, `projects/`,
`sessions/`, `todos/`, `tasks/`, ...) is never read. That allowlist is the primary
defense against leaking secrets. A value-shaped secret scan on the copied content
is a second safety net: if a key or token ever appears inside an allowlisted file,
the copy is blocked and nothing is written.

Direction of flow: config goes live -> repo; this skill itself goes repo -> live
(authored here, copied to `~/.claude/skills/sync-claude/` to be runnable).

## Steps

1. From the repo root, show what would change (copies nothing):

   ```
   bun skills/sync-claude/sync.ts
   ```

2. Apply the copy:

   ```
   bun skills/sync-claude/sync.ts --apply
   ```

   If it exits non-zero, a possible secret was detected. Stop, show the user the
   flagged line, and do not commit.

3. Review and commit on `main` (this repo commits directly to main, no PR):

   ```
   git diff
   git add settings.json CLAUDE.md statusline.ts
   git commit -m "chore: sync live .claude config"
   ```

   Do not push unless the user asks.

## Notes

- Line endings are normalized to LF on copy, so CRLF/LF differences never show up
  as spurious changes.
- `statusline.ts` is the source. The live status line runs the compiled
  `statusline.exe`, which is large and not tracked.
- To add another file to the backup, add its name to `FILES` in `sync.ts` (and
  make sure it never contains secrets).