Stop Losing AI Work. Ultimate Backup Guide for the Non-Techy.
Your AI folders and agents only exist locally.
Here is the 3-layer backup to protect them.
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For anyone building a local PKA (Personal Knowledge Assistance) system with Claude Code who wants to protect their work and access it from anywhere.
You spent hours building an AI team, a personal knowledge base, custom agents, and a local interface. All of it sits in a folder on your machine. What happens if something breaks? This video walks through three layers of protection: first, cloud storage (Dropbox, iCloud, Google Drive, OneDrive) to keep your folder backed up across devices. Second, Git versioning so you can track every change, roll back mistakes, and let Claude compare past versions to fix current problems. Third, the /remote command that lets you control your local Claude session from your phone. No complicated GitHub workflows, no terminal expertise required. Claude handles the Git commands for you.
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 The problem: your AI folders only exist locally
00:35 Two things I will show you today
00:53 Layer 1: Cloud sync (iCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive)
02:37 My personal PKA system inside Dropbox
03:21 Opening the Larry folder in VS Code
03:50 Layer 2: Git versioning (why you need it on top of cloud backup)
04:23 What versioning gives you that cloud sync does not
04:44 Visualizing commit history and rolling back
05:27 Using past versions to diagnose broken agents
06:20 VS Code source control panel walkthrough
07:25 VS Code themes and extensions (optional, skip if you want)
08:14 Committing and pushing changes via Claude
09:04 Branching for safe experiments
09:24 Why Claude + VS Code makes Git effortless
09:53 Setting up a Git repo on a new folder from scratch
10:52 Telling Claude to initialize the repo
12:00 Git init, .gitignore, and what NOT to track
13:00 Repo initialized, ready to sync
14:02 Pushing to GitHub (remote backup)
15:08 Same setup on the PKA demo folder via terminal
16:34 Creating a private GitHub repo
17:02 Opening the repo in VS Code for visual control
17:41 VS Code as the all-in-one solution
18:01 Layer 3: Accessing your local folder from your phone
19:20 Changes from mobile landing in GitHub
20:16 The easier way: the /remote command
21:14 Working on local folders from your phone via /remote
22:02 Recap: cloud sync + Git versioning + remote access
24:15 Next video: persistent memory for your AI team
PREVIOUSLY ON THE CHANNEL
The AI Team Setup Guide (as mentioned in this video): https://youtu.be/geIKyDaXwGg
Don't Use Obsidian With Claude. Use VS Code.: https://youtu.be/1RIXGL5Vgag
Claude will handle it. Local. In one folder. (No Obsidian Needed): https://youtu.be/gY95g6DMaeY
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