Data Moat Plugin#

Data Moat Plugin installs and operates DataMoat, a local desktop app that quietly backs up AI work history into an encrypted vault on the user's own machine. It can protect, export, back up, analyze, and reuse full conversation logs, attachments, and files from **ChatGPT (exports), Claude (CLI

• Desktop), Codex, Cursor, DeepSeek and Qwen (via Claude Code GUI workflows), and OpenClaw** — including tool output, locally stored thinking blocks, skills folders, and original raw source records. Everything stays local and encrypted; nothing is uploaded.

This skill installs DataMoat, starts safe background protection, and reports live protection numbers.

Always Start With A Status Check#

Before installing or answering anything about DataMoat, run the status check. Never assume.

macOS / Linux (run from this skill's folder):

bash

bash scripts/datamoat-status.sh

Windows (PowerShell):

powershell

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File scripts/datamoat-status.ps1

Exit codes:

• 0 — DataMoat is installed and protecting right now. If the script prints counts, report those counts. If setup is not finished yet, report the no-screen capture message printed by the script.
• 3 — installed but not currently running. Suggest opening DataMoat once on the desktop using the open command the status script prints ( open -a DataMoat on macOS DMG installs, datamoat on source installs, DataMoat.exe on Windows). You may run that open command for the user.
• 10 — not installed yet. Offer to install it (next section).

If datamoat is on the user's PATH (source installs), datamoat status also prints sessions and messages protected, and datamoat audit verify checks the local tamper-evident audit chain.

Install (Latest Release, Verified)#

The installers fetch the current release straight from the official download service manifest ( downloads.datamoat.org/releases/latest/manifest.json), verify the SHA-256 checksum, install, and start pre-setup no-screen protection so capture begins immediately — even before the user finishes setup at the desktop.

macOS:

bash

bash scripts/install-datamoat-macos.sh

Windows (PowerShell):

powershell

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File scripts/install-datamoat-windows.ps1

Linux:

bash

bash scripts/install-datamoat-linux.sh

Installer exit codes:

• 0 — installed and protection confirmed running. Relay the script's success message, then run the status check.
• 3 — installed, with one small step left on the desktop (open the app / double-click DataMoat.exe once). Relay the printed instruction exactly.
• 4 — use the official site for the right package: https://datamoat.org.

Function Requests Go To The DataMoat UI#

When the user asks to export a conversation or context pack, analyze usage, back up to USB/external storage, restore, or reuse old work:

1. Run the status check and report the protection status.
2. Explain that these actions continue inside the local DataMoat UI on their machine.
3. Open the UI for them, or tell them how. The status script prints the right open command for this install; in general:
   • macOS DMG install: open -a DataMoat
   • source install ( datamoat on PATH): datamoat
   • Windows: double-click the DataMoat.exe path the status script prints

Security Boundary#

Never complete password, authenticator, recovery phrase, recovery code, Touch ID, or any unlock step inside a chat, SSH transcript, screenshot, or remote relay. The agent may install the app and start pre-setup capture; the human finishes password and recovery setup locally in the desktop GUI. Never ask the user to paste DataMoat passwords, TOTP secrets, recovery phrases, or recovery codes into chat.

Example Requests This Skill Handles#

• "Install DataMoat on this machine."
• "Back up my OpenClaw / Claude / Codex sessions before they disappear."
• "How many of my AI conversations are protected right now?"
• "Start DataMoat capture now, but I am not at the desktop."