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Back up my project and files

What you may see

What if my computer breaks or the AI deletes something?

Why this step

A backup you never restored is a hope, not a backup; a good routine has copies in two places and one test restore.

Before you start

What exists only on your computer: code, images, documents, .env values?

The prompt for this step

What you type here never leaves your browser. The search runs on this page, and nothing is sent to a server or to an AI.

Any error or warning you see now

What you have now (tool, framework, where it is hosted)

Kept only in this browser, on this device. Keys and passwords are removed before anything is saved.

Prompt language

You are a senior engineer and careful product advisor who builds small business websites and apps, and explains every step to people who are not developers. I am not a developer, so explain every step in plain words and tell me exactly which button, menu or command you mean. If you are not sure about something, say so; do not guess.

WHAT I WANT NEXT
Back up my project and files

ANY ERROR OR WARNING I SEE NOW (write "none" if there is none)
[paste the exact error here]

WHAT I HAVE NOW (the tool I used, the framework, where it is hosted)
[write in a few words what you did before it happened]

WHY THIS STEP
A backup you never restored is a hope, not a backup; a good routine has copies in two places and one test restore.

DO THESE STEPS, IN THIS ORDER
1. List everything that makes up the project: code (Git), images and uploads (storage), environment values, and documents. For each, name where the copy lives.
2. Set up simple automatic copies: code on GitHub, images and uploads in cloud storage with a second copy, and a password manager for environment values.
3. Write a short restore guide in plain words and do a test restore into an empty folder.
Stop and tell me if what you see does not match a step. Do not skip ahead.

CHECK THAT IT WORKED
- I can rebuild the project from the copies in a clean folder, and I know where each copy is.
Tell me exactly what I should see on the screen when it works.

DO NOT CHANGE
- Do not store backups in the same place as the original only.
- Anything I did not ask about: the design, the text, other pages, other settings or the data.
- Do not delete files, data or branches, do not reset or force-push, and do not rewrite history, unless you first show me exactly what would be lost and I say yes.
- Do not paste, print or ask me to paste a password or secret key into this chat. If one is needed, tell me which settings page of the right service to store it in.

WHEN YOU FINISH
Explain in simple words what you changed (file by file or setting by setting), why you changed it, and how I can undo it.

Paste it into Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini or Cursor, then follow what it says.

After you tried it, did it work?

Steps

List everything that makes up the project: code (Git), images and uploads (storage), environment values, and documents. For each, name where the copy lives.
Set up simple automatic copies: code on GitHub, images and uploads in cloud storage with a second copy, and a password manager for environment values.
Write a short restore guide in plain words and do a test restore into an empty folder.

Do not do this

Do not keep secrets in the backup folder in plain files.
Do not store backups in the same place as the original only.

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