the-rabak/compound-engineering-plugin/rclone

Name: rclone
Author: the-rabak

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plugins/compound-engineering/skills/rclone/SKILL.md
Updated 12 Oct 2026
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Upload, sync, and manage files across cloud storage providers using rclone. Use when uploading files (images, videos, documents) to S3, Cloudflare R2, Backblaze B2, Google Drive, Dropbox, or any S3-compatible storage. Triggers on \"upload to S3\", \"sync to cloud\", \"rclone\", \"backup files\", \"upload video/image to bucket\", or requests to transfer files to remote storage.

Install

npx vskill@latest install the-rabak/compound-engineering-plugin/rclone

SKILL.md

rclone File Transfer Skill

Setup Check (Always Run First)

Before any rclone operation, verify installation and configuration:

bash

# Check if rclone is installed
command -v rclone >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo "rclone installed: $(rclone version | head -1)" || echo "NOT INSTALLED"
 
# List configured remotes
rclone listremotes 2>/dev/null || echo "NO REMOTES CONFIGURED"

If rclone is NOT installed

Guide the user to install:

bash

# macOS
brew install rclone
 
# Linux (script install)
curl https://rclone.org/install.sh | sudo bash
 
# Or via package manager
sudo apt install rclone  # Debian/Ubuntu
sudo dnf install rclone  # Fedora

If NO remotes are configured

Walk the user through interactive configuration:

bash

rclone config

Common provider setup quick reference:

Provider	Type	Key Settings
AWS S3	`s3`	access_key_id, secret_access_key, region
Cloudflare R2	`s3`	access_key_id, secret_access_key, endpoint (account_id.r2.cloudflarestorage.com)
Backblaze B2	`b2`	account (keyID), key (applicationKey)
DigitalOcean Spaces	`s3`	access_key_id, secret_access_key, endpoint (region.digitaloceanspaces.com)
Google Drive	`drive`	OAuth flow (opens browser)
Dropbox	`dropbox`	OAuth flow (opens browser)

Example: Configure Cloudflare R2

bash

rclone config create r2 s3 \
  provider=Cloudflare \
  access_key_id=YOUR_ACCESS_KEY \
  secret_access_key=YOUR_SECRET_KEY \
  endpoint=ACCOUNT_ID.r2.cloudflarestorage.com \
  acl=private

Example: Configure AWS S3

bash

rclone config create aws s3 \
  provider=AWS \
  access_key_id=YOUR_ACCESS_KEY \
  secret_access_key=YOUR_SECRET_KEY \
  region=us-east-1

Common Operations

Upload single file

bash

rclone copy /path/to/file.mp4 remote:bucket/path/ --progress

Upload directory

bash

rclone copy /path/to/folder remote:bucket/folder/ --progress

Sync directory (mirror, deletes removed files)

bash

rclone sync /local/path remote:bucket/path/ --progress

List remote contents

bash

rclone ls remote:bucket/
rclone lsd remote:bucket/  # directories only

Check what would be transferred (dry run)

bash

rclone copy /path remote:bucket/ --dry-run

Useful Flags

Flag	Purpose
`--progress`	Show transfer progress
`--dry-run`	Preview without transferring
`-v`	Verbose output
`--transfers=N`	Parallel transfers (default 4)
`--bwlimit=RATE`	Bandwidth limit (e.g., `10M`)
`--checksum`	Compare by checksum, not size/time
`--exclude="*.tmp"`	Exclude patterns
`--include="*.mp4"`	Include only matching
`--min-size=SIZE`	Skip files smaller than SIZE
`--max-size=SIZE`	Skip files larger than SIZE

Large File Uploads

For videos and large files, use chunked uploads:

bash

# S3 multipart upload (automatic for >200MB)
rclone copy large_video.mp4 remote:bucket/ --s3-chunk-size=64M --progress
 
# Resume interrupted transfers
rclone copy /path remote:bucket/ --progress --retries=5

Verify Upload

bash

# Check file exists and matches
rclone check /local/file remote:bucket/file
 
# Get file info
rclone lsl remote:bucket/path/to/file

Troubleshooting

bash

# Test connection
rclone lsd remote:
 
# Debug connection issues
rclone lsd remote: -vv
 
# Check config
rclone config show remote

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