dbs-restore Skill for Claude: Pick Up a Saved Diagnosis

Reloads the latest saved diagnosis from dbs-save and shows where you stopped, so Claude can carry on from there.

Installs: 25.8K; on skills.sh
Stars: 11K; on GitHub
Files: 2; besides SKILL.md
Updated: Oct 2026; last repo commit

dbs-restore reads the newest save for the current project and shows a short summary. It lists your original complaint, the conclusions, the directions you rejected, the hypotheses still open and the next step you left. Then it stops and asks where you want to continue.

It only reads files that dbs-save wrote, so install both skills. If this project has no saves, it lists the 3 most recently used projects. It does not choose your next step for you. If you say to follow the confirmed next step, it passes the saved content to that skill.

Good for

dbskill users who return to the same business problem across days or weeks
Anyone who saved a diagnosis with dbs-save and wants the conclusions back in a new chat
People working on several projects who need to switch between their saved diagnoses

Install dbs-restore

Claude Code

Copy this prompt.

Install the dbs-restore skill in Claude Code. Run this command:

npx skills add https://github.com/dontbesilent2025/dbskill --skill dbs-save --skill dbs-restore

Then check that it loaded and tell me how to use it.

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Paste it into Claude Code. It shows the change and asks before running it.

Requires Node.js.

Install both skills. dbs-restore reads the files that dbs-save writes. The README installs the whole 34-skill set with npx -y skills add dontbesilent2025/dbskill -g --all, which targets every agent the CLI detects.

From the vendor's docs. Source.

What's in the skill

When it loads

恢复由 dbs-save 保存的最近诊断状态。用户要求接着上次、查看此前结论或继续未完成诊断时使用。

Sections in SKILL.md

触发方式
存档契约
工作流程
Step 1：定位存档文件
Step 2：处理找不到的情况
Step 3：读存档文件
Step 4：呈现状态
上次诊断到这里
已得出的结论
你已经否决的方向
待验证的假设
上次留的下一步
Step 5：等用户回应
边界情况
说话风格
和其他 skill 的衔接

Key facts

Author: dontbesilent
License: CC BY-NC 4.0 per the README; commercial use needs the author's permission
License on GitHub: Not recognised by GitHub (NOASSERTION)
Needs: Saves written by dbs-save; it reads them from the same location
What installs: 3 files including SKILL.md (agents/openai.yaml and references/archive-contract.md); no scripts
Works in: Doubao, WorkBuddy, Claude Code, Codex and other agents that support skills
Installs on skills.sh: 25,839 (Nov 2, 2026)
GitHub stars: 11,039 (Nov 2, 2026)
Last commit: 2026-10-28
skills.sh audits: Gen Agent Trust Hub pass, Socket pass, Snyk pass

What it includes

Loads the newest save for the current project
Finds the latest file by the time in its name, shows a compact summary and asks where to continue. If the file has missing fields it shows what it can.
Try: “/dbs-restore”
Files · /dbs-restore
Loads the save at that position in the project list
Numbers follow the sorted list of saves. A number past the end gets a message saying how many saves exist.
Files · /dbs-restore <number>
Loads the newest save of another project
Switches the project name and shows that project's latest save.
Files · /dbs-restore --slug <project>
Lists saves, using the same logic as dbs-save list
It hands off to the list mode of dbs-save and prints the same format.
Files · /dbs-restore list
When the project has no saves, offers the 3 most recently active ones
If the whole save location is empty, it prints the location and how to create a save.
Files · Project picker
Follows the saved next step only when you say so
Say to follow the last next step and it hands the save to that skill. Say you have a new situation and it hands back to /dbs.
Continue or start over

From the official docs

Questions

What does dbs-restore do?

It loads the latest diagnosis you saved with dbs-save and shows a short summary: complaint, conclusions, rejected directions, open hypotheses and the next step. Then it waits for you.

How do I install dbs-restore?

Use the install box above. It installs dbs-restore together with dbs-save, because restore only reads files that dbs-save writes.

Why does it say there are no saves?

The project name comes from your current folder, so a different folder means a different project. It then lists your 3 most recent projects, and you can pass --slug <project>. If you moved the save location, run /dbs-save location to check it.

Does it change my saves?

SKILL.md describes no writes. It only reads the saves and the location setting, and it points you to /dbs-save location if you want to change the folder.

Does it work without the other dbs skills?

It shows your saved state without them. Following a saved next step hands off to another dbs skill, and if /dbs is not installed it only tells you which kind of skill you need.

Is it safe?

It reads markdown files from your save folder and shows part of them in the chat. Those files can hold business figures, so whatever it displays enters your conversation with the model.

Does it work in the Claude app?

The README does not document it. It names Doubao, WorkBuddy, Claude Code and Codex, and the install box here has no Claude app tab because two skills are needed.

Information

updated Nov 2, 2026

Repository: dontbesilent2025/dbskill
Folder: skills/dbs-restore

dontbesilent2025/dbskill skills.sh

Sources

Docs, issue trackers and discussions this page is built from.

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dbskill README · github.com
dbs-restore SKILL.md · github.com
skills CLI commands · github.com
dbs-restore on skills.sh · skills.sh