Your data and backups

Where DAC keeps things

Everything DAC stores lives in one folder, .dac in your home folder. That includes your agents and their settings, their conversations, their project folders, and your keys and sign-ins in an encrypted vault. You never need to open this folder, and DAC never asks you for a file path.

To keep it somewhere else, set the DAC_HOME environment variable before starting DAC.

Making a backup

dac backup

A backup holds your agents, conversations, keys, sign-ins, the shelf of connectors and skills, and each agent's own folder. It can be made while agents are working.

Project folders are not included, because they can be large and the code in them belongs in its repository. Push your agents' work before relying on a backup.

A backup is as sensitive as DAC itself

A backup contains the key that opens your saved keys and sign-ins. It is kept inside DAC's own folder. Treat any copy of it the way you would treat a password.

Listing and restoring

dac backups

dac stop
dac restore <name>

Stop DAC and its agents before restoring.

Uninstalling

Uninstalling DAC does not delete its folder. Delete ~/.dac yourself only when you are sure you no longer need anything in it. Deleting it removes DAC's agents and their data, and nothing else on your computer.