rclone File Transfer Skill Setup Check (Always Run First)

Before any rclone operation, verify installation and configuration:

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:

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:

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

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

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

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

Sync directory (mirror, deletes removed files) rclone sync /local/path remote:bucket/path/ --progress

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

Check what would be transferred (dry run) 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:

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

Check file exists and matches

rclone check /local/file remote:bucket/file

Get file info

rclone lsl remote:bucket/path/to/file

Troubleshooting

Test connection

rclone lsd remote:

Debug connection issues

rclone lsd remote: -vv

Check config

rclone config show remote