backups.txt
My data lives in <database / files / both>, hosted on <host>.

Set up backups:
- What's backed up, how often, and where it's stored — somewhere
  separate from the thing being backed up.
- How long they're kept, and how much that costs.
- Whether my host already does this, and what its restore process
  actually involves. Many "automatic backups" are harder to restore
  than people assume.

Then the important part: give me the exact steps to restore into a
fresh environment, so I can run them now as a test.

Also: what ISN'T covered — uploaded files? environment config? Those
are usually the gap.

Do the restore. Today, into a scratch environment. Finding out your backups are empty during an incident is a specific and avoidable kind of bad evening.