diff --git a/backend/scripts/delete-group.ts b/backend/scripts/delete-group.ts
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/scripts/delete-group.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import { updateGroupLinksOnContracts } from 'merge-groups'
+import { runScript } from 'run-script'
+import { SupabaseDirectClient } from 'shared/supabase/init'
+
+async function deleteGroup(
+  pg: SupabaseDirectClient,
+  firestore: any,
+  slug: string
+) {
+  const groupId = await pg.one(
+    'select id from groups where slug = $1',
+    [slug],
+    (row) => row.id
+  )
+
+  console.log('removing group from posts')
+  await pg.none('update old_posts set group_id = null where group_id = $1', [
+    groupId,
+  ])
+
+  const contracts = await pg.map(
+    'select contract_id from group_contracts where group_id = $1',
+    [groupId],
+    (row) => row.contract_id
+  )
+
+  if (contracts.length > 0) {
+    console.log('removing group from contracts')
+    await pg.none('delete from group_contracts where group_id = $1', [groupId])
+    console.log('correcting contract group slugs')
+    await updateGroupLinksOnContracts(pg, firestore, contracts)
+  }
+
+  console.log('removing group members')
+  await pg.none('delete from group_members where group_id = $1', [groupId])
+  console.log('deleting group')
+  await pg.none('delete from groups where id = $1', [groupId])
+}
+
+if (require.main === module) {
+  if (process.argv.length < 3) {
+    console.error('usage: delete-group.ts <group slug>')
+    process.exit(1)
+  }
+
+  runScript(async ({ pg, firestore }) => {
+    await deleteGroup(pg, firestore, process.argv[2])
+  })
+}
diff --git a/backend/scripts/merge-all-dupe-names.ts b/backend/scripts/merge-all-dupe-names.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3be6735689
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/scripts/merge-all-dupe-names.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import { mergeGroups } from 'merge-groups'
+import { runScript } from 'run-script'
+import { SupabaseDirectClient } from 'shared/supabase/init'
+
+const mergeAllDupes = async (pg: SupabaseDirectClient, firestore: any) => {
+  const dupeNames = await pg.manyOrNone<{
+    name_fts: string
+    slug: string
+    id: string
+    importance_score: number
+    rank: number
+  }>(
+    `SELECT
+      name_fts, name, slug, id, importance_score,
+      ROW_NUMBER() OVER(PARTITION BY name_fts ORDER BY importance_score DESC, total_members DESC) AS rank
+    FROM groups
+    WHERE
+      privacy_status = 'public'
+      and name_fts in (
+        select name_fts
+          from groups
+          where privacy_status = 'public'
+          and name_fts != ''
+          and name not in (
+            'Anime',
+            'Animals',
+            'Animation',
+            'Avatars',
+            'Avatar',
+            'Disney+',
+            'Disney',
+            'Curling',
+            'Curl',
+            'Musicals',
+            'Personal',
+            'Personality',
+            'Production',
+            'Productivity',
+            'Products',
+            'tests'
+          )
+          group by name_fts
+          having count(*) > 1
+      )`
+  )
+
+  let top = dupeNames[0]
+  for (const group of dupeNames) {
+    if (group.rank == 1) {
+      top = group
+    } else if (group.name_fts == top.name_fts) {
+      console.log('merge', group.slug, top.slug)
+      await mergeGroups(pg, firestore, group.slug, top.slug)
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+if (require.main === module) {
+  runScript(async ({ pg, firestore }) => {
+    await mergeAllDupes(pg, firestore)
+  })
+}
diff --git a/backend/scripts/merge-groups.ts b/backend/scripts/merge-groups.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5082cf9fda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/scripts/merge-groups.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+import { SafeBulkWriter } from 'shared/safe-bulk-writer'
+import { type SupabaseDirectClient } from 'shared/supabase/init'
+import { bulkUpsert } from 'shared/supabase/utils'
+import { runScript } from 'run-script'
+import { upsertGroupEmbedding } from 'shared/helpers/embeddings'
+
+// note: you should turn off the on-update-contract trigger (notifications, embedding recalculation) if it's a ton of contracts
+
+export async function mergeGroups(
+  pg: SupabaseDirectClient,
+  firestore: any,
+  fromSlug: string,
+  toSlug: string
+) {
+  if (fromSlug === toSlug) {
+    return
+  }
+
+  const from = await pg.one(
+    'select id from groups where slug = $1',
+    [fromSlug],
+    (row) => row.id
+  )
+
+  const to = await pg.one(
+    'select id from groups where slug = $1',
+    [toSlug],
+    (row) => row.id
+  )
+
+  console.log(`merging ${from} into ${to}`)
+
+  console.log('update posts')
+  await pg.none('update old_posts set group_id = $1 where group_id = $2', [
+    to,
+    from,
+  ])
+
+  const contracts: string[] = await pg.map(
+    'select contract_id from group_contracts where group_id = $1',
+    [from],
+    (row) => row.contract_id
+  )
+
+  // if (contracts.length > 100) {
+  //   throw new Error(
+  //     `found ${contracts.length} contracts in group ${from}. are you sure?`
+  //   )
+  // }
+
+  if (contracts.length > 0) {
+    console.log(`re-tagging ${contracts.length} contracts`)
+    console.log(contracts)
+
+    await bulkUpsert(
+      pg,
+      'group_contracts',
+      ['group_id', 'contract_id'],
+      contracts.map((contract) => ({ group_id: to, contract_id: contract }))
+    )
+
+    console.log('removing old group contracts')
+    await pg.none('delete from group_contracts where group_id = $1', [from])
+
+    console.log('correcting contract group slugs')
+    await updateGroupLinksOnContracts(pg, firestore, contracts)
+
+    console.log('recalculating group embedding')
+    await upsertGroupEmbedding(pg, to)
+  } else {
+    console.log('no contracts to re-tag')
+  }
+
+  // move members
+
+  const members: string[] = await pg.map(
+    'select member_id from group_members where group_id = $1',
+    [from],
+    (row) => row.member_id
+  )
+
+  console.log(`moving ${members.length} members`)
+
+  await bulkUpsert(
+    pg,
+    'group_members',
+    ['group_id', 'member_id'],
+    members.map((member) => ({ group_id: to, member_id: member }))
+  )
+
+  console.log('correcting group member count')
+
+  await pg.none(
+    'update groups set total_members = (select count(*) from group_members where group_id = $1) where id = $1',
+    [to]
+  )
+
+  console.log('removing old group members')
+  await pg.none('delete from group_members where group_id = $1', [from])
+  console.log('removing old group')
+  await pg.none('delete from groups where id = $1', [from])
+}
+
+export async function updateGroupLinksOnContracts(
+  pg: SupabaseDirectClient,
+  firestore: any,
+  contractIds: string[]
+) {
+  const bulkWriter = new SafeBulkWriter()
+
+  for (const contractId of contractIds) {
+    const contractRef = firestore.collection('contracts').doc(contractId)
+
+    const groups = await pg.manyOrNone<{
+      group_id: string
+      slug: string
+      name: string
+    }>(
+      `select g.id as group_id, g.slug, g.name from groups g join group_contracts gc
+      on g.id = gc.group_id where gc.contract_id = $1
+      order by g.importance_score desc`,
+      [contractId]
+    )
+
+    bulkWriter.update(contractRef, {
+      groupSlugs: groups.map((g) => g.slug),
+      groupLinks: groups.map((g) => ({
+        groupId: g.group_id,
+        slug: g.slug,
+        name: g.name,
+      })),
+    })
+  }
+
+  await bulkWriter.flush()
+}
+
+if (require.main === module) {
+  if (process.argv.length < 4) {
+    console.error('usage: merge-groups.ts <from> <to>')
+    process.exit(1)
+  }
+
+  runScript(async ({ pg, firestore }) => {
+    await mergeGroups(pg, firestore, process.argv[2], process.argv[3])
+  })
+}
diff --git a/backend/shared/src/supabase/utils.ts b/backend/shared/src/supabase/utils.ts
index 2d92e7b7bf..def8a19f8a 100644
--- a/backend/shared/src/supabase/utils.ts
+++ b/backend/shared/src/supabase/utils.ts
@@ -71,9 +71,12 @@ export async function bulkUpsert<
 
   const primaryKey = Array.isArray(idField) ? idField.join(', ') : idField
   const upsertAssigns = cs.assignColumns({ from: 'excluded', skip: idField })
-  const query = `${baseQueryReplaced} on ${
-    onConflict ? onConflict : `conflict(${primaryKey})`
-  } do update set ${upsertAssigns}`
+  const query =
+    `${baseQueryReplaced} on ` +
+    (onConflict ? onConflict : `conflict(${primaryKey})`) +
+    ' ' +
+    (upsertAssigns ? `do update set ${upsertAssigns}` : `do nothing`)
+
   await db.none(query)
 }