diff --git a/workers/get-user-flags.php b/workers/get-user-flags.php
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..aae94cffe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/workers/get-user-flags.php
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env php
+<?php
+$_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"] = "worker"; // see deployment/overrides/worker
+require_once __DIR__ . "/../resources/autoload.php";
+use UnityWebPortal\lib\UnityUser;
+use UnityWebPortal\lib\UserFlag;
+
+if (sizeof($argv) != 2 or in_array($argv, ["-h", "--help"])) {
+    die("Usage: get-user-flags.php uid\n");
+}
+$uid = $argv[1];
+$user = new UnityUser($uid, $LDAP, $SQL, $MAILER, $WEBHOOK);
+if (!$user->exists()) {
+    echo "no such user: '$uid'\n";
+    exit(1);
+}
+$max_flag_strlen = max(array_map(fn($x) => strlen($x->value), UserFlag::cases()));
+foreach (UserFlag::cases() as $flag) {
+    if ($user->getFlag($flag)) {
+        echo str_pad($flag->value, $max_flag_strlen, " ", STR_PAD_RIGHT) . " 1\n";
+    } else {
+        echo str_pad($flag->value, $max_flag_strlen, " ", STR_PAD_RIGHT) . " 0\n";
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/workers/set-user-flag.php b/workers/set-user-flag.php
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..13ed8156d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/workers/set-user-flag.php
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env php
+<?php
+$_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"] = "worker"; // see deployment/overrides/worker
+require_once __DIR__ . "/../resources/autoload.php";
+use UnityWebPortal\lib\UnityUser;
+use UnityWebPortal\lib\UserFlag;
+
+$flag_choices = UserFlag::cases();
+if (sizeof($argv) != 4 or in_array($argv, ["-h", "--help"])) {
+    die(
+        sprintf(
+            implode("\n", [
+                "Usage: set-user-flag.php uid flag flag_value",
+                "choices for flag: %s",
+                "choices for value: [\"0\", \"1\"]",
+                "",
+            ]),
+            jsonEncode($flag_choices),
+        )
+    );
+}
+[$_, $uid, $flag_str, $value_str] = $argv;
+if (!in_array($flag, $flag_choices)) {
+    echo sprintf("invalid flag: '%s'. valid choices: %s\n", $flag, jsonEncode($flag_choices));
+    exit(1);
+}
+$flag = UserFlag::from($flag_str);
+switch ($value_str) {
+    case "0":
+        $value = false;
+        break;
+    case "1":
+        $value = true;
+        break;
+    default:
+        print "invalid value: '$value_str'. valid values are 0 or 1\n";
+        exit(1);
+}
+$user = new UnityUser($uid, $LDAP, $SQL, $MAILER, $WEBHOOK);
+if (!$user->exists()) {
+    echo "no such user: '$uid'";
+    exit(1);
+}
+$user->setFlag($flag, $value);
+