diff --git a/express/migrate.ts b/express/migrate.ts
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+++ b/express/migrate.ts
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+// migrate.ts
+// CLI script for running database migrations
+
+import { migrate, migrationStatus, pool } from "./database";
+
+async function main(): Promise<void> {
+    const command = process.argv[2] || "run";
+
+    try {
+        switch (command) {
+            case "run":
+                await migrate();
+                break;
+
+            case "status":
+                const status = await migrationStatus();
+                console.log("Applied migrations:");
+                for (const name of status.applied) {
+                    console.log(`  ✓ ${name}`);
+                }
+                if (status.pending.length > 0) {
+                    console.log("\nPending migrations:");
+                    for (const name of status.pending) {
+                        console.log(`  • ${name}`);
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    console.log("\nNo pending migrations");
+                }
+                break;
+
+            default:
+                console.error(`Unknown command: ${command}`);
+                console.error("Usage: migrate [run|status]");
+                process.exit(1);
+        }
+    } finally {
+        await pool.end();
+    }
+}
+
+main().catch((err) => {
+    console.error("Migration failed:", err);
+    process.exit(1);
+});
diff --git a/framework/cmd.d/db b/framework/cmd.d/db
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+++ b/framework/cmd.d/db
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -eu
+
+DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+ROOT="$DIR/../.."
+
+# FIXME: don't hard code this of course
+PGPASSWORD=diachron psql -U diachron -h localhost diachron
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diff --git a/framework/cmd.d/migrate b/framework/cmd.d/migrate
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+++ b/framework/cmd.d/migrate
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -eu
+
+DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+ROOT="$DIR/../.."
+
+cd "$ROOT/express"
+"$DIR"/tsx migrate.ts "$@"