diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 79f65d9f..5cf54602 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -106,20 +106,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "twilight-http",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "app-commands"
-version = "0.1.0"
-dependencies = [
- "anyhow",
- "futures",
- "libpk",
- "tokio",
- "tracing",
- "twilight-http",
- "twilight-model",
- "twilight-util",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "arc-swap"
 version = "1.7.1"
@@ -4588,7 +4574,6 @@ version = "0.16.0"
 source = "git+https://github.com/pluralkit/twilight?branch=pluralkit-7f08d95#054a2aa5d29fb46220af1cd5df568b73511cdb26"
 dependencies = [
  "twilight-model",
- "twilight-validate",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3707ce77..f32165b5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ axum = { git = "https://github.com/pluralkit/axum", branch = "v0.8.4-pluralkit"
 
 twilight-gateway = { git = "https://github.com/pluralkit/twilight", branch = "pluralkit-7f08d95" }
 twilight-cache-inmemory = { git = "https://github.com/pluralkit/twilight", branch = "pluralkit-7f08d95", features = ["permission-calculator"] }
-twilight-util = { git = "https://github.com/pluralkit/twilight", branch = "pluralkit-7f08d95", features = ["permission-calculator", "builder"] }
+twilight-util = { git = "https://github.com/pluralkit/twilight", branch = "pluralkit-7f08d95", features = ["permission-calculator"] }
 twilight-model = { git = "https://github.com/pluralkit/twilight", branch = "pluralkit-7f08d95" }
 twilight-http = { git = "https://github.com/pluralkit/twilight", branch = "pluralkit-7f08d95", default-features = false, features = ["rustls-aws_lc_rs", "rustls-native-roots"] }
 
diff --git a/PluralKit.Bot/Proxy/ProxyService.cs b/PluralKit.Bot/Proxy/ProxyService.cs
index ee6108af..8a59957d 100644
--- a/PluralKit.Bot/Proxy/ProxyService.cs
+++ b/PluralKit.Bot/Proxy/ProxyService.cs
@@ -66,15 +66,6 @@ public class ProxyService
 
         var autoproxySettings = await _repo.GetAutoproxySettings(ctx.SystemId.Value, guild.Id, null);
 
-        if (IsDisableAutoproxy(message))
-        {
-            await _repo.UpdateAutoproxy(ctx.SystemId.Value, guild.Id, null, new()
-            {
-                AutoproxyMode = AutoproxyMode.Off
-            });
-            return false;
-        }
-
         if (autoproxySettings.AutoproxyMode == AutoproxyMode.Latch && IsUnlatch(message))
         {
             // "unlatch"
@@ -504,9 +495,6 @@ public class ProxyService
     public static bool IsUnlatch(Message message)
         => message.Content.StartsWith(@"\\") || message.Content.StartsWith("\\\u200b\\");
 
-    public static bool IsDisableAutoproxy(Message message)
-        => message.Content.StartsWith(@"\\\") || message.Content.StartsWith("\\\u200b\\\u200b\\");
-
     private async Task HandleProxyExecutedActions(MessageContext ctx, AutoproxySettings autoproxySettings,
                                                   Message triggerMessage, Message proxyMessage, ProxyMatch match,
                                                   bool deletePrevious = true)
diff --git a/crates/app-commands/Cargo.toml b/crates/app-commands/Cargo.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 11ab75d4..00000000
--- a/crates/app-commands/Cargo.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-[package]
-name = "app-commands"
-version = "0.1.0"
-edition = "2024"
-
-[dependencies]
-libpk = { path = "../libpk" }
-anyhow = { workspace = true }
-futures = { workspace = true }
-tokio = { workspace = true }
-tracing = { workspace = true }
-twilight-http = { workspace = true }
-twilight-model = { workspace = true }
-twilight-util = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/app-commands/src/main.rs b/crates/app-commands/src/main.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index a03f5b70..00000000
--- a/crates/app-commands/src/main.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-use twilight_model::{
-    application::command::{Command, CommandType},
-    guild::IntegrationApplication,
-};
-use twilight_util::builder::command::CommandBuilder;
-
-#[libpk::main]
-async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-    let discord = twilight_http::Client::builder()
-        .token(
-            libpk::config
-                .discord
-                .as_ref()
-                .expect("missing discord config")
-                .bot_token
-                .clone(),
-        )
-        .build();
-
-    let interaction = discord.interaction(twilight_model::id::Id::new(
-        libpk::config
-            .discord
-            .as_ref()
-            .expect("missing discord config")
-            .client_id
-            .clone()
-            .get(),
-    ));
-
-    let commands = vec![
-        // message commands
-        // description must be empty string
-        CommandBuilder::new("\u{2753} Message info", "", CommandType::Message).build(),
-        CommandBuilder::new("\u{274c} Delete message", "", CommandType::Message).build(),
-        CommandBuilder::new("\u{1f514} Ping author", "", CommandType::Message).build(),
-    ];
-
-    interaction.set_global_commands(&commands).await?;
-
-    Ok(())
-}
diff --git a/scripts/app-commands/.gitignore b/scripts/app-commands/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3e370e3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/app-commands/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+/commands.json
+
+*.pyc
+__pycache__/
diff --git a/scripts/app-commands/README.md b/scripts/app-commands/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9d8d576a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/app-commands/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# PluralKit "application command" helpers
+
+## Adding new commands
+
+Edit the `COMMAND_LIST` global in `commands.py`, making sure that any
+command names that are specified in that file match up with the
+command names used in the bot code (which will generally be in the list
+in `PluralKit.Bot/ApplicationCommandMeta/ApplicationCommandList.cs`).
+
+TODO: add helpers for slash commands to this
+
+## Dumping application command JSON
+
+Run `python3 commands.py` to get a JSON dump of the available application
+commands - this is in a format that can be sent to Discord as a `PUT` to
+`/applications/{clientId}/commands`.
+
+## Updating Discord's list of application commands
+
+From the root of the repository (where your `pluralkit.conf` resides),
+run `python3 ./scripts/app-commands/update.py`. This will **REPLACE**
+any existing application commands that Discord knows about, with the
+updated list.
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diff --git a/scripts/app-commands/commands.py b/scripts/app-commands/commands.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6a908ba7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/app-commands/commands.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+from common import *
+
+COMMAND_LIST = [
+    MessageCommand("\U00002753 Message info"),
+    MessageCommand("\U0000274c Delete message"),
+    MessageCommand("\U0001f514 Ping author"),
+]
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    print(__import__('json').dumps(COMMAND_LIST))
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diff --git a/scripts/app-commands/common/__init__.py b/scripts/app-commands/common/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2a53ba18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/app-commands/common/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+from .types import MessageCommand
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diff --git a/scripts/app-commands/common/types.py b/scripts/app-commands/common/types.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..65c35232
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/app-commands/common/types.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+class MessageCommand(dict):
+    COMMAND_TYPE = 3
+
+    def __init__(self, name):
+        super().__init__()
+        self["type"] = self.__class__.COMMAND_TYPE
+        self["name"] = name
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diff --git a/scripts/app-commands/update.py b/scripts/app-commands/update.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3005db0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/app-commands/update.py
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+from common import *
+from commands import COMMAND_LIST
+
+import io
+import os
+import sys
+import json
+
+from pathlib import Path
+from urllib import request
+from urllib.error import URLError
+
+DISCORD_API_BASE = "https://discord.com/api/v10"
+
+def get_config():
+    data = {}
+
+    # prefer token from environment if present
+    envbase = ["PluralKit", "Bot"]
+    for var in ["Token", "ClientId"]:
+        for sep in [':', '__']:
+            envvar = sep.join(envbase + [var])
+            if envvar in os.environ:
+                data[var] = os.environ[envvar]
+
+    if "Token" in data and "ClientId" in data:
+        return data
+
+    # else fall back to config
+    cfg_path = Path(os.getcwd()) / "pluralkit.conf"
+    if cfg_path.exists():
+        cfg = {}
+        with open(str(cfg_path), 'r') as fh:
+            cfg = json.load(fh)
+
+        if 'PluralKit' in cfg and 'Bot' in cfg['PluralKit']:
+            return cfg['PluralKit']['Bot']
+
+    return None
+
+def main():
+    config = get_config()
+    if config is None:
+        raise ArgumentError("config was not loaded")
+    if 'Token' not in config or 'ClientId' not in config:
+        raise ArgumentError("config is missing 'Token' or 'ClientId'")
+
+    data = json.dumps(COMMAND_LIST)
+    url = DISCORD_API_BASE + f"/applications/{config['ClientId']}/commands"
+    req = request.Request(url, method='PUT', data=data.encode('utf-8'))
+    req.add_header("Content-Type", "application/json")
+    req.add_header("Authorization", f"Bot {config['Token']}")
+    req.add_header("User-Agent", "PluralKit (app-commands updater; https://pluralkit.me)")
+
+    try:
+        with request.urlopen(req) as resp:
+            if resp.status == 200:
+                print("Update successful!")
+                return 0
+
+    except URLError as resp:
+        print(f"[!!!] Update not successful: status {resp.status}", file=sys.stderr)
+        print(f"[!!!] Response body below:\n", file=sys.stderr)
+        print(resp.read(), file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.stderr.flush()
+
+    return 1
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())
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diff --git a/scripts/dump-db.sh b/scripts/dump-db.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..d794dab4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/dump-db.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+docker-compose -f "$(dirname $0)/../docker-compose.yml" exec -T -u postgres db pg_dump postgres
+
diff --git a/scripts/rclone-db.sh b/scripts/rclone-db.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..6e4fda7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/rclone-db.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Usage: rclone-db.sh <remote>:<path>
+# eg. rclone-db.sh b2:pluralkit
+
+FILENAME=pluralkit-$(date -u +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S").sql.gz
+
+echo Dumping database to /tmp/$FILENAME...
+$(dirname $0)/dump-db.sh | gzip > /tmp/$FILENAME
+
+echo Transferring to remote $1...
+rclone -P copy /tmp/$FILENAME $1
+
+echo Cleaning up...
+rm /tmp/$FILENAME
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diff --git a/scripts/run-test-db.sh b/scripts/run-test-db.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..272d24e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/run-test-db.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Runs a local database in the background listening on port 5432, deleting itself once stopped
+# Requires Docker. May need sudo if your user isn't in the `docker` group.  
+docker run --rm --detach --publish 5432:5432 -e POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD=trust postgres:alpine
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