diff --git a/lib/github-client.js b/lib/github-client.js
index 361261ca..ff487385 100644
--- a/lib/github-client.js
+++ b/lib/github-client.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 const GitHub = require('github')
 
 const githubClient = new GitHub({
+  debug: require('debug')('github').enabled,
   version: '3.0.0',
   protocol: 'https',
   host: 'api.github.com',
@@ -17,4 +18,11 @@ githubClient.authenticate({
   token: process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN
 })
 
+// store/cache info about the authenticated user
+githubClient.user.get({}, (error, user) => {
+  if (error) return console.error(error)
+  console.log('authenticated as:', user.login)
+  githubClient.user = user
+})
+
 module.exports = githubClient
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6187c5c2..d5c5e9c9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@
     "body-parser": "^1.15.0",
     "debug": "^2.2.0",
     "dotenv": "^2.0.0",
+    "effd": "^1.4.8",
     "express": "^4.13.4",
     "github": "^0.2.4",
     "glob": "^7.0.3",
+    "mentions-regex": "^2.0.3",
     "travis-ci": "^2.1.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/scripts/manage-members.js b/scripts/manage-members.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..631baa69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/manage-members.js
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+'use strict'
+
+require('dotenv').load({ silent: true })
+
+const ƒ = require('effd')
+const request = require('request')
+const debug = require('debug')('manage-members')
+const githubClient = require('../lib/github-client.js')
+const github = {
+  issues: ƒ.promisify(githubClient.issues),
+  pullRequests: ƒ.promisify(githubClient.pullRequests),
+  orgs: ƒ.promisify(githubClient.orgs)
+}
+
+// we need this RegExp to have the global flag
+const mentionsRegex = new RegExp(require('mentions-regex')().source, 'g')
+const exclude = (a, b) => a.filter((x) => !b.find((y) => y === x))
+const error = (e) => typeof e === 'string' ? debug(e) : console.error(e)
+const findREADME = (array) => array.find((name) => /readme.md/i.test(name))
+
+module.exports = function (app) {
+  app.on('push', (event, org, repo) => {
+    const head = event.head_commit
+    const readme = findREADME(head.modified) || findREADME(head.added)
+    if (!readme) return
+
+    download(`https://github.com/${org}/${repo}/raw/${head.id}/${readme}`)
+    .then((content) =>
+      findChangedMembers(org, repo, content)
+    )
+    .then((changes) =>
+      updateMembers(org, changes) || ƒ.reject('No members changed')
+    )
+    .catch(error)
+  })
+
+  app.on('pull_request.opened', comment)
+  app.on('pull_request.synchronize', comment)
+
+  app.on('pull_request.assigned', (event, user, repo) => {
+    if (event.assignee.login !== githubClient.user.login) return
+
+    const number = event.number
+    github.issues.edit({ user, repo, number, assignee: '' })
+    .catch(console.error)
+
+    comment(event, user, repo)
+  })
+}
+
+function updateMembers (org, changes) {
+  debug('updateMembers %s %j', org, changes)
+  if (!changes.added.length && !changes.removed.length) return
+
+  return ƒ.all([].concat(
+    changes.added.map((user) =>
+      github.orgs.addTeamMembership({ id: changes.id, user }).catch(error)
+    ),
+    changes.removed.map((user) =>
+      github.orgs.deleteTeamMember({ id: changes.id, user }).catch(error)
+  )))
+}
+
+function comment (event, user, repo) {
+  var number = event.number
+  debug('comment %s %s %s', user, repo, number)
+  return (
+    getREADME(user, repo, number)
+    .then((readme) =>
+      findChangedMembers(user, repo, readme)
+    )
+    .then((changes) =>
+      createMessage(user, changes) || ƒ.reject('No members changed')
+    )
+    .then((message) =>
+      findExistingComment(user, repo, number)
+      .then((comment) =>
+        comment
+          ? github.issues.editComment({ user, repo, id: comment.id, body: message + updated() })
+          : github.issues.createComment({ user, repo, number, body: message }) // TODO: test this path
+      )
+    )
+    .then((comment) => { debug('comment posted') })
+    .catch(error)
+  )
+}
+
+function updated () {
+  return `\n<sub>updated on ${new Date().toISOString()}</sub>`
+}
+
+function getREADME (org, repo, number) {
+  debug('getREADME %s %s %d', org, repo, number)
+
+  return github.pullRequests.getFiles({ user: org, repo, number, per_page: 100 })
+  .then((files) =>
+    files.find((file) => /^README.md$/i.test(file.filename)) || ƒ.reject('Not Applicable')
+  )
+  .then((readme) =>
+    download(readme.raw_url)
+  )
+}
+
+function findChangedMembers (org, repo, content) {
+  debug('findChangedMembers %s %s', org, repo)
+
+  const match = content.match(/<!-- team:([^ ]+).+([^<]+)<!-- team/)
+  if (!match) return ƒ.reject('Members section not found')
+
+  const name = match[1]
+  const mentions = match[2].match(mentionsRegex).map((mention) => mention.substr(2).toLocaleLowerCase())
+
+  return (
+    github.orgs.getTeams({ org, per_page: 100 })
+    .then((teams) =>
+      teams.find((t) => t.name === name) || ƒ.error('Team Not Found: ' + name)
+    )
+    .then((team) =>
+      github.orgs.getTeamMembers({ id: team.id, per_page: 100 })
+      .then((members) =>
+        members.map((member) => member.login.toLocaleLowerCase())
+      )
+      .then((members) => ({
+        id: team.id,
+        team: name,
+        added: exclude(mentions, members),
+        removed: exclude(members, mentions)
+      }))
+    )
+  )
+}
+
+function download (url) {
+  debug('downloading %s', url)
+  return ƒ((Ø) => {
+    request(url, (error, response, body) => {
+      if (error) return Ø.error(error)
+      if (response.statusCode !== 200) return Ø.error(`Download Failed: ${response.statusCode} ${response.statusMessage}`)
+      Ø.done(body)
+    })
+  })
+}
+
+function createMessage (org, changes) {
+  debug('createMessage %s %j', org, changes)
+  if (!changes.added.length && !changes.removed.length) return
+
+  var message = `This merge, if accepted, will cause changes to the @${org}/${changes.team} team.\n`
+  if (changes.added.length) {
+    message += `- Add: @${changes.added.join(', @')}\n`
+  }
+  if (changes.removed.length) {
+    message += `- Remove: @${changes.removed.join(', @')}\n`
+  }
+
+  return message
+}
+
+function findExistingComment (user, repo, number) {
+  debug('findExistingComment %s %s %d', user, repo, number)
+
+  return github.issues.getComments({ user, repo, number })
+  .then((comments) =>
+    comments.find((comment) => {
+      return comment.user.login === githubClient.user.login
+    })
+  )
+}