diff --git a/scripts/podx-tools.sh b/scripts/podx-tools.sh
index 5e51d98..db0117b 100755
--- a/scripts/podx-tools.sh
+++ b/scripts/podx-tools.sh
@@ -346,10 +346,15 @@ OpenWebUI:
   owui-batch-attach "<KB Name>" <glob>  # attach all files matching glob
 
 Transcription control:
+  scan-once                        # run a single library scan to enqueue new files
   transcribe-status                  # show whether transcription workers are paused
   transcribe-pause                   # pause CPU-heavy transcription jobs
   transcribe-resume                  # resume transcription jobs
 
+RQ helpers:
+  rq-info                           # show RQ queue summary via worker container
+  rq-transcribe-requeue             # requeue all failed 'transcribe' jobs back to active
+
 Queues (Redis):
   queues-workers-list               # show worker queue sizes (LLEN) and related keys
   queues-workers-clear              # purge worker queues (ns=\${PODX_QUEUE_NS})
@@ -844,6 +849,33 @@ PY
     if _redis_cli DEL "$_transcribe_key" >/dev/null; then echo "Transcription: resumed"; else echo "Failed to clear pause switch." >&2; exit 1; fi
     ;;
 
+  # ---------- Scanner / RQ helpers ----------
+  scan-once)
+    # Run a single scan pass inside the scanner service to enqueue new files
+    if command -v docker >/dev/null 2>&1 && command -v docker compose >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+      docker compose run --rm -e SCAN_INTERVAL=0 podx-scanner \
+        python -c "import scanner; n=scanner.enqueue_new_files(); print(f'Enqueued {n} new file(s)')"
+    else
+      echo "docker compose not found; run the scanner container manually." >&2; exit 1
+    fi
+    ;;
+  rq-info)
+    : "${REDIS_URL:=redis://redis:6379/0}"
+    if command -v docker >/dev/null 2>&1 && command -v docker compose >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+      docker compose exec -T podx-worker-transcribe rq info -u "$REDIS_URL"
+    else
+      echo "docker compose not found; cannot run rq inside container." >&2; exit 1
+    fi
+    ;;
+  rq-transcribe-requeue)
+    : "${REDIS_URL:=redis://redis:6379/0}"
+    if command -v docker >/dev/null 2>&1 && command -v docker compose >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+      docker compose exec -T podx-worker-transcribe rq requeue --all -u "$REDIS_URL" transcribe
+    else
+      echo "docker compose not found; cannot run rq inside container." >&2; exit 1
+    fi
+    ;;
+
   *)
     echo "Unknown command: $cmd" >&2
     _help