diff --git a/bats_ai/core/management/commands/update_vetter_tags.py b/bats_ai/core/management/commands/update_vetter_tags.py
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+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import logging
+from csv import DictReader
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import djclick as click
+from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+
+from bats_ai.core.models import Recording, RecordingTag
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def _get_or_create_tags(entry: dict, tag_keys: list[str], owner: User):
+    tags = []
+    for key in tag_keys:
+        tag_text = entry.get(key)
+        if not tag_text:
+            continue
+        tag, _created = RecordingTag.objects.get_or_create(user=owner, text=tag_text)
+        tags.append(tag)
+    return tags
+
+
+@click.command()
+@click.argument(
+    "manifest",
+    type=click.Path(exists=True, dir_okay=False, path_type=Path),
+)
+@click.argument(
+    "file_key",
+)
+@click.argument(
+    "tags",
+)
+@click.option(
+    "--owner",
+
+)
+def update_vetter_tags(manifest: Path, file_key: str, tags: str, owner: str):
+    tag_keys = tags.split(",")
+    tag_owner = None
+    if owner is None:
+        tag_owner = User.objects.filter(is_superuser=True).first()
+    else:
+        tag_owner = User.objects.filter(username=owner).first()
+    if not tag_owner:
+        raise click.ClickException("Could not find a user for tag ownership")
+    with open(manifest) as manifest_file:
+        reader = DictReader(manifest_file)
+        if not reader.fieldnames:
+            raise click.ClickException(f"Manifest file {manifest} does not have column headers")
+        if file_key not in reader.fieldnames:
+            raise click.ClickException(f"Column header {file_key} does not exist in {manifest}")
+        for key in tag_keys:
+            if key not in reader.fieldnames:
+                raise click.ClickException(f"Column header {key} does not exist in {manifest}")
+        for entry in reader:
+            file_name = entry[file_key]
+            recording = Recording.objects.filter(name=file_name).first()
+            if not recording:
+                continue
+
+            new_tags = _get_or_create_tags(entry, tag_keys, tag_owner)
+            recording.tags.set(new_tags)