diff --git a/cmd/doctext/main.go b/cmd/doctext/main.go
index 1045cce..36cebc9 100644
--- a/cmd/doctext/main.go
+++ b/cmd/doctext/main.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"flag"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ var (
 	TEAM_MEMBERS_DICT = os.Getenv("TEAM_MEMBERS_DICT")
 )
 
-func main() {
+func docText(dryRun bool) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 
 	var team Team
@@ -89,10 +90,13 @@ func main() {
 		if !ok {
 			teamMember = team["team"]
 		}
-		if err := notify(SLACK_HOOK, slackClient, issue, teamMember); err != nil {
-			gotErrors = true
-			log.Print(err)
-			return
+		log.Printf("INFO: Notifying %q about %d issues", assignee, len(issue))
+		if ! dryRun {
+			if err := notify(SLACK_HOOK, slackClient, issue, teamMember); err != nil {
+				gotErrors = true
+				log.Print(err)
+				return
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -103,6 +107,21 @@ func main() {
 	}
 }
 
+func main() {
+	var help = flag.Bool("help", false, "Show help")
+	var dryRun = false
+	flag.BoolVar(&dryRun, "dryRun", false, "Dry run (do not assign)")
+
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	if *help {
+		flag.Usage()
+		os.Exit(0)
+	}
+
+	docText(dryRun)
+}
+
 func init() {
 	ex_usage := false
 	if SLACK_HOOK == "" {
diff --git a/cmd/posttriage/main.go b/cmd/posttriage/main.go
index 19e666a..76b42e8 100644
--- a/cmd/posttriage/main.go
+++ b/cmd/posttriage/main.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"flag"
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ const queryTriaged = query.ShiftStack + `AND labels = "Triaged"`
 
 var JIRA_TOKEN = os.Getenv("JIRA_TOKEN")
 
-func main() {
+func postTriage(dryRun bool) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 
 	var jiraClient *jira.Client
@@ -68,9 +69,11 @@ func main() {
 					comment.WriteString("* " + reason + "\n")
 				}
 
-				if err := untriage(ctx, jiraClient, issue, comment.String()); err != nil {
-					gotErrors = true
-					log.Printf("ERROR: Failed to untriage %q: %v", issue.Key, err)
+				if ! dryRun {
+					if err := untriage(ctx, jiraClient, issue, comment.String()); err != nil {
+						gotErrors = true
+						log.Printf("ERROR: Failed to untriage %q: %v", issue.Key, err)
+					}
 				}
 			}
 		}(issue)
@@ -84,6 +87,21 @@ func main() {
 	}
 }
 
+func main() {
+	var help = flag.Bool("help", false, "Show help")
+	var dryRun = false
+	flag.BoolVar(&dryRun, "dryRun", false, "Dry run (do not assign)")
+
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	if *help {
+		flag.Usage()
+		os.Exit(0)
+	}
+
+	postTriage(dryRun)
+}
+
 func init() {
 	if JIRA_TOKEN == "" {
 		log.Print("FATAL: Required environment variable not found: JIRA_TOKEN")
diff --git a/cmd/pretriage/main.go b/cmd/pretriage/main.go
index cb26559..638c3e0 100644
--- a/cmd/pretriage/main.go
+++ b/cmd/pretriage/main.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"flag"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ var (
 	TEAM_VACATION     = os.Getenv("TEAM_VACATION")
 )
 
-func main() {
+func preTriage(dryRun bool) {
 	var team Team
 	if err := team.Load(strings.NewReader(TEAM_MEMBERS_DICT), strings.NewReader(TEAM_VACATION)); err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("error unmarshaling TEAM_MEMBERS_DICT: %v", err)
@@ -81,16 +82,17 @@ func main() {
 
 			log.Printf("Assigning issue %q to %q", issue.Key, censorEmail(assignee.JiraName))
 
-			if err := assign(jiraClient, issue, assignee); err != nil {
-				gotErrors = true
-				log.Print(err)
-				return
-			}
-
-			if err := notify(SLACK_HOOK, slackClient, issue, assignee); err != nil {
-				gotErrors = true
-				log.Print(err)
-				return
+			if ! dryRun {
+				if err := assign(jiraClient, issue, assignee); err != nil {
+					gotErrors = true
+					log.Print(err)
+					return
+				}
+				if err := notify(SLACK_HOOK, slackClient, issue, assignee); err != nil {
+					gotErrors = true
+					log.Print(err)
+					return
+				}
 			}
 		}(issue)
 	}
@@ -101,6 +103,21 @@ func main() {
 	}
 }
 
+func main() {
+	var help = flag.Bool("help", false, "Show help")
+	var dryRun = false
+	flag.BoolVar(&dryRun, "dryRun", false, "Dry run (do not assign)")
+
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	if *help {
+		flag.Usage()
+		os.Exit(0)
+	}
+
+	preTriage(dryRun)
+}
+
 func init() {
 	ex_usage := false
 	if SLACK_HOOK == "" {
diff --git a/cmd/triage/main.go b/cmd/triage/main.go
index d8d0cb2..11ac941 100644
--- a/cmd/triage/main.go
+++ b/cmd/triage/main.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"flag"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ var (
 	TEAM_MEMBERS_DICT = os.Getenv("TEAM_MEMBERS_DICT")
 )
 
-func main() {
+func triage(dryRun bool) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 
 	var team Team
@@ -78,10 +79,12 @@ func main() {
 			teamMember = team["team"]
 		}
 
-		if err := notify(SLACK_HOOK, slackClient, issues, teamMember); err != nil {
-			gotErrors = true
-			log.Print(err)
-			return
+		if ! dryRun {
+			if err := notify(SLACK_HOOK, slackClient, issues, teamMember); err != nil {
+				gotErrors = true
+				log.Print(err)
+				return
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -90,6 +93,21 @@ func main() {
 	}
 }
 
+func main() {
+	var help = flag.Bool("help", false, "Show help")
+	var dryRun = false
+	flag.BoolVar(&dryRun, "dryRun", false, "Dry run (do not assign)")
+
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	if *help {
+		flag.Usage()
+		os.Exit(0)
+	}
+
+	triage(dryRun)
+}
+
 func init() {
 	ex_usage := false
 	if SLACK_HOOK == "" {