diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2f31fa026..489013080 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ To use this environment, type `source builds/stable-0.0.1/enable`.
 As well as the `kmd` command, this package installs several other
 commands, each with its own options:
 
+- `komodo-ask-for-tags` — Checks if there are any internal dependencies
+  with changes since last release and composes a message to ask for new tags
+  from the respective maintainers
 - `komodo-check-pypi` — Checks if pypi packages are up to date
 - `komodo-insert-proposals` — Copy proposals into release and create PR
 - `komodo-post-messages` — Post messages to a release
diff --git a/komodo/ask_for_tags.py b/komodo/ask_for_tags.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..8173742ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/komodo/ask_for_tags.py
@@ -0,0 +1,218 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import base64
+import os
+import re
+from collections import defaultdict
+from textwrap import dedent
+from typing import Callable, List, Mapping
+
+import yaml
+from github import Github
+from github.Commit import Commit
+from github.GithubException import GithubException, UnknownObjectException
+from github.Repository import Repository
+
+not_in_komodo_releases_project_msg = (
+    "We expect this script to be run in the komodo-releases project"
+)
+
+
+def get_packages_that_use_main() -> List[str]:
+    bleeding_release_file = "releases/matrices/bleeding.yml"
+    duplicate_pkgs = ["everest-models"]  # this is included in the everest repo
+    try:
+        with open(bleeding_release_file, "r", encoding="utf-8") as bleeding_raw:
+            bleeding = yaml.safe_load(bleeding_raw)
+    except FileNotFoundError as err:
+        raise FileNotFoundError(not_in_komodo_releases_project_msg) from err
+
+    main_pkgs_in_bleeding = [
+        pkg.lower()
+        for pkg, version in bleeding.items()
+        if version == "main" and pkg not in duplicate_pkgs
+    ]
+    return main_pkgs_in_bleeding
+
+
+def get_repos(gh_client: Github, packages: List[str]) -> List[Repository]:
+    """tries to download repositories based on provided package names, using some
+    predefined fork names. throws if repo for a package could not be found / accessed
+    """
+
+    DEFAULT_FORK = "equinor"
+    ALTERNATE_FORK = "tno-everest"
+
+    repos = []
+    for package in packages:
+        try:
+            repo = gh_client.get_repo(f"{DEFAULT_FORK}/{package}")
+        except UnknownObjectException:
+            repo = gh_client.get_repo(f"{ALTERNATE_FORK}/{package}")
+        repos.append(repo)
+
+    packages_without_repo = [
+        pkg for pkg in packages if pkg not in [repo.name.lower() for repo in repos]
+    ]
+    if packages_without_repo:
+        errMsg = (
+            "Could not find / access repo for following packages: "
+            f"{packages_without_repo}"
+        )
+        raise RuntimeError(errMsg)
+    return repos
+
+
+def get_latest_commit(repo: Repository) -> Commit:
+    DEFAULT_BRANCH = "main"
+    ALTERNATE_BRANCH = "master"
+    try:
+        return repo.get_branch(DEFAULT_BRANCH).commit
+    except GithubException:
+        return repo.get_branch(ALTERNATE_BRANCH).commit
+
+
+def get_commit_of_latest_release(repo: Repository) -> Commit:
+    last_release = repo.get_latest_release()
+    tags = repo.get_tags()
+    release_tag = [tag for tag in tags if tag.name == last_release.tag_name][0]
+    return release_tag.commit
+
+
+def find_repos_with_changes_since_last_release(
+    repos: List[Repository],
+) -> List[Repository]:
+    repos_with_changes = []
+    for repo in repos:
+        last_commit = get_latest_commit(repo)
+        release_commit = get_commit_of_latest_release(repo)
+        if last_commit != release_commit:
+            repos_with_changes.append(repo)
+    return repos_with_changes
+
+
+def get_scout_maintainers(gh_client: Github) -> Mapping[str, str]:
+    scout_repo = gh_client.get_repo("equinor/scout")
+    projects_file = scout_repo.get_contents("projects.md")
+    projects_file_contents = base64.b64decode(projects_file.content).decode()
+
+    def find_all_xs(entries: List[str], xs: List[int]) -> List[int]:
+        last_index = xs[-1] if xs else 0
+        try:
+            find_x = entries.index("X", last_index + 1)
+        except ValueError:
+            return xs
+        xs.append(find_x)
+        return find_all_xs(entries, xs)
+
+    table_lines = [
+        line
+        for line in projects_file_contents.splitlines()
+        if line.startswith("|") and line.endswith("|")
+    ]
+    maintainer_entries = table_lines[0].split("|")
+    project_maintainers = defaultdict(list)
+    # ignore header and sub header lines in table
+    for project_line in table_lines[2:]:
+        entries = project_line.split("|")
+        package_github_address = re.search(r"\((.*)\)", entries[1]).group(1)
+        package_name = package_github_address.split("/")[-1]
+
+        indexes_marking_maintainers = find_all_xs(
+            [entry.strip() for entry in entries], []
+        )
+        for index in indexes_marking_maintainers:
+            raw_maintainer_entry = maintainer_entries[index]
+            maintainer = re.search(r"\[(.*)\]", raw_maintainer_entry).group(1)
+            project_maintainers[package_name].append(maintainer)
+
+    return project_maintainers
+
+
+def create_maintainer_fetcher(gh_client: Github) -> Callable[[Repository], List[str]]:
+    all_scout_maintainers = get_scout_maintainers(gh_client)
+    KOMODO_COLLECTION_FILE = "repository.yml"
+    try:
+        with open(
+            KOMODO_COLLECTION_FILE, mode="r", encoding="utf-8"
+        ) as komodo_colletion_file:
+            komodo_colletion = yaml.safe_load(komodo_colletion_file)
+    except FileNotFoundError as err:
+        raise FileNotFoundError(not_in_komodo_releases_project_msg) from err
+
+    def get_maintainers(repo: str) -> List[str]:
+        scout_maintainers = all_scout_maintainers.get(repo)
+        if scout_maintainers:
+            return scout_maintainers
+        last_version = list(komodo_colletion[repo])[0]
+        external_maintainer = komodo_colletion[repo][last_version].get("maintainer")
+        if not external_maintainer:
+            raise RuntimeError(
+                f"Could not find maintainer for `{repo}` in scout projects table "
+                f"or in komodo releases {KOMODO_COLLECTION_FILE} file"
+            )
+        return [external_maintainer]
+
+    return get_maintainers
+
+
+def build_message_to_maintainers(repos: List[Repository], gh_client: Github) -> str:
+    fetch_maintainers = create_maintainer_fetcher(gh_client)
+    intro_text = dedent(
+        """
+        Dear maintainers, I am planning to make a new beta build - I have identified
+        packages that have changes since the latest tag was made. if you would like to
+        include those changes in this beta build, please create a (beta) tag (for
+        whichever commit you want to include) and create an upgrade proposal PR on
+        komodo-releases to include the tag
+        """
+    )
+    repo_with_maintainers_line = "\n".join(
+        [
+            (
+                f"[{repo.name}]({repo.url}) - "
+                f"{' / '.join(fetch_maintainers(repo.name.lower()))}"
+            )
+            for repo in repos
+        ]
+    )
+    outro = dedent(
+        """
+        if you feel that you're not (the sole) responsible for the package i put
+        you down for, please let me know who i should ping instead
+        (additionally), and i will update the coresponding documentation.
+
+        The reason for this message and building a beta like such is that all komodo
+        bleeding tests passed last night :tada:
+        """
+    )
+    return "\n".join([intro_text, repo_with_maintainers_line, outro])
+
+
+def main():
+    github_token = os.getenv("GITHUB_TOKEN", None)
+    if github_token is None:
+        raise ValueError(
+            "Please provide a github access token through the env var `GITHUB_TOKEN`\n"
+            "Note that the token should be a personal access token "
+            "(not fine-grained),\n configured for SSO with equinor"
+        )
+
+    gh_client = Github(login_or_token=github_token)
+
+    packages = get_packages_that_use_main()
+    repos = get_repos(gh_client, packages)
+    repos_with_changes = find_repos_with_changes_since_last_release(repos)
+    if not repos_with_changes:
+        print("all releases are up to date!")
+        return
+    print(
+        "repos with changes:\n", "\n".join([repo.name for repo in repos_with_changes])
+    )
+    message = build_message_to_maintainers(repos_with_changes, gh_client)
+    print("here's the message to the maintainers:\n")
+    print(message)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8c4bad74e..8e64e9603 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ write_to = "komodo/_version.py"
 
 [project.scripts]
 kmd = "komodo.cli:cli_main"
+komodo-ask-for-tags = "komodo.ask_for_tags:main"
 komodo-check-pypi = "komodo.check_up_to_date_pypi:main"
 komodo-check-symlinks = "komodo.symlink.sanity_check:sanity_main"
 komodo-clean-repository = "komodo.release_cleanup:main"