diff --git a/autostart.sh b/autostart.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..de054c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/autostart.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+kitty -e alot &
+firefox -p default &
+firefox -p messenger-instanzen &
+kitty -e vdirsyncer sync && kitty -e khal interactive &
diff --git a/forget-password.sh b/forget-password.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4aec132
--- /dev/null
+++ b/forget-password.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#used to manually clear cached password from gpg-agent
+echo RELOADAGENT | gpg-connect-agent
diff --git a/recompile-at-filechange.sh b/recompile-at-filechange.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..daadb63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recompile-at-filechange.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+find . | entr pdflatex self.tex &
+find self.pdf | entr -r xdg-open self.pdf &