diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1a5124c035..f4c48b1b32 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     "scripts": {
         "compile-scripts": "tsc -p scripts",
         "not-needed": "node scripts/not-needed.js",
+        "update-codeowners": "node scripts/update-codeowners.js",
         "test": "node node_modules/types-publisher/bin/tester/test.js --run-from-definitely-typed",
         "lint": "dtslint types"
     },
diff --git a/scripts/tsconfig.json b/scripts/tsconfig.json
index 899f96af64..6e0fd5a58c 100644
--- a/scripts/tsconfig.json
+++ b/scripts/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 {
     "compilerOptions": {
+        "allowJs": true,
+        "checkJs": true,
         "module": "commonjs",
         "target": "es6",
-        "noImplicitAny": true,
-        "strictNullChecks": true,
-        "noImplicitReturns": true,
-        "noImplicitThis": true,
-        "noUnusedLocals": true,
-        "noUnusedParameters": true,
+        "strict": true,
         "baseUrl": "../types",
         "typeRoots": [
             "../types"
@@ -15,4 +12,4 @@
         "types": [],
         "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/scripts/update-codeowners.js b/scripts/update-codeowners.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..56eda138c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/update-codeowners.js
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+/// <reference lib="esnext.asynciterable" />
+// Must reference esnext.asynciterable lib, since octokit uses AsyncIterable internally
+const cp = require("child_process");
+const Octokit = require("@octokit/rest");
+const { AllPackages, getDefinitelyTyped, loggerWithErrors,
+        parseDefinitions, parseNProcesses, clean } = require("types-publisher");
+const { writeFile } = require("fs-extra");
+
+async function main() {
+    const options = { definitelyTypedPath: ".", progress: false, parseInParallel: true };
+    const log = loggerWithErrors()[0];
+
+    clean();
+    const dt = await getDefinitelyTyped(options, log);
+    await parseDefinitions(dt, { nProcesses: parseNProcesses(), definitelyTypedPath: "." }, log);
+    const allPackages = await AllPackages.read(dt);
+    const typings = allPackages.allTypings();
+    const maxPathLen = Math.max(...typings.map(t => t.subDirectoryPath.length));
+    const entries = mapDefined(typings, t => getEntry(t, maxPathLen));
+    await writeFile([options.definitelyTypedPath, ".github", "CODEOWNERS"].join("/"), `${header}\n\n${entries.join("\n")}\n`, { encoding: "utf-8" });
+}
+
+const token = /** @type {string} */(process.env.GH_TOKEN);
+const gh = new Octokit();
+const reviewers = ["weswigham", "sandersn", "RyanCavanaugh"]
+const now = new Date();
+const branchName = `codeowner-update-${now.getFullYear()}${padNum(now.getMonth())}${padNum(now.getDay())}`;
+const remoteUrl = `https://${token}@github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped.git`;
+runSequence([
+    ["git", ["checkout", "."]], // reset any changes
+]);
+
+main().then(() => {
+    runSequence([
+        ["git", ["checkout", "-b", branchName]], // create a branch
+        ["git", ["add", ".github/CODEOWNERS"]], // Add CODEOWNERS
+        ["git", ["commit", "-m", `"Update CODEOWNERS"`]], // Commit all changes
+        ["git", ["remote", "add", "fork", remoteUrl]], // Add the remote fork
+        ["git", ["push", "--set-upstream", "fork", branchName, "-f"]] // push the branch
+    ]);
+
+    gh.authenticate({
+        type: "token",
+        token,
+    });
+    return gh.pulls.create({
+        owner: "DefinitelyTyped",
+        repo: "DefinitelyTyped",
+        maintainer_can_modify: true,
+        title: `🤖 CODEOWNERS has changed`,
+        head: `DefinitelyTyped:${branchName}`,
+        base: "master",
+        body:
+        `Please review the diff and merge if no changes are unexpected.
+
+cc ${reviewers.map(r => "@" + r).join(" ")}`,
+    })
+}).then(r => {
+    const num = r.data.number;
+    console.log(`Pull request ${num} created.`);
+    return gh.pulls.createReviewRequest({
+        owner: "DefinitelyTyped",
+        repo: "DefinitelyTyped",
+        number: num,
+        reviewers,
+    });
+}).then(() => {
+    console.log(`Reviewers requested, done.`);
+}).catch(e => {
+    console.error(e);
+    process.exit(1);
+});
+
+/** @param {[string, string[]][]} tasks */
+function runSequence(tasks) {
+    for (const task of tasks) {
+        console.log(`${task[0]} ${task[1].join(" ")}`);
+        const result = cp.spawnSync(task[0], task[1], { timeout: 100000, shell: true, stdio: "inherit" });
+        if (result.status !== 0) throw new Error(`${task[0]} ${task[1].join(" ")} failed: ${result.stderr && result.stderr.toString()}`);
+    }
+}
+
+/** @param {number} number */
+function padNum(number) {
+    const str = "" + number;
+    return str.length >= 2 ? str : "0" + str;
+}
+
+
+const header =
+`# This file is generated.
+# Add yourself to the "Definitions by:" list instead.
+# See https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped#edit-an-existing-package`;
+
+/**
+ * @param { { contributors: ReadonlyArray<{githubUsername?: string }>, subDirectoryPath: string} } pkg
+ * @param {number} maxPathLen
+ * @return {string | undefined}
+ */
+function getEntry(pkg, maxPathLen) {
+    const users = mapDefined(pkg.contributors, c => c.githubUsername);
+    if (!users.length) {
+        return undefined;
+    }
+
+    const path = `${pkg.subDirectoryPath}/`.padEnd(maxPathLen);
+    return `/types/${path} ${users.map(u => `@${u}`).join(" ")}`;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @template T,U
+ * @param {ReadonlyArray<T>} arr
+ * @param {(t: T) => U | undefined} mapper
+ * @return U[]
+ */
+function mapDefined(arr, mapper) {
+    const out = [];
+    for (const a of arr) {
+        const res = mapper(a);
+        if (res !== undefined) {
+            out.push(res);
+        }
+    }
+    return out;
+}
+