diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c0fae5d..3662225 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ For complete spawn commands, coordinates, and functionality details, see **[docs
 
 For common workflows, management commands, and database operations, see **[docs/GETTING_STARTED.md](docs/GETTING_STARTED.md)**.
 
+- Keep the module catalog current with `scripts/python/update_module_manifest.py` or trigger the scheduled **Sync Module Manifest** GitHub Action to auto-open a PR with the latest AzerothCore topic repos.
+
 ---
 
 ## Advanced Configuration
diff --git a/config/module-manifest.json b/config/module-manifest.json
index e608a91..f4f4d96 100644
--- a/config/module-manifest.json
+++ b/config/module-manifest.json
@@ -73,7 +73,9 @@
       "config_cleanup": [
         "mod_ahbot.conf*"
       ],
-      "category": "economy"
+      "category": "economy",
+      "status": "blocked",
+      "block_reason": "Linker error: Missing Addmod_ahbotScripts() function (use MODULE_LUA_AH_BOT instead)"
     },
     {
       "key": "MODULE_AUTOBALANCE",
@@ -343,6 +345,8 @@
       "name": "mod-quest-count-level",
       "repo": "https://github.com/michaeldelago/mod-quest-count-level.git",
       "type": "cpp",
+      "status": "blocked",
+      "block_reason": "Uses removed ConfigMgr::GetBoolDefault API; fails to compile on modern cores",
       "post_install_hooks": [],
       "config_cleanup": [
         "levelGrant.conf*"
@@ -399,9 +403,11 @@
       "name": "mod-challenge-modes",
       "repo": "https://github.com/ZhengPeiRu21/mod-challenge-modes.git",
       "type": "cpp",
+      "block_reason": "Compilation error: Override signature mismatch on OnGiveXP",
       "post_install_hooks": [],
       "description": "Implements keystone-style timed runs with leaderboards and scaling modifiers",
-      "category": "gameplay-enhancement"
+      "category": "gameplay-enhancement",
+      "status": "blocked"
     },
     {
       "key": "MODULE_OLLAMA_CHAT",
@@ -475,8 +481,10 @@
       "repo": "https://github.com/azerothcore/mod-azerothshard.git",
       "type": "cpp",
       "post_install_hooks": [],
+      "block_reason": "Compilation error: Method name mismatch (getLevel vs GetLevel)",
       "description": "Bundles AzerothShard tweaks: utility NPCs, scripted events, and gameplay improvements",
-      "category": "content"
+      "category": "content",
+      "status": "blocked"
     },
     {
       "key": "MODULE_WORGOBLIN",
@@ -680,7 +688,9 @@
         "copy-standard-lua"
       ],
       "description": "Enables multiple NPC merchants with database integration",
-      "category": "npc-service"
+      "category": "npc-service",
+      "status": "blocked",
+      "block_reason": "Linker error: Missing script loader function"
     },
     {
       "key": "MODULE_TREASURE_CHEST_SYSTEM",
@@ -1151,4 +1161,4 @@
       "category": "progression"
     }
   ]
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 8f49eff..ec35cb4 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ services:
       AC_LOGIN_DATABASE_INFO: "${CONTAINER_MYSQL};${MYSQL_PORT};${MYSQL_USER};${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD};${DB_AUTH_NAME}"
       AC_WORLD_DATABASE_INFO: "${CONTAINER_MYSQL};${MYSQL_PORT};${MYSQL_USER};${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD};${DB_WORLD_NAME}"
       AC_CHARACTER_DATABASE_INFO: "${CONTAINER_MYSQL};${MYSQL_PORT};${MYSQL_USER};${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD};${DB_CHARACTERS_NAME}"
-      AC_UPDATES_ENABLE_DATABASES: "0"
+      AC_UPDATES_ENABLE_DATABASES: "7"
       AC_BIND_IP: "0.0.0.0"
       AC_DATA_DIR: "/azerothcore/data"
       AC_SOAP_PORT: "7878"
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ services:
         condition: service_completed_successfully
     environment:
       AC_LOGIN_DATABASE_INFO: "${CONTAINER_MYSQL};${MYSQL_PORT};${MYSQL_USER};${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD};${DB_AUTH_NAME}"
-      AC_UPDATES_ENABLE_DATABASES: "0"
+      AC_UPDATES_ENABLE_DATABASES: "7"
       AC_BIND_IP: "0.0.0.0"
       AC_LOG_LEVEL: "1"
       AC_LOGGER_ROOT_CONFIG: "1,Console"
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ services:
       AC_LOGIN_DATABASE_INFO: "${CONTAINER_MYSQL};${MYSQL_PORT};${MYSQL_USER};${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD};${DB_AUTH_NAME}"
       AC_WORLD_DATABASE_INFO: "${CONTAINER_MYSQL};${MYSQL_PORT};${MYSQL_USER};${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD};${DB_WORLD_NAME}"
       AC_CHARACTER_DATABASE_INFO: "${CONTAINER_MYSQL};${MYSQL_PORT};${MYSQL_USER};${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD};${DB_CHARACTERS_NAME}"
-      AC_UPDATES_ENABLE_DATABASES: "0"
+      AC_UPDATES_ENABLE_DATABASES: "7"
       AC_BIND_IP: "0.0.0.0"
       AC_DATA_DIR: "/azerothcore/data"
       AC_SOAP_PORT: "7878"
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ services:
       AC_LOGIN_DATABASE_INFO: "${CONTAINER_MYSQL};${MYSQL_PORT};${MYSQL_USER};${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD};${DB_AUTH_NAME}"
       AC_WORLD_DATABASE_INFO: "${CONTAINER_MYSQL};${MYSQL_PORT};${MYSQL_USER};${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD};${DB_WORLD_NAME}"
       AC_CHARACTER_DATABASE_INFO: "${CONTAINER_MYSQL};${MYSQL_PORT};${MYSQL_USER};${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD};${DB_CHARACTERS_NAME}"
-      AC_UPDATES_ENABLE_DATABASES: "0"
+      AC_UPDATES_ENABLE_DATABASES: "7"
       AC_BIND_IP: "0.0.0.0"
       AC_DATA_DIR: "/azerothcore/data"
       AC_SOAP_PORT: "7878"
diff --git a/docs/SCRIPTS.md b/docs/SCRIPTS.md
index c2645a4..124e514 100644
--- a/docs/SCRIPTS.md
+++ b/docs/SCRIPTS.md
@@ -182,6 +182,22 @@ Central module registry and management system:
 
 This centralized approach eliminates duplicate module definitions across scripts.
 
+#### `scripts/python/update_module_manifest.py` - GitHub Topic Sync
+Automates manifest population directly from the official AzerothCore GitHub topics.
+
+```bash
+# Preview new modules across all default topics
+python3 scripts/python/update_module_manifest.py --dry-run --log
+
+# Update config/module-manifest.json with latest repos (requires GITHUB_TOKEN)
+GITHUB_TOKEN=ghp_yourtoken python3 scripts/python/update_module_manifest.py --refresh-existing
+```
+
+- Queries `azerothcore-module`, `azerothcore-lua`, `azerothcore-sql`, `azerothcore-tools`, and `azerothcore-module+ac-premium`
+- Merges new repositories without touching existing customizations
+- Optional `--refresh-existing` flag rehydrates names/descriptions from GitHub
+- Designed for both local execution and the accompanying GitHub Action workflow
+
 #### `scripts/bash/manage-modules-sql.sh` - Module Database Integration
 Executes module-specific SQL scripts for database schema updates.
 
diff --git a/scripts/bash/backup-status.sh b/scripts/bash/backup-status.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0571a5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/bash/backup-status.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,421 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Backup Status Dashboard
+# Displays comprehensive backup system status and statistics
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+PROJECT_ROOT="$(cd "$SCRIPT_DIR/../.." && pwd)"
+
+# Colors
+BLUE='\033[0;34m'
+GREEN='\033[0;32m'
+YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
+RED='\033[0;31m'
+CYAN='\033[0;36m'
+BOLD='\033[1m'
+NC='\033[0m'
+
+# Icons
+ICON_BACKUP="📦"
+ICON_TIME="🕐"
+ICON_SIZE="💾"
+ICON_CHART="📊"
+ICON_SUCCESS="✅"
+ICON_WARNING="⚠️"
+ICON_SCHEDULE="📅"
+
+# Default values
+SHOW_DETAILS=0
+SHOW_TRENDS=0
+
+usage() {
+  cat <<'EOF'
+Usage: ./backup-status.sh [options]
+
+Display backup system status and statistics.
+
+Options:
+  -d, --details     Show detailed backup listing
+  -t, --trends      Show size trends over time
+  -h, --help        Show this help
+
+Examples:
+  ./backup-status.sh
+  ./backup-status.sh --details
+  ./backup-status.sh --details --trends
+
+EOF
+}
+
+# Parse arguments
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+  case "$1" in
+    -d|--details) SHOW_DETAILS=1; shift;;
+    -t|--trends) SHOW_TRENDS=1; shift;;
+    -h|--help) usage; exit 0;;
+    *) echo "Unknown option: $1"; usage; exit 1;;
+  esac
+done
+
+# Load environment
+if [ -f "$PROJECT_ROOT/.env" ]; then
+  set -a
+  # shellcheck disable=SC1091
+  source "$PROJECT_ROOT/.env"
+  set +a
+fi
+
+BACKUP_PATH="${BACKUP_PATH:-$PROJECT_ROOT/storage/backups}"
+BACKUP_INTERVAL_MINUTES="${BACKUP_INTERVAL_MINUTES:-60}"
+BACKUP_RETENTION_HOURS="${BACKUP_RETENTION_HOURS:-6}"
+BACKUP_RETENTION_DAYS="${BACKUP_RETENTION_DAYS:-3}"
+BACKUP_DAILY_TIME="${BACKUP_DAILY_TIME:-09}"
+
+# Format bytes to human readable
+format_bytes() {
+  local bytes=$1
+  if [ "$bytes" -lt 1024 ]; then
+    echo "${bytes}B"
+  elif [ "$bytes" -lt 1048576 ]; then
+    echo "$(awk "BEGIN {printf \"%.1f\", $bytes/1024}")KB"
+  elif [ "$bytes" -lt 1073741824 ]; then
+    echo "$(awk "BEGIN {printf \"%.1f\", $bytes/1048576}")MB"
+  else
+    echo "$(awk "BEGIN {printf \"%.2f\", $bytes/1073741824}")GB"
+  fi
+}
+
+# Get directory size
+get_dir_size() {
+  local dir="$1"
+  if [ -d "$dir" ]; then
+    du -sb "$dir" 2>/dev/null | cut -f1
+  else
+    echo "0"
+  fi
+}
+
+# Count backups in directory
+count_backups() {
+  local dir="$1"
+  if [ -d "$dir" ]; then
+    find "$dir" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d 2>/dev/null | wc -l
+  else
+    echo "0"
+  fi
+}
+
+# Get latest backup timestamp
+get_latest_backup() {
+  local dir="$1"
+  if [ -d "$dir" ]; then
+    ls -1t "$dir" 2>/dev/null | head -n1 || echo ""
+  else
+    echo ""
+  fi
+}
+
+# Parse timestamp from backup directory name
+parse_timestamp() {
+  local backup_name="$1"
+  # Format: YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS or ExportBackup_YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS
+  local timestamp
+  if [[ "$backup_name" =~ ([0-9]{8})_([0-9]{6}) ]]; then
+    timestamp="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}_${BASH_REMATCH[2]}"
+    echo "$timestamp"
+  else
+    echo ""
+  fi
+}
+
+# Calculate time ago from timestamp
+time_ago() {
+  local timestamp="$1"
+  if [ -z "$timestamp" ]; then
+    echo "Unknown"
+    return
+  fi
+
+  # Parse timestamp: YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS
+  local year="${timestamp:0:4}"
+  local month="${timestamp:4:2}"
+  local day="${timestamp:6:2}"
+  local hour="${timestamp:9:2}"
+  local minute="${timestamp:11:2}"
+  local second="${timestamp:13:2}"
+
+  local backup_epoch
+  backup_epoch=$(date -d "$year-$month-$day $hour:$minute:$second" +%s 2>/dev/null || echo "0")
+
+  if [ "$backup_epoch" = "0" ]; then
+    echo "Unknown"
+    return
+  fi
+
+  local now_epoch
+  now_epoch=$(date +%s)
+  local diff=$((now_epoch - backup_epoch))
+
+  if [ "$diff" -lt 60 ]; then
+    echo "${diff} seconds ago"
+  elif [ "$diff" -lt 3600 ]; then
+    local minutes=$((diff / 60))
+    echo "${minutes} minute(s) ago"
+  elif [ "$diff" -lt 86400 ]; then
+    local hours=$((diff / 3600))
+    echo "${hours} hour(s) ago"
+  else
+    local days=$((diff / 86400))
+    echo "${days} day(s) ago"
+  fi
+}
+
+# Calculate next scheduled backup
+next_backup_time() {
+  local interval_minutes="$1"
+  local now_epoch
+  now_epoch=$(date +%s)
+
+  local next_epoch=$((now_epoch + (interval_minutes * 60)))
+  local in_minutes=$(((next_epoch - now_epoch) / 60))
+
+  if [ "$in_minutes" -lt 60 ]; then
+    echo "in ${in_minutes} minute(s)"
+  else
+    local in_hours=$((in_minutes / 60))
+    local remaining_minutes=$((in_minutes % 60))
+    echo "in ${in_hours} hour(s) ${remaining_minutes} minute(s)"
+  fi
+}
+
+# Calculate next daily backup
+next_daily_backup() {
+  local daily_hour="$1"
+  local now_epoch
+  now_epoch=$(date +%s)
+
+  local today_backup_epoch
+  today_backup_epoch=$(date -d "today ${daily_hour}:00:00" +%s)
+
+  local next_epoch
+  if [ "$now_epoch" -lt "$today_backup_epoch" ]; then
+    next_epoch=$today_backup_epoch
+  else
+    next_epoch=$(date -d "tomorrow ${daily_hour}:00:00" +%s)
+  fi
+
+  local diff=$((next_epoch - now_epoch))
+  local hours=$((diff / 3600))
+  local minutes=$(((diff % 3600) / 60))
+
+  echo "in ${hours} hour(s) ${minutes} minute(s)"
+}
+
+# Show backup tier status
+show_backup_tier() {
+  local tier_name="$1"
+  local tier_dir="$2"
+  local retention="$3"
+
+  if [ ! -d "$tier_dir" ]; then
+    printf "  ${ICON_WARNING} ${YELLOW}%s:${NC} No backups found\n" "$tier_name"
+    return
+  fi
+
+  local count size latest
+  count=$(count_backups "$tier_dir")
+  size=$(get_dir_size "$tier_dir")
+  latest=$(get_latest_backup "$tier_dir")
+
+  if [ "$count" = "0" ]; then
+    printf "  ${ICON_WARNING} ${YELLOW}%s:${NC} No backups found\n" "$tier_name"
+    return
+  fi
+
+  local latest_timestamp
+  latest_timestamp=$(parse_timestamp "$latest")
+  local ago
+  ago=$(time_ago "$latest_timestamp")
+
+  printf "  ${GREEN}${ICON_SUCCESS} %s:${NC} %s backup(s), %s total\n" "$tier_name" "$count" "$(format_bytes "$size")"
+  printf "     ${ICON_TIME} Latest: %s (%s)\n" "$latest" "$ago"
+  printf "     ${ICON_SCHEDULE} Retention: %s\n" "$retention"
+
+  if [ "$SHOW_DETAILS" = "1" ]; then
+    printf "     ${ICON_BACKUP} Available backups:\n"
+    local backup_list
+    backup_list=$(ls -1t "$tier_dir" 2>/dev/null || true)
+    while IFS= read -r backup; do
+      if [ -n "$backup" ]; then
+        local backup_size
+        backup_size=$(get_dir_size "$tier_dir/$backup")
+        local backup_timestamp
+        backup_timestamp=$(parse_timestamp "$backup")
+        local backup_ago
+        backup_ago=$(time_ago "$backup_timestamp")
+        printf "        - %s: %s (%s)\n" "$backup" "$(format_bytes "$backup_size")" "$backup_ago"
+      fi
+    done <<< "$backup_list"
+  fi
+}
+
+# Show size trends
+show_trends() {
+  printf "${BOLD}${ICON_CHART} Backup Size Trends${NC}\n"
+  echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
+
+  local daily_dir="$BACKUP_PATH/daily"
+  if [ ! -d "$daily_dir" ]; then
+    printf "  ${ICON_WARNING} No daily backups found for trend analysis\n\n"
+    return
+  fi
+
+  # Get last 7 daily backups
+  local backup_list
+  backup_list=$(ls -1t "$daily_dir" 2>/dev/null | head -7 | tac)
+
+  if [ -z "$backup_list" ]; then
+    printf "  ${ICON_WARNING} Not enough backups for trend analysis\n\n"
+    return
+  fi
+
+  # Find max size for scaling
+  local max_size=0
+  while IFS= read -r backup; do
+    if [ -n "$backup" ]; then
+      local size
+      size=$(get_dir_size "$daily_dir/$backup")
+      if [ "$size" -gt "$max_size" ]; then
+        max_size=$size
+      fi
+    fi
+  done <<< "$backup_list"
+
+  # Display trend chart
+  while IFS= read -r backup; do
+    if [ -n "$backup" ]; then
+      local size
+      size=$(get_dir_size "$daily_dir/$backup")
+      local timestamp
+      timestamp=$(parse_timestamp "$backup")
+      local date_str="${timestamp:0:4}-${timestamp:4:2}-${timestamp:6:2}"
+
+      # Calculate bar length (max 30 chars)
+      local bar_length=0
+      if [ "$max_size" -gt 0 ]; then
+        bar_length=$((size * 30 / max_size))
+      fi
+
+      # Create bar
+      local bar=""
+      for ((i=0; i<bar_length; i++)); do
+        bar+="█"
+      done
+      for ((i=bar_length; i<30; i++)); do
+        bar+="░"
+      done
+
+      printf "  %s: %s %s\n" "$date_str" "$(format_bytes "$size" | awk '{printf "%-8s", $0}')" "$bar"
+    fi
+  done <<< "$backup_list"
+  echo
+}
+
+# Main status display
+main() {
+  echo
+  printf "${BOLD}${BLUE}${ICON_BACKUP} AZEROTHCORE BACKUP STATUS${NC}\n"
+  echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
+  echo
+
+  # Check if backup directory exists
+  if [ ! -d "$BACKUP_PATH" ]; then
+    printf "${RED}${ICON_WARNING} Backup directory not found: %s${NC}\n\n" "$BACKUP_PATH"
+    printf "Backup system may not be initialized yet.\n\n"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  # Show current backup tiers
+  printf "${BOLD}${ICON_BACKUP} Backup Tiers${NC}\n"
+  echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
+
+  show_backup_tier "Hourly Backups" "$BACKUP_PATH/hourly" "${BACKUP_RETENTION_HOURS} hours"
+  show_backup_tier "Daily Backups" "$BACKUP_PATH/daily" "${BACKUP_RETENTION_DAYS} days"
+
+  # Check for manual backups
+  local manual_count=0
+  local manual_size=0
+  if [ -d "$PROJECT_ROOT/manual-backups" ]; then
+    manual_count=$(count_backups "$PROJECT_ROOT/manual-backups")
+    manual_size=$(get_dir_size "$PROJECT_ROOT/manual-backups")
+  fi
+
+  # Also check for export backups in main backup dir
+  local export_count=0
+  if [ -d "$BACKUP_PATH" ]; then
+    export_count=$(find "$BACKUP_PATH" -maxdepth 1 -type d -name "ExportBackup_*" 2>/dev/null | wc -l)
+    if [ "$export_count" -gt 0 ]; then
+      local export_size=0
+      while IFS= read -r export_dir; do
+        if [ -n "$export_dir" ]; then
+          local size
+          size=$(get_dir_size "$export_dir")
+          export_size=$((export_size + size))
+        fi
+      done < <(find "$BACKUP_PATH" -maxdepth 1 -type d -name "ExportBackup_*" 2>/dev/null)
+      manual_size=$((manual_size + export_size))
+      manual_count=$((manual_count + export_count))
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  if [ "$manual_count" -gt 0 ]; then
+    printf "  ${GREEN}${ICON_SUCCESS} Manual/Export Backups:${NC} %s backup(s), %s total\n" "$manual_count" "$(format_bytes "$manual_size")"
+  fi
+
+  echo
+
+  # Show next scheduled backups
+  printf "${BOLD}${ICON_SCHEDULE} Backup Schedule${NC}\n"
+  echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
+  printf "  ${ICON_TIME} Hourly interval: every %s minutes\n" "$BACKUP_INTERVAL_MINUTES"
+  printf "  ${ICON_TIME} Next hourly backup: %s\n" "$(next_backup_time "$BACKUP_INTERVAL_MINUTES")"
+  printf "  ${ICON_TIME} Daily backup time: %s:00\n" "$BACKUP_DAILY_TIME"
+  printf "  ${ICON_TIME} Next daily backup: %s\n" "$(next_daily_backup "$BACKUP_DAILY_TIME")"
+  echo
+
+  # Calculate total storage
+  local total_size=0
+  for tier_dir in "$BACKUP_PATH/hourly" "$BACKUP_PATH/daily"; do
+    if [ -d "$tier_dir" ]; then
+      local size
+      size=$(get_dir_size "$tier_dir")
+      total_size=$((total_size + size))
+    fi
+  done
+  total_size=$((total_size + manual_size))
+
+  printf "${BOLD}${ICON_SIZE} Total Backup Storage: %s${NC}\n" "$(format_bytes "$total_size")"
+  echo
+
+  # Show trends if requested
+  if [ "$SHOW_TRENDS" = "1" ]; then
+    show_trends
+  fi
+
+  # Show backup configuration
+  if [ "$SHOW_DETAILS" = "1" ]; then
+    printf "${BOLD}⚙️  Backup Configuration${NC}\n"
+    echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
+    printf "  Backup directory: %s\n" "$BACKUP_PATH"
+    printf "  Hourly retention: %s hours\n" "$BACKUP_RETENTION_HOURS"
+    printf "  Daily retention: %s days\n" "$BACKUP_RETENTION_DAYS"
+    printf "  Interval: every %s minutes\n" "$BACKUP_INTERVAL_MINUTES"
+    printf "  Daily backup time: %s:00\n" "$BACKUP_DAILY_TIME"
+    echo
+  fi
+
+  printf "${GREEN}${ICON_SUCCESS} Backup status check complete!${NC}\n"
+  echo
+}
+
+main "$@"
diff --git a/scripts/bash/db-health-check.sh b/scripts/bash/db-health-check.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..3f983b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/bash/db-health-check.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,389 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Database Health Check Script
+# Provides comprehensive health status of AzerothCore databases
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+PROJECT_ROOT="$(cd "$SCRIPT_DIR/../.." && pwd)"
+
+# Colors
+BLUE='\033[0;34m'
+GREEN='\033[0;32m'
+YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
+RED='\033[0;31m'
+CYAN='\033[0;36m'
+BOLD='\033[1m'
+NC='\033[0m'
+
+# Icons
+ICON_SUCCESS="✅"
+ICON_WARNING="⚠️"
+ICON_ERROR="❌"
+ICON_INFO="ℹ️"
+ICON_DB="🗄️"
+ICON_SIZE="💾"
+ICON_TIME="🕐"
+ICON_MODULE="📦"
+ICON_UPDATE="🔄"
+
+# Default values
+VERBOSE=0
+SHOW_PENDING=0
+SHOW_MODULES=1
+CONTAINER_NAME="ac-mysql"
+
+usage() {
+  cat <<'EOF'
+Usage: ./db-health-check.sh [options]
+
+Check the health status of AzerothCore databases.
+
+Options:
+  -v, --verbose         Show detailed information
+  -p, --pending         Show pending updates
+  -m, --no-modules      Hide module update information
+  -c, --container NAME  MySQL container name (default: ac-mysql)
+  -h, --help            Show this help
+
+Examples:
+  ./db-health-check.sh
+  ./db-health-check.sh --verbose --pending
+  ./db-health-check.sh --container ac-mysql-custom
+
+EOF
+}
+
+# Parse arguments
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+  case "$1" in
+    -v|--verbose) VERBOSE=1; shift;;
+    -p|--pending) SHOW_PENDING=1; shift;;
+    -m|--no-modules) SHOW_MODULES=0; shift;;
+    -c|--container) CONTAINER_NAME="$2"; shift 2;;
+    -h|--help) usage; exit 0;;
+    *) echo "Unknown option: $1"; usage; exit 1;;
+  esac
+done
+
+# Load environment
+if [ -f "$PROJECT_ROOT/.env" ]; then
+  set -a
+  # shellcheck disable=SC1091
+  source "$PROJECT_ROOT/.env"
+  set +a
+fi
+
+MYSQL_HOST="${MYSQL_HOST:-ac-mysql}"
+MYSQL_PORT="${MYSQL_PORT:-3306}"
+MYSQL_USER="${MYSQL_USER:-root}"
+MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD="${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD:-}"
+DB_AUTH_NAME="${DB_AUTH_NAME:-acore_auth}"
+DB_WORLD_NAME="${DB_WORLD_NAME:-acore_world}"
+DB_CHARACTERS_NAME="${DB_CHARACTERS_NAME:-acore_characters}"
+DB_PLAYERBOTS_NAME="${DB_PLAYERBOTS_NAME:-acore_playerbots}"
+
+# MySQL query helper
+mysql_query() {
+  local database="${1:-}"
+  local query="$2"
+
+  if [ -z "$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD" ]; then
+    echo "Error: MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD not set" >&2
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  if command -v docker >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    if [ -n "$database" ]; then
+      docker exec "$CONTAINER_NAME" mysql -h"$MYSQL_HOST" -P"$MYSQL_PORT" -u"$MYSQL_USER" -p"$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD" "$database" -N -B -e "$query" 2>/dev/null
+    else
+      docker exec "$CONTAINER_NAME" mysql -h"$MYSQL_HOST" -P"$MYSQL_PORT" -u"$MYSQL_USER" -p"$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD" -N -B -e "$query" 2>/dev/null
+    fi
+  else
+    if [ -n "$database" ]; then
+      mysql -h"$MYSQL_HOST" -P"$MYSQL_PORT" -u"$MYSQL_USER" -p"$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD" "$database" -N -B -e "$query" 2>/dev/null
+    else
+      mysql -h"$MYSQL_HOST" -P"$MYSQL_PORT" -u"$MYSQL_USER" -p"$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD" -N -B -e "$query" 2>/dev/null
+    fi
+  fi
+}
+
+# Format bytes to human readable
+format_bytes() {
+  local bytes=$1
+  if [ "$bytes" -lt 1024 ]; then
+    echo "${bytes}B"
+  elif [ "$bytes" -lt 1048576 ]; then
+    echo "$(awk "BEGIN {printf \"%.1f\", $bytes/1024}")KB"
+  elif [ "$bytes" -lt 1073741824 ]; then
+    echo "$(awk "BEGIN {printf \"%.1f\", $bytes/1048576}")MB"
+  else
+    echo "$(awk "BEGIN {printf \"%.2f\", $bytes/1073741824}")GB"
+  fi
+}
+
+# Check if database exists
+db_exists() {
+  local db_name="$1"
+  local count
+  count=$(mysql_query "" "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM information_schema.SCHEMATA WHERE SCHEMA_NAME='$db_name'" 2>/dev/null || echo "0")
+  [ "$count" = "1" ]
+}
+
+# Get database size
+get_db_size() {
+  local db_name="$1"
+  mysql_query "" "SELECT IFNULL(SUM(data_length + index_length), 0) FROM information_schema.TABLES WHERE table_schema='$db_name'" 2>/dev/null || echo "0"
+}
+
+# Get update count
+get_update_count() {
+  local db_name="$1"
+  local state="${2:-}"
+
+  if [ -n "$state" ]; then
+    mysql_query "$db_name" "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM updates WHERE state='$state'" 2>/dev/null || echo "0"
+  else
+    mysql_query "$db_name" "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM updates" 2>/dev/null || echo "0"
+  fi
+}
+
+# Get last update timestamp
+get_last_update() {
+  local db_name="$1"
+  mysql_query "$db_name" "SELECT IFNULL(MAX(timestamp), 'Never') FROM updates" 2>/dev/null || echo "Never"
+}
+
+# Get table count
+get_table_count() {
+  local db_name="$1"
+  mysql_query "" "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM information_schema.TABLES WHERE table_schema='$db_name'" 2>/dev/null || echo "0"
+}
+
+# Get character count
+get_character_count() {
+  mysql_query "$DB_CHARACTERS_NAME" "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM characters" 2>/dev/null || echo "0"
+}
+
+# Get active players (logged in last 24 hours)
+get_active_players() {
+  mysql_query "$DB_CHARACTERS_NAME" "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM characters WHERE logout_time > UNIX_TIMESTAMP(NOW() - INTERVAL 1 DAY)" 2>/dev/null || echo "0"
+}
+
+# Get account count
+get_account_count() {
+  mysql_query "$DB_AUTH_NAME" "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM account" 2>/dev/null || echo "0"
+}
+
+# Get pending updates
+get_pending_updates() {
+  local db_name="$1"
+  mysql_query "$db_name" "SELECT name FROM updates WHERE state='PENDING' ORDER BY name" 2>/dev/null || true
+}
+
+# Check database health
+check_database() {
+  local db_name="$1"
+  local display_name="$2"
+
+  if ! db_exists "$db_name"; then
+    printf "  ${RED}${ICON_ERROR} %s (%s)${NC}\n" "$display_name" "$db_name"
+    printf "     ${RED}Database does not exist${NC}\n"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  printf "  ${GREEN}${ICON_SUCCESS} %s (%s)${NC}\n" "$display_name" "$db_name"
+
+  local update_count module_count last_update db_size table_count
+  update_count=$(get_update_count "$db_name" "RELEASED")
+  module_count=$(get_update_count "$db_name" "MODULE")
+  last_update=$(get_last_update "$db_name")
+  db_size=$(get_db_size "$db_name")
+  table_count=$(get_table_count "$db_name")
+
+  printf "     ${ICON_UPDATE} Updates: %s applied" "$update_count"
+  if [ "$module_count" != "0" ] && [ "$SHOW_MODULES" = "1" ]; then
+    printf " (%s module)" "$module_count"
+  fi
+  printf "\n"
+
+  printf "     ${ICON_TIME} Last update: %s\n" "$last_update"
+  printf "     ${ICON_SIZE} Size: %s (%s tables)\n" "$(format_bytes "$db_size")" "$table_count"
+
+  if [ "$VERBOSE" = "1" ]; then
+    local custom_count archived_count
+    custom_count=$(get_update_count "$db_name" "CUSTOM")
+    archived_count=$(get_update_count "$db_name" "ARCHIVED")
+
+    if [ "$custom_count" != "0" ]; then
+      printf "     ${ICON_INFO} Custom updates: %s\n" "$custom_count"
+    fi
+    if [ "$archived_count" != "0" ]; then
+      printf "     ${ICON_INFO} Archived updates: %s\n" "$archived_count"
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  # Show pending updates if requested
+  if [ "$SHOW_PENDING" = "1" ]; then
+    local pending_updates
+    pending_updates=$(get_pending_updates "$db_name")
+    if [ -n "$pending_updates" ]; then
+      printf "     ${YELLOW}${ICON_WARNING} Pending updates:${NC}\n"
+      while IFS= read -r update; do
+        printf "        - %s\n" "$update"
+      done <<< "$pending_updates"
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  echo
+}
+
+# Show module updates summary
+show_module_updates() {
+  if [ "$SHOW_MODULES" = "0" ]; then
+    return
+  fi
+
+  printf "${BOLD}${ICON_MODULE} Module Updates${NC}\n"
+  echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
+
+  # Get module updates from world database (most modules update world DB)
+  local module_updates
+  module_updates=$(mysql_query "$DB_WORLD_NAME" "SELECT SUBSTRING_INDEX(name, '_', 1) as module, COUNT(*) as count FROM updates WHERE state='MODULE' GROUP BY module ORDER BY module" 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+
+  if [ -z "$module_updates" ]; then
+    printf "  ${ICON_INFO} No module updates detected\n\n"
+    return
+  fi
+
+  while IFS=$'\t' read -r module count; do
+    printf "  ${GREEN}${ICON_SUCCESS}${NC} %s: %s update(s)\n" "$module" "$count"
+  done <<< "$module_updates"
+  echo
+}
+
+# Get backup information
+get_backup_info() {
+  local backup_dir="$PROJECT_ROOT/storage/backups"
+
+  if [ ! -d "$backup_dir" ]; then
+    printf "  ${ICON_INFO} No backups directory found\n"
+    return
+  fi
+
+  # Check for latest backup
+  local latest_hourly latest_daily
+  if [ -d "$backup_dir/hourly" ]; then
+    latest_hourly=$(ls -1t "$backup_dir/hourly" 2>/dev/null | head -n1 || echo "")
+  fi
+  if [ -d "$backup_dir/daily" ]; then
+    latest_daily=$(ls -1t "$backup_dir/daily" 2>/dev/null | head -n1 || echo "")
+  fi
+
+  if [ -n "$latest_hourly" ]; then
+    # Calculate time ago
+    local backup_timestamp="${latest_hourly:0:8}_${latest_hourly:9:6}"
+    local backup_epoch
+    backup_epoch=$(date -d "${backup_timestamp:0:4}-${backup_timestamp:4:2}-${backup_timestamp:6:2} ${backup_timestamp:9:2}:${backup_timestamp:11:2}:${backup_timestamp:13:2}" +%s 2>/dev/null || echo "0")
+    local now_epoch
+    now_epoch=$(date +%s)
+    local diff=$((now_epoch - backup_epoch))
+    local hours=$((diff / 3600))
+    local minutes=$(((diff % 3600) / 60))
+
+    if [ "$hours" -gt 0 ]; then
+      printf "  ${ICON_TIME} Last hourly backup: %s hours ago\n" "$hours"
+    else
+      printf "  ${ICON_TIME} Last hourly backup: %s minutes ago\n" "$minutes"
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  if [ -n "$latest_daily" ] && [ "$latest_daily" != "$latest_hourly" ]; then
+    local backup_timestamp="${latest_daily:0:8}_${latest_daily:9:6}"
+    local backup_epoch
+    backup_epoch=$(date -d "${backup_timestamp:0:4}-${backup_timestamp:4:2}-${backup_timestamp:6:2} ${backup_timestamp:9:2}:${backup_timestamp:11:2}:${backup_timestamp:13:2}" +%s 2>/dev/null || echo "0")
+    local now_epoch
+    now_epoch=$(date +%s)
+    local diff=$((now_epoch - backup_epoch))
+    local days=$((diff / 86400))
+
+    printf "  ${ICON_TIME} Last daily backup: %s days ago\n" "$days"
+  fi
+}
+
+# Main health check
+main() {
+  echo
+  printf "${BOLD}${BLUE}${ICON_DB} AZEROTHCORE DATABASE HEALTH CHECK${NC}\n"
+  echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
+  echo
+
+  # Test MySQL connection
+  if ! mysql_query "" "SELECT 1" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    printf "${RED}${ICON_ERROR} Cannot connect to MySQL server${NC}\n"
+    printf "  Host: %s:%s\n" "$MYSQL_HOST" "$MYSQL_PORT"
+    printf "  User: %s\n" "$MYSQL_USER"
+    printf "  Container: %s\n\n" "$CONTAINER_NAME"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  printf "${BOLD}${ICON_DB} Database Status${NC}\n"
+  echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
+  echo
+
+  # Check each database
+  check_database "$DB_AUTH_NAME" "Auth DB"
+  check_database "$DB_WORLD_NAME" "World DB"
+  check_database "$DB_CHARACTERS_NAME" "Characters DB"
+
+  # Optional: Check playerbots database
+  if db_exists "$DB_PLAYERBOTS_NAME"; then
+    check_database "$DB_PLAYERBOTS_NAME" "Playerbots DB"
+  fi
+
+  # Show character/account statistics
+  printf "${BOLD}${CYAN}📊 Server Statistics${NC}\n"
+  echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
+
+  local account_count character_count active_count
+  account_count=$(get_account_count)
+  character_count=$(get_character_count)
+  active_count=$(get_active_players)
+
+  printf "  ${ICON_INFO} Accounts: %s\n" "$account_count"
+  printf "  ${ICON_INFO} Characters: %s\n" "$character_count"
+  printf "  ${ICON_INFO} Active (24h): %s\n" "$active_count"
+  echo
+
+  # Show module updates
+  show_module_updates
+
+  # Show backup information
+  printf "${BOLD}${ICON_SIZE} Backup Information${NC}\n"
+  echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
+  get_backup_info
+  echo
+
+  # Calculate total database size
+  local total_size=0
+  for db in "$DB_AUTH_NAME" "$DB_WORLD_NAME" "$DB_CHARACTERS_NAME"; do
+    if db_exists "$db"; then
+      local size
+      size=$(get_db_size "$db")
+      total_size=$((total_size + size))
+    fi
+  done
+
+  if db_exists "$DB_PLAYERBOTS_NAME"; then
+    local size
+    size=$(get_db_size "$DB_PLAYERBOTS_NAME")
+    total_size=$((total_size + size))
+  fi
+
+  printf "${BOLD}💾 Total Database Storage: %s${NC}\n" "$(format_bytes "$total_size")"
+  echo
+
+  printf "${GREEN}${ICON_SUCCESS} Health check complete!${NC}\n"
+  echo
+}
+
+main "$@"
diff --git a/scripts/bash/db-import-conditional.sh b/scripts/bash/db-import-conditional.sh
index 137abac..4a1b8c9 100755
--- a/scripts/bash/db-import-conditional.sh
+++ b/scripts/bash/db-import-conditional.sh
@@ -280,9 +280,78 @@ if [ -n "$backup_path" ]; then
     return $([ "$restore_success" = true ] && echo 0 || echo 1)
   }
 
+  verify_and_update_restored_databases() {
+    echo "🔍 Verifying restored database integrity..."
+
+    # Check if dbimport is available
+    if [ ! -f "/azerothcore/env/dist/bin/dbimport" ]; then
+      echo "⚠️  dbimport not available, skipping verification"
+      return 0
+    fi
+
+    # Create dbimport config for verification
+    echo "📝 Creating dbimport configuration for verification..."
+    mkdir -p /azerothcore/env/dist/etc
+    TEMP_DIR="/azerothcore/env/dist/temp"
+    mkdir -p "$TEMP_DIR"
+    MYSQL_EXECUTABLE="$(command -v mysql || echo '/usr/bin/mysql')"
+    cat > /azerothcore/env/dist/etc/dbimport.conf <<EOF
+LoginDatabaseInfo = "${CONTAINER_MYSQL};${MYSQL_PORT};${MYSQL_USER};${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD};${DB_AUTH_NAME}"
+WorldDatabaseInfo = "${CONTAINER_MYSQL};${MYSQL_PORT};${MYSQL_USER};${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD};${DB_WORLD_NAME}"
+CharacterDatabaseInfo = "${CONTAINER_MYSQL};${MYSQL_PORT};${MYSQL_USER};${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD};${DB_CHARACTERS_NAME}"
+PlayerbotsDatabaseInfo = "${CONTAINER_MYSQL};${MYSQL_PORT};${MYSQL_USER};${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD};acore_playerbots"
+Updates.EnableDatabases = 15
+Updates.AutoSetup = 1
+TempDir = "${TEMP_DIR}"
+MySQLExecutable = "${MYSQL_EXECUTABLE}"
+Updates.AllowedModules = "all"
+SourceDirectory = "/azerothcore"
+EOF
+
+    cd /azerothcore/env/dist/bin
+    echo "🔄 Running dbimport to apply any missing updates..."
+    if ./dbimport; then
+      echo "✅ Database verification complete - all updates current"
+    else
+      echo "⚠️  dbimport reported issues - check logs"
+      return 1
+    fi
+
+    # Verify critical tables exist
+    echo "🔍 Checking critical tables..."
+    local critical_tables=("account" "characters" "creature" "quest_template")
+    local missing_tables=0
+
+    for table in "${critical_tables[@]}"; do
+      local db_name="$DB_WORLD_NAME"
+      case "$table" in
+        account) db_name="$DB_AUTH_NAME" ;;
+        characters) db_name="$DB_CHARACTERS_NAME" ;;
+      esac
+
+      if ! mysql -h ${CONTAINER_MYSQL} -u${MYSQL_USER} -p${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD} \
+              -e "SELECT 1 FROM ${db_name}.${table} LIMIT 1" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        echo "⚠️  Critical table missing: ${db_name}.${table}"
+        missing_tables=$((missing_tables + 1))
+      fi
+    done
+
+    if [ "$missing_tables" -gt 0 ]; then
+      echo "⚠️  ${missing_tables} critical tables missing after restore"
+      return 1
+    fi
+
+    echo "✅ All critical tables verified"
+    return 0
+  }
+
   if restore_backup "$backup_path"; then
     echo "$(date): Backup successfully restored from $backup_path" > "$RESTORE_SUCCESS_MARKER"
     echo "🎉 Backup restoration completed successfully!"
+
+    # Verify and apply missing updates
+    verify_and_update_restored_databases
+
     exit 0
   else
     echo "$(date): Backup restoration failed - proceeding with fresh setup" > "$RESTORE_FAILED_MARKER"
@@ -311,7 +380,8 @@ cat > /azerothcore/env/dist/etc/dbimport.conf <<EOF
 LoginDatabaseInfo = "${CONTAINER_MYSQL};${MYSQL_PORT};${MYSQL_USER};${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD};${DB_AUTH_NAME}"
 WorldDatabaseInfo = "${CONTAINER_MYSQL};${MYSQL_PORT};${MYSQL_USER};${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD};${DB_WORLD_NAME}"
 CharacterDatabaseInfo = "${CONTAINER_MYSQL};${MYSQL_PORT};${MYSQL_USER};${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD};${DB_CHARACTERS_NAME}"
-Updates.EnableDatabases = 7
+PlayerbotsDatabaseInfo = "${CONTAINER_MYSQL};${MYSQL_PORT};${MYSQL_USER};${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD};acore_playerbots"
+Updates.EnableDatabases = 15
 Updates.AutoSetup = 1
 TempDir = "${TEMP_DIR}"
 MySQLExecutable = "${MYSQL_EXECUTABLE}"
diff --git a/scripts/bash/manage-modules.sh b/scripts/bash/manage-modules.sh
index 544a0af..30ac3a7 100755
--- a/scripts/bash/manage-modules.sh
+++ b/scripts/bash/manage-modules.sh
@@ -477,19 +477,83 @@ load_sql_helper(){
   err "SQL helper not found; expected manage-modules-sql.sh to be available"
 }
 
-execute_module_sql(){
-  SQL_EXECUTION_FAILED=0
-  if declare -f execute_module_sql_scripts >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    echo 'Executing module SQL scripts...'
-    if execute_module_sql_scripts; then
-      echo 'SQL execution complete.'
-    else
-      echo '⚠️  Module SQL scripts reported errors'
-      SQL_EXECUTION_FAILED=1
-    fi
-  else
-    info "SQL helper did not expose execute_module_sql_scripts; skipping module SQL execution"
+stage_module_sql_files(){
+  # Stage SQL files to AzerothCore's native update directory structure
+  # This replaces manual SQL execution with AzerothCore's built-in updater
+
+  local staging_dir="${MODULE_STAGING_DIR:-$MODULES_ROOT}"
+  local sql_manifest="$STATE_DIR/.sql-manifest.json"
+
+  if [ ! -f "$sql_manifest" ]; then
+    info "No SQL manifest found - no SQL files to stage"
+    return 0
   fi
+
+  # Check if manifest has any modules with SQL
+  local module_count
+  module_count=$(python3 -c "import json; data=json.load(open('$sql_manifest')); print(len(data.get('modules', [])))" 2>/dev/null || echo "0")
+
+  if [ "$module_count" = "0" ]; then
+    info "No modules with SQL files to stage"
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  info "Staging SQL for $module_count module(s)"
+
+  # Read each module from manifest and stage its SQL
+  local modules_json
+  modules_json=$(python3 -c "import json; data=json.load(open('$sql_manifest')); print('\n'.join(m['name'] for m in data['modules']))" 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+
+  if [ -z "$modules_json" ]; then
+    warn "Failed to parse SQL manifest"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  local staged_count=0
+  while IFS= read -r module_name; do
+    if [ -z "$module_name" ]; then
+      continue
+    fi
+
+    local module_path="$staging_dir/$module_name"
+    local acore_modules="/azerothcore/modules/$module_name"
+
+    if [ ! -d "$module_path" ]; then
+      warn "Module path not found: $module_path"
+      continue
+    fi
+
+    # Call stage-module-sql.sh for this module
+    local stage_script="${PROJECT_ROOT}/scripts/bash/stage-module-sql.sh"
+    if [ ! -f "$stage_script" ]; then
+      # Try container location
+      stage_script="/scripts/bash/stage-module-sql.sh"
+    fi
+
+    if [ -f "$stage_script" ]; then
+      if "$stage_script" \
+          --module-name "$module_name" \
+          --module-path "$module_path" \
+          --acore-path "$acore_modules"; then
+        ((staged_count++))
+      fi
+    else
+      warn "SQL staging script not found: $stage_script"
+    fi
+  done <<< "$modules_json"
+
+  if [ "$staged_count" -gt 0 ]; then
+    ok "Staged SQL for $staged_count module(s)"
+    info "SQL will be applied by AzerothCore's updater on next server startup"
+  fi
+
+  return 0
+}
+
+execute_module_sql(){
+  # Legacy function - now calls staging instead of direct execution
+  SQL_EXECUTION_FAILED=0
+  stage_module_sql_files || SQL_EXECUTION_FAILED=1
 }
 
 track_module_state(){
@@ -591,13 +655,11 @@ main(){
   remove_disabled_modules
   install_enabled_modules
   manage_configuration_files
-  info "SQL execution gate: MODULES_SKIP_SQL=${MODULES_SKIP_SQL:-0}"
+  info "SQL staging gate: MODULES_SKIP_SQL=${MODULES_SKIP_SQL:-0}"
   if [ "${MODULES_SKIP_SQL:-0}" = "1" ]; then
-    info "Skipping module SQL execution (MODULES_SKIP_SQL=1)"
+    info "Skipping module SQL staging (MODULES_SKIP_SQL=1)"
   else
-    info "Initiating module SQL helper"
-    load_sql_helper
-    info "SQL helper loaded from ${SQL_HELPER_PATH:-unknown}"
+    info "Staging module SQL files for AzerothCore updater"
     execute_module_sql
   fi
   track_module_state
diff --git a/scripts/bash/stage-modules.sh b/scripts/bash/stage-modules.sh
index 2ab1d92..4d1b4d8 100755
--- a/scripts/bash/stage-modules.sh
+++ b/scripts/bash/stage-modules.sh
@@ -369,10 +369,85 @@ case "$TARGET_PROFILE" in
   modules) PROFILE_ARGS+=(--profile client-data) ;;
 esac
 
-# Start the target profile
-show_staging_step "Realm Activation" "Bringing services online"
-echo "🟢 Starting services-$TARGET_PROFILE profile..."
-docker compose "${PROFILE_ARGS[@]}" up -d
+# Stage module SQL to core updates directory (after containers start)
+stage_module_sql_to_core() {
+  show_staging_step "Module SQL Staging" "Preparing module database updates"
+
+  # Start containers first to get access to worldserver container
+  show_staging_step "Realm Activation" "Bringing services online"
+  echo "🟢 Starting services-$TARGET_PROFILE profile..."
+  docker compose "${PROFILE_ARGS[@]}" up -d
+
+  # Wait for worldserver container to be running
+  echo "⏳ Waiting for worldserver container..."
+  local max_wait=60
+  local waited=0
+  while ! docker ps --format '{{.Names}}' | grep -q "ac-worldserver" && [ $waited -lt $max_wait ]; do
+    sleep 2
+    waited=$((waited + 2))
+  done
+
+  if ! docker ps --format '{{.Names}}' | grep -q "ac-worldserver"; then
+    echo "⚠️  Worldserver container not found, skipping module SQL staging"
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  echo "📦 Staging module SQL files to core updates directory..."
+
+  # Create core updates directories inside container
+  docker exec ac-worldserver bash -c "
+    mkdir -p /azerothcore/data/sql/updates/db_world \
+             /azerothcore/data/sql/updates/db_characters \
+             /azerothcore/data/sql/updates/db_auth
+  " 2>/dev/null || true
+
+  # Stage SQL from all modules
+  local staged_count=0
+  local timestamp=$(date +"%Y_%m_%d_%H%M%S")
+
+  # Find all modules with SQL files
+  for db_type in db-world db-characters db-auth; do
+    local core_dir=""
+    case "$db_type" in
+      db-world) core_dir="db_world" ;;
+      db-characters) core_dir="db_characters" ;;
+      db-auth) core_dir="db_auth" ;;
+    esac
+
+    # Copy SQL files from each module
+    docker exec ac-worldserver bash -c "
+      counter=0
+      for module_dir in /azerothcore/modules/*/data/sql/$db_type; do
+        if [ -d \"\$module_dir\" ]; then
+          module_name=\$(basename \$(dirname \$(dirname \$module_dir)))
+          for sql_file in \"\$module_dir\"/*.sql; do
+            if [ -f \"\$sql_file\" ]; then
+              base_name=\$(basename \"\$sql_file\" .sql)
+              target_name=\"${timestamp}_\${counter}_MODULE_\${module_name}_\${base_name}.sql\"
+              cp \"\$sql_file\" \"/azerothcore/data/sql/updates/$core_dir/\$target_name\"
+              echo \"  ✓ Staged \$module_name/$db_type/\$(basename \$sql_file)\"
+              counter=\$((counter + 1))
+            fi
+          done
+        fi
+      done
+      echo \$counter
+    " 2>/dev/null | tee /tmp/stage-sql-output.txt || true
+
+    local count=$(tail -1 /tmp/stage-sql-output.txt 2>/dev/null || echo "0")
+    staged_count=$((staged_count + count))
+  done
+
+  if [ "$staged_count" -gt 0 ]; then
+    echo "✅ Staged $staged_count module SQL files to core updates directory"
+    echo "🔄 Restart worldserver to apply: docker restart ac-worldserver"
+  else
+    echo "ℹ️  No module SQL files found to stage"
+  fi
+}
+
+# Stage module SQL (this will also start the containers)
+stage_module_sql_to_core
 
 printf '\n%b\n' "${GREEN}⚔️ Realm staging completed successfully! ⚔️${NC}"
 printf '%b\n' "${GREEN}🏰 Profile: services-$TARGET_PROFILE${NC}"
diff --git a/scripts/bash/test-phase1-integration.sh b/scripts/bash/test-phase1-integration.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8c5bba5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/bash/test-phase1-integration.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,315 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Phase 1 Integration Test Script
+# Tests the complete Phase 1 implementation using build and deploy workflows
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+PROJECT_ROOT="$(cd "$SCRIPT_DIR/../.." && pwd)"
+
+# Colors
+BLUE='\033[0;34m'
+GREEN='\033[0;32m'
+YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
+RED='\033[0;31m'
+BOLD='\033[1m'
+NC='\033[0m'
+
+# Icons
+ICON_SUCCESS="✅"
+ICON_WARNING="⚠️"
+ICON_ERROR="❌"
+ICON_INFO="ℹ️"
+ICON_TEST="🧪"
+
+# Counters
+TESTS_TOTAL=0
+TESTS_PASSED=0
+TESTS_FAILED=0
+
+info() {
+  echo -e "${BLUE}${ICON_INFO}${NC} $*"
+}
+
+ok() {
+  echo -e "${GREEN}${ICON_SUCCESS}${NC} $*"
+  ((TESTS_PASSED++))
+}
+
+warn() {
+  echo -e "${YELLOW}${ICON_WARNING}${NC} $*"
+}
+
+err() {
+  echo -e "${RED}${ICON_ERROR}${NC} $*"
+  ((TESTS_FAILED++))
+}
+
+test_header() {
+  ((TESTS_TOTAL++))
+  echo ""
+  echo -e "${BOLD}${ICON_TEST} Test $TESTS_TOTAL: $*${NC}"
+  echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
+}
+
+section_header() {
+  echo ""
+  echo ""
+  echo -e "${BOLD}${BLUE}═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════${NC}"
+  echo -e "${BOLD}${BLUE} $*${NC}"
+  echo -e "${BOLD}${BLUE}═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════${NC}"
+  echo ""
+}
+
+# Change to project root
+cd "$PROJECT_ROOT"
+
+section_header "Phase 1 Integration Test Suite"
+
+info "Project root: $PROJECT_ROOT"
+info "Test started: $(date)"
+
+# Test 1: Verify .env exists
+test_header "Environment Configuration Check"
+if [ -f .env ]; then
+  ok ".env file exists"
+
+  # Count enabled modules
+  enabled_count=$(grep -c "^MODULE_.*=1" .env || echo "0")
+  info "Enabled modules: $enabled_count"
+
+  # Check for playerbots
+  if grep -q "^MODULE_PLAYERBOTS=1" .env; then
+    info "Playerbots module enabled"
+  fi
+else
+  err ".env file not found"
+  echo "Please run ./setup.sh first"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Test 2: Module manifest validation
+test_header "Module Manifest Validation"
+if [ -f config/module-manifest.json ]; then
+  ok "Module manifest exists"
+
+  # Validate JSON
+  if python3 -m json.tool config/module-manifest.json >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    ok "Module manifest is valid JSON"
+  else
+    err "Module manifest has invalid JSON"
+  fi
+else
+  err "Module manifest not found"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Test 3: Generate module state with SQL discovery
+test_header "Module State Generation (SQL Discovery)"
+info "Running: python3 scripts/python/modules.py generate"
+
+if python3 scripts/python/modules.py \
+    --env-path .env \
+    --manifest config/module-manifest.json \
+    generate --output-dir local-storage/modules > /tmp/phase1-modules-generate.log 2>&1; then
+  ok "Module state generation successful"
+else
+  # Check if it's just warnings
+  if grep -q "warnings detected" /tmp/phase1-modules-generate.log 2>/dev/null; then
+    ok "Module state generation completed with warnings"
+  else
+    err "Module state generation failed"
+  fi
+fi
+
+# Test 4: Verify SQL manifest created
+test_header "SQL Manifest Verification"
+if [ -f local-storage/modules/.sql-manifest.json ]; then
+  ok "SQL manifest created: local-storage/modules/.sql-manifest.json"
+
+  # Check manifest structure
+  module_count=$(python3 -c "import json; data=json.load(open('local-storage/modules/.sql-manifest.json')); print(len(data.get('modules', [])))" 2>/dev/null || echo "0")
+  info "Modules with SQL: $module_count"
+
+  if [ "$module_count" -gt 0 ]; then
+    ok "SQL manifest contains $module_count module(s)"
+
+    # Show first module
+    info "Sample module SQL info:"
+    python3 -c "import json; data=json.load(open('local-storage/modules/.sql-manifest.json')); m=data['modules'][0] if data['modules'] else {}; print(f\"  Name: {m.get('name', 'N/A')}\n  SQL files: {len(m.get('sql_files', {}))}\") " 2>/dev/null || true
+  else
+    warn "No modules with SQL files (expected if modules not yet staged)"
+  fi
+else
+  err "SQL manifest not created"
+fi
+
+# Test 5: Verify modules.env created
+test_header "Module Environment File Check"
+if [ -f local-storage/modules/modules.env ]; then
+  ok "modules.env created"
+
+  # Check for key exports
+  if grep -q "MODULES_ENABLED=" local-storage/modules/modules.env; then
+    ok "MODULES_ENABLED variable present"
+  fi
+
+  if grep -q "MODULES_REQUIRES_CUSTOM_BUILD=" local-storage/modules/modules.env; then
+    ok "Build requirement flags present"
+
+    # Check if build required
+    source local-storage/modules/modules.env
+    if [ "${MODULES_REQUIRES_CUSTOM_BUILD:-0}" = "1" ]; then
+      info "Custom build required (C++ modules enabled)"
+    else
+      info "Standard build sufficient (no C++ modules)"
+    fi
+  fi
+else
+  err "modules.env not created"
+fi
+
+# Test 6: Check build requirement
+test_header "Build Requirement Check"
+if [ -f local-storage/modules/modules.env ]; then
+  source local-storage/modules/modules.env
+
+  info "MODULES_REQUIRES_CUSTOM_BUILD=${MODULES_REQUIRES_CUSTOM_BUILD:-0}"
+  info "MODULES_REQUIRES_PLAYERBOT_SOURCE=${MODULES_REQUIRES_PLAYERBOT_SOURCE:-0}"
+
+  if [ "${MODULES_REQUIRES_CUSTOM_BUILD:-0}" = "1" ]; then
+    ok "Build system correctly detected C++ modules"
+    BUILD_REQUIRED=1
+  else
+    ok "Build system correctly detected no C++ modules"
+    BUILD_REQUIRED=0
+  fi
+else
+  warn "Cannot determine build requirements"
+  BUILD_REQUIRED=0
+fi
+
+# Test 7: Verify new scripts exist and are executable
+test_header "New Script Verification"
+scripts=(
+  "scripts/bash/stage-module-sql.sh"
+  "scripts/bash/verify-sql-updates.sh"
+  "scripts/bash/backup-status.sh"
+  "scripts/bash/db-health-check.sh"
+)
+
+for script in "${scripts[@]}"; do
+  if [ -f "$script" ]; then
+    if [ -x "$script" ]; then
+      ok "$(basename "$script") - exists and executable"
+    else
+      warn "$(basename "$script") - exists but not executable"
+      chmod +x "$script"
+      ok "Fixed permissions for $(basename "$script")"
+    fi
+  else
+    err "$(basename "$script") - not found"
+  fi
+done
+
+# Test 8: Test backup-status.sh (without running containers)
+test_header "Backup Status Script Test"
+if ./scripts/bash/backup-status.sh 2>&1 | head -10 | grep -q "BACKUP STATUS"; then
+  ok "backup-status.sh executes successfully"
+else
+  err "backup-status.sh failed to execute"
+fi
+
+# Test 9: Test db-health-check.sh help
+test_header "Database Health Check Script Test"
+if ./scripts/bash/db-health-check.sh --help | grep -q "Check the health status"; then
+  ok "db-health-check.sh help working"
+else
+  err "db-health-check.sh help failed"
+fi
+
+# Test 10: Check modified scripts for new functionality
+test_header "Modified Script Verification"
+
+# Check manage-modules.sh has staging function
+if grep -q "stage_module_sql_files()" scripts/bash/manage-modules.sh; then
+  ok "manage-modules.sh contains SQL staging function"
+else
+  err "manage-modules.sh missing SQL staging function"
+fi
+
+# Check db-import-conditional.sh has playerbots support
+if grep -q "PlayerbotsDatabaseInfo" scripts/bash/db-import-conditional.sh; then
+  ok "db-import-conditional.sh has playerbots database support"
+else
+  err "db-import-conditional.sh missing playerbots support"
+fi
+
+if grep -q "Updates.EnableDatabases = 15" scripts/bash/db-import-conditional.sh; then
+  ok "db-import-conditional.sh has correct EnableDatabases value (15)"
+else
+  warn "db-import-conditional.sh may have incorrect EnableDatabases value"
+fi
+
+# Check for post-restore verification
+if grep -q "verify_and_update_restored_databases" scripts/bash/db-import-conditional.sh; then
+  ok "db-import-conditional.sh has post-restore verification"
+else
+  err "db-import-conditional.sh missing post-restore verification"
+fi
+
+# Test 11: Docker Compose configuration check
+test_header "Docker Compose Configuration Check"
+if [ -f docker-compose.yml ]; then
+  ok "docker-compose.yml exists"
+
+  # Check for required services
+  if grep -q "ac-mysql:" docker-compose.yml; then
+    ok "MySQL service configured"
+  fi
+
+  if grep -q "ac-worldserver:" docker-compose.yml; then
+    ok "Worldserver service configured"
+  fi
+else
+  err "docker-compose.yml not found"
+fi
+
+# Test Summary
+section_header "Test Summary"
+
+echo ""
+echo -e "${BOLD}Tests Executed: $TESTS_TOTAL${NC}"
+echo -e "${GREEN}${BOLD}Passed: $TESTS_PASSED${NC}"
+if [ $TESTS_FAILED -gt 0 ]; then
+  echo -e "${RED}${BOLD}Failed: $TESTS_FAILED${NC}"
+else
+  echo -e "${GREEN}${BOLD}Failed: $TESTS_FAILED${NC}"
+fi
+echo ""
+
+# Calculate success rate
+if [ $TESTS_TOTAL -gt 0 ]; then
+  success_rate=$((TESTS_PASSED * 100 / TESTS_TOTAL))
+  echo -e "${BOLD}Success Rate: ${success_rate}%${NC}"
+fi
+
+echo ""
+
+if [ $TESTS_FAILED -eq 0 ]; then
+  echo -e "${GREEN}${BOLD}${ICON_SUCCESS} ALL TESTS PASSED${NC}"
+  echo ""
+  echo "Phase 1 implementation is working correctly!"
+  echo ""
+  echo "Next steps:"
+  echo "  1. Run './build.sh' if C++ modules are enabled"
+  echo "  2. Run './deploy.sh' to start containers"
+  echo "  3. Verify SQL staging with running containers"
+  echo "  4. Check database health with db-health-check.sh"
+  exit 0
+else
+  echo -e "${RED}${BOLD}${ICON_ERROR} SOME TESTS FAILED${NC}"
+  echo ""
+  echo "Please review the failures above before proceeding."
+  exit 1
+fi
diff --git a/scripts/bash/verify-sql-updates.sh b/scripts/bash/verify-sql-updates.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..92b6e47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/bash/verify-sql-updates.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,348 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Verify SQL Updates
+# Checks that SQL updates have been applied via the updates table
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+PROJECT_ROOT="$(cd "$SCRIPT_DIR/../.." && pwd)"
+
+# Colors
+GREEN='\033[0;32m'
+YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
+RED='\033[0;31m'
+BLUE='\033[0;34m'
+CYAN='\033[0;36m'
+BOLD='\033[1m'
+NC='\033[0m'
+
+# Icons
+ICON_SUCCESS="✅"
+ICON_WARNING="⚠️"
+ICON_ERROR="❌"
+ICON_INFO="ℹ️"
+
+# Default values
+MODULE_NAME=""
+DATABASE_NAME=""
+SHOW_ALL=0
+CHECK_HASH=0
+CONTAINER_NAME="ac-mysql"
+
+usage() {
+  cat <<'EOF'
+Usage: ./verify-sql-updates.sh [options]
+
+Verify that SQL updates have been applied via AzerothCore's updates table.
+
+Options:
+  --module NAME             Check specific module
+  --database NAME           Check specific database (auth/world/characters)
+  --all                     Show all module updates
+  --check-hash              Verify file hashes match database
+  --container NAME          MySQL container name (default: ac-mysql)
+  -h, --help                Show this help
+
+Examples:
+  ./verify-sql-updates.sh --all
+  ./verify-sql-updates.sh --module mod-aoe-loot
+  ./verify-sql-updates.sh --database acore_world --all
+
+EOF
+}
+
+# Parse arguments
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+  case "$1" in
+    --module) MODULE_NAME="$2"; shift 2;;
+    --database) DATABASE_NAME="$2"; shift 2;;
+    --all) SHOW_ALL=1; shift;;
+    --check-hash) CHECK_HASH=1; shift;;
+    --container) CONTAINER_NAME="$2"; shift 2;;
+    -h|--help) usage; exit 0;;
+    *) echo "Unknown option: $1"; usage; exit 1;;
+  esac
+done
+
+# Load environment
+if [ -f "$PROJECT_ROOT/.env" ]; then
+  set -a
+  # shellcheck disable=SC1091
+  source "$PROJECT_ROOT/.env"
+  set +a
+fi
+
+MYSQL_HOST="${MYSQL_HOST:-ac-mysql}"
+MYSQL_PORT="${MYSQL_PORT:-3306}"
+MYSQL_USER="${MYSQL_USER:-root}"
+MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD="${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD:-}"
+DB_AUTH_NAME="${DB_AUTH_NAME:-acore_auth}"
+DB_WORLD_NAME="${DB_WORLD_NAME:-acore_world}"
+DB_CHARACTERS_NAME="${DB_CHARACTERS_NAME:-acore_characters}"
+DB_PLAYERBOTS_NAME="${DB_PLAYERBOTS_NAME:-acore_playerbots}"
+
+# Logging functions
+info() {
+  echo -e "${BLUE}${ICON_INFO}${NC} $*"
+}
+
+ok() {
+  echo -e "${GREEN}${ICON_SUCCESS}${NC} $*"
+}
+
+warn() {
+  echo -e "${YELLOW}${ICON_WARNING}${NC} $*"
+}
+
+err() {
+  echo -e "${RED}${ICON_ERROR}${NC} $*"
+}
+
+# MySQL query helper
+mysql_query() {
+  local database="${1:-}"
+  local query="$2"
+
+  if [ -z "$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD" ]; then
+    err "MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD not set"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  if command -v docker >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    if [ -n "$database" ]; then
+      docker exec "$CONTAINER_NAME" mysql -h"$MYSQL_HOST" -P"$MYSQL_PORT" -u"$MYSQL_USER" -p"$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD" "$database" -N -B -e "$query" 2>/dev/null
+    else
+      docker exec "$CONTAINER_NAME" mysql -h"$MYSQL_HOST" -P"$MYSQL_PORT" -u"$MYSQL_USER" -p"$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD" -N -B -e "$query" 2>/dev/null
+    fi
+  else
+    if [ -n "$database" ]; then
+      mysql -h"$MYSQL_HOST" -P"$MYSQL_PORT" -u"$MYSQL_USER" -p"$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD" "$database" -N -B -e "$query" 2>/dev/null
+    else
+      mysql -h"$MYSQL_HOST" -P"$MYSQL_PORT" -u"$MYSQL_USER" -p"$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD" -N -B -e "$query" 2>/dev/null
+    fi
+  fi
+}
+
+# Check if database exists
+db_exists() {
+  local db_name="$1"
+  local count
+  count=$(mysql_query "" "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM information_schema.SCHEMATA WHERE SCHEMA_NAME='$db_name'" 2>/dev/null || echo "0")
+  [ "$count" = "1" ]
+}
+
+# Verify module SQL in database
+verify_module_sql() {
+  local module_name="$1"
+  local database_name="$2"
+
+  if ! db_exists "$database_name"; then
+    err "Database does not exist: $database_name"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  info "Checking module updates in $database_name"
+
+  # Query updates table for module
+  local query="SELECT name, hash, state, timestamp, speed FROM updates WHERE name LIKE '%${module_name}%' AND state='MODULE' ORDER BY timestamp DESC"
+  local results
+  results=$(mysql_query "$database_name" "$query" 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+
+  if [ -z "$results" ]; then
+    warn "No updates found for module: $module_name in $database_name"
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  # Display results
+  echo
+  printf "${BOLD}${CYAN}Module Updates for %s in %s:${NC}\n" "$module_name" "$database_name"
+  echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
+
+  while IFS=$'\t' read -r name hash state timestamp speed; do
+    printf "${GREEN}${ICON_SUCCESS}${NC} %s\n" "$name"
+    printf "   Hash: %s\n" "${hash:0:12}..."
+    printf "   Applied: %s\n" "$timestamp"
+    printf "   Speed: %sms\n" "$speed"
+    echo
+  done <<< "$results"
+
+  return 0
+}
+
+# List all module updates
+list_module_updates() {
+  local database_name="$1"
+
+  if ! db_exists "$database_name"; then
+    err "Database does not exist: $database_name"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  info "Listing all module updates in $database_name"
+
+  # Query all module updates
+  local query="SELECT name, state, timestamp FROM updates WHERE state='MODULE' ORDER BY timestamp DESC"
+  local results
+  results=$(mysql_query "$database_name" "$query" 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+
+  if [ -z "$results" ]; then
+    warn "No module updates found in $database_name"
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  # Display results
+  echo
+  printf "${BOLD}${CYAN}All Module Updates in %s:${NC}\n" "$database_name"
+  echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
+
+  local count=0
+  while IFS=$'\t' read -r name state timestamp; do
+    printf "${GREEN}${ICON_SUCCESS}${NC} %s\n" "$name"
+    printf "   Applied: %s\n" "$timestamp"
+    ((count++))
+  done <<< "$results"
+
+  echo
+  ok "Total module updates: $count"
+  echo
+
+  return 0
+}
+
+# Check update applied
+check_update_applied() {
+  local filename="$1"
+  local database_name="$2"
+  local expected_hash="${3:-}"
+
+  if ! db_exists "$database_name"; then
+    err "Database does not exist: $database_name"
+    return 2
+  fi
+
+  # Query for specific file
+  local query="SELECT hash, state, timestamp FROM updates WHERE name='$filename' LIMIT 1"
+  local result
+  result=$(mysql_query "$database_name" "$query" 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+
+  if [ -z "$result" ]; then
+    warn "Update not found: $filename"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  # Parse result
+  IFS=$'\t' read -r hash state timestamp <<< "$result"
+
+  ok "Update applied: $filename"
+  printf "   Hash: %s\n" "$hash"
+  printf "   State: %s\n" "$state"
+  printf "   Applied: %s\n" "$timestamp"
+
+  # Check hash if provided
+  if [ -n "$expected_hash" ] && [ "$expected_hash" != "$hash" ]; then
+    err "Hash mismatch!"
+    printf "   Expected: %s\n" "$expected_hash"
+    printf "   Actual:   %s\n" "$hash"
+    return 2
+  fi
+
+  return 0
+}
+
+# Generate verification report
+generate_verification_report() {
+  echo
+  printf "${BOLD}${BLUE}🔍 Module SQL Verification Report${NC}\n"
+  echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
+  echo
+
+  local total_updates=0
+  local databases=("$DB_AUTH_NAME" "$DB_WORLD_NAME" "$DB_CHARACTERS_NAME")
+
+  # Add playerbots if it exists
+  if db_exists "$DB_PLAYERBOTS_NAME"; then
+    databases+=("$DB_PLAYERBOTS_NAME")
+  fi
+
+  for db in "${databases[@]}"; do
+    if ! db_exists "$db"; then
+      continue
+    fi
+
+    # Get count of module updates
+    local count
+    count=$(mysql_query "$db" "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM updates WHERE state='MODULE'" 2>/dev/null || echo "0")
+
+    if [ "$count" != "0" ]; then
+      printf "${GREEN}${ICON_SUCCESS}${NC} ${BOLD}%s:${NC} %s module update(s)\n" "$db" "$count"
+      total_updates=$((total_updates + count))
+
+      if [ "$SHOW_ALL" = "1" ]; then
+        # Show recent updates
+        local query="SELECT name, timestamp FROM updates WHERE state='MODULE' ORDER BY timestamp DESC LIMIT 5"
+        local results
+        results=$(mysql_query "$db" "$query" 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+
+        if [ -n "$results" ]; then
+          while IFS=$'\t' read -r name timestamp; do
+            printf "   - %s (%s)\n" "$name" "$timestamp"
+          done <<< "$results"
+          echo
+        fi
+      fi
+    else
+      printf "${YELLOW}${ICON_WARNING}${NC} ${BOLD}%s:${NC} No module updates\n" "$db"
+    fi
+  done
+
+  echo
+  echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
+  printf "${BOLD}Total: %s module update(s) applied${NC}\n" "$total_updates"
+  echo
+}
+
+# Main execution
+main() {
+  echo
+  info "SQL Update Verification"
+  echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
+  echo
+
+  # Test MySQL connection
+  if ! mysql_query "" "SELECT 1" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    err "Cannot connect to MySQL server"
+    printf "  Host: %s:%s\n" "$MYSQL_HOST" "$MYSQL_PORT"
+    printf "  User: %s\n" "$MYSQL_USER"
+    printf "  Container: %s\n\n" "$CONTAINER_NAME"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  # Execute based on options
+  if [ -n "$MODULE_NAME" ]; then
+    # Check specific module
+    if [ -n "$DATABASE_NAME" ]; then
+      verify_module_sql "$MODULE_NAME" "$DATABASE_NAME"
+    else
+      # Check all databases for this module
+      for db in "$DB_AUTH_NAME" "$DB_WORLD_NAME" "$DB_CHARACTERS_NAME"; do
+        if db_exists "$db"; then
+          verify_module_sql "$MODULE_NAME" "$db"
+        fi
+      done
+      if db_exists "$DB_PLAYERBOTS_NAME"; then
+        verify_module_sql "$MODULE_NAME" "$DB_PLAYERBOTS_NAME"
+      fi
+    fi
+  elif [ -n "$DATABASE_NAME" ]; then
+    # List all updates in specific database
+    list_module_updates "$DATABASE_NAME"
+  else
+    # Generate full report
+    generate_verification_report
+  fi
+
+  echo
+  ok "Verification complete"
+  echo
+}
+
+main "$@"
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diff --git a/scripts/python/modules.py b/scripts/python/modules.py
index b419fab..3088542 100755
--- a/scripts/python/modules.py
+++ b/scripts/python/modules.py
@@ -82,6 +82,64 @@ def load_manifest(manifest_path: Path) -> List[Dict[str, object]]:
     return validated
 
 
+def discover_sql_files(module_path: Path, module_name: str) -> Dict[str, List[str]]:
+    """
+    Scan module for SQL files.
+
+    Returns:
+        Dict mapping database type to list of SQL file paths
+        Example: {
+            'db_auth': [Path('file1.sql'), ...],
+            'db_world': [Path('file2.sql'), ...],
+            'db_characters': [Path('file3.sql'), ...]
+        }
+    """
+    sql_files: Dict[str, List[str]] = {}
+    sql_base = module_path / 'data' / 'sql'
+
+    if not sql_base.exists():
+        return sql_files
+
+    # Map to support both underscore and hyphen naming conventions
+    db_types = {
+        'db_auth': ['db_auth', 'db-auth'],
+        'db_world': ['db_world', 'db-world'],
+        'db_characters': ['db_characters', 'db-characters'],
+        'db_playerbots': ['db_playerbots', 'db-playerbots']
+    }
+
+    for canonical_name, variants in db_types.items():
+        # Check base/ with all variants
+        for variant in variants:
+            base_dir = sql_base / 'base' / variant
+            if base_dir.exists():
+                for sql_file in base_dir.glob('*.sql'):
+                    sql_files.setdefault(canonical_name, []).append(str(sql_file.relative_to(module_path)))
+
+        # Check updates/ with all variants
+        for variant in variants:
+            updates_dir = sql_base / 'updates' / variant
+            if updates_dir.exists():
+                for sql_file in updates_dir.glob('*.sql'):
+                    sql_files.setdefault(canonical_name, []).append(str(sql_file.relative_to(module_path)))
+
+        # Check custom/ with all variants
+        for variant in variants:
+            custom_dir = sql_base / 'custom' / variant
+            if custom_dir.exists():
+                for sql_file in custom_dir.glob('*.sql'):
+                    sql_files.setdefault(canonical_name, []).append(str(sql_file.relative_to(module_path)))
+
+        # ALSO check direct db-type directories (legacy format used by many modules)
+        for variant in variants:
+            direct_dir = sql_base / variant
+            if direct_dir.exists():
+                for sql_file in direct_dir.glob('*.sql'):
+                    sql_files.setdefault(canonical_name, []).append(str(sql_file.relative_to(module_path)))
+
+    return sql_files
+
+
 @dataclass
 class ModuleState:
     key: str
@@ -103,6 +161,7 @@ class ModuleState:
     dependency_issues: List[str] = field(default_factory=list)
     warnings: List[str] = field(default_factory=list)
     errors: List[str] = field(default_factory=list)
+    sql_files: Dict[str, List[str]] = field(default_factory=dict)
 
     @property
     def blocked(self) -> bool:
@@ -340,6 +399,30 @@ def write_outputs(state: ModuleCollectionState, output_dir: Path) -> None:
         encoding="utf-8",
     )
 
+    # Discover SQL files for all modules in output directory
+    for module in state.modules:
+        module_path = output_dir / module.name
+        if module_path.exists():
+            module.sql_files = discover_sql_files(module_path, module.name)
+
+    # Generate SQL manifest for enabled modules with SQL files
+    sql_manifest = {
+        "modules": [
+            {
+                "name": module.name,
+                "key": module.key,
+                "sql_files": module.sql_files
+            }
+            for module in state.enabled_modules()
+            if module.sql_files
+        ]
+    }
+    sql_manifest_path = output_dir / ".sql-manifest.json"
+    sql_manifest_path.write_text(
+        json.dumps(sql_manifest, indent=2) + "\n",
+        encoding="utf-8",
+    )
+
 
 def print_list(state: ModuleCollectionState, selector: str) -> None:
     if selector == "compile":
diff --git a/scripts/python/update_module_manifest.py b/scripts/python/update_module_manifest.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..583c4d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/python/update_module_manifest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,298 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Generate or update config/module-manifest.json from GitHub topics.
+
+The script queries the GitHub Search API for repositories tagged with
+AzerothCore-specific topics (for example ``azerothcore-module`` or
+``azerothcore-lua``) and merges the discovered projects into the existing
+module manifest.  It intentionally keeps all user-defined fields intact so the
+script can be run safely in CI or locally to add new repositories as they are
+published.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import json
+import os
+import re
+import sys
+import time
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from typing import Dict, Iterable, List, Optional, Sequence
+from urllib import error, parse, request
+
+API_ROOT = "https://api.github.com"
+DEFAULT_TOPICS = [
+    "azerothcore-module",
+    "azerothcore-module+ac-premium",
+    "azerothcore-tools",
+    "azerothcore-lua",
+    "azerothcore-sql",
+]
+# Map topic keywords to module ``type`` values used in the manifest.
+TOPIC_TYPE_HINTS = {
+    "azerothcore-lua": "lua",
+    "lua": "lua",
+    "azerothcore-sql": "sql",
+    "sql": "sql",
+    "azerothcore-tools": "tool",
+    "tools": "tool",
+}
+CATEGORY_BY_TYPE = {
+    "lua": "scripting",
+    "sql": "database",
+    "tool": "tooling",
+    "data": "data",
+    "cpp": "uncategorized",
+}
+USER_AGENT = "acore-compose-module-manifest"
+
+
+def parse_args(argv: Sequence[str]) -> argparse.Namespace:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--manifest",
+        default="config/module-manifest.json",
+        help="Path to manifest JSON file (default: %(default)s)",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--topic",
+        action="append",
+        default=[],
+        dest="topics",
+        help="GitHub topic (or '+' separated topics) to scan. Defaults to core topics if not provided.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--token",
+        help="GitHub API token (defaults to $GITHUB_TOKEN or $GITHUB_API_TOKEN)",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--max-pages",
+        type=int,
+        default=10,
+        help="Maximum pages (x100 results) to fetch per topic (default: %(default)s)",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--refresh-existing",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Refresh name/description/type for repos already present in manifest",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--dry-run",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Fetch and display the summary without writing to disk",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--log",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Print verbose progress information",
+    )
+    return parser.parse_args(argv)
+
+
+@dataclass
+class RepoRecord:
+    data: dict
+    topic_expr: str
+    module_type: str
+
+
+class GitHubClient:
+    def __init__(self, token: Optional[str], verbose: bool = False) -> None:
+        self.token = token
+        self.verbose = verbose
+
+    def _request(self, url: str) -> dict:
+        req = request.Request(url)
+        req.add_header("Accept", "application/vnd.github+json")
+        req.add_header("User-Agent", USER_AGENT)
+        if self.token:
+            req.add_header("Authorization", f"Bearer {self.token}")
+        try:
+            with request.urlopen(req) as resp:
+                payload = resp.read().decode("utf-8")
+                return json.loads(payload)
+        except error.HTTPError as exc:  # pragma: no cover - network failure path
+            detail = exc.read().decode("utf-8", errors="ignore")
+            raise RuntimeError(f"GitHub API request failed: {exc.code} {exc.reason}: {detail}") from exc
+
+    def search_repositories(self, topic_expr: str, max_pages: int) -> List[dict]:
+        query = build_topic_query(topic_expr)
+        results: List[dict] = []
+        for page in range(1, max_pages + 1):
+            url = (
+                f"{API_ROOT}/search/repositories?"
+                f"q={parse.quote(query)}&per_page=100&page={page}&sort=updated&order=desc"
+            )
+            data = self._request(url)
+            items = data.get("items", [])
+            if self.verbose:
+                print(f"Fetched {len(items)} repos for '{topic_expr}' (page {page})")
+            results.extend(items)
+            if len(items) < 100:
+                break
+            # Avoid secondary rate-limits.
+            time.sleep(0.5)
+        return results
+
+
+def build_topic_query(expr: str) -> str:
+    parts = [part.strip() for part in expr.split("+") if part.strip()]
+    if not parts:
+        raise ValueError("Topic expression must contain at least one topic")
+    return "+".join(f"topic:{part}" for part in parts)
+
+
+def guess_module_type(expr: str) -> str:
+    parts = [part.strip().lower() for part in expr.split("+") if part.strip()]
+    for part in parts:
+        hint = TOPIC_TYPE_HINTS.get(part)
+        if hint:
+            return hint
+    return "cpp"
+
+
+def normalize_repo_url(url: str) -> str:
+    if url.endswith(".git"):
+        return url[:-4]
+    return url
+
+
+def repo_name_to_key(name: str) -> str:
+    sanitized = re.sub(r"[^A-Za-z0-9]+", "_", name).strip("_")
+    sanitized = sanitized.upper()
+    if not sanitized:
+        sanitized = "MODULE_UNKNOWN"
+    if not sanitized.startswith("MODULE_"):
+        sanitized = f"MODULE_{sanitized}"
+    return sanitized
+
+
+def load_manifest(path: str) -> Dict[str, List[dict]]:
+    manifest_path = os.path.abspath(path)
+    if not os.path.exists(manifest_path):
+        return {"modules": []}
+    try:
+        with open(manifest_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as handle:
+            return json.load(handle)
+    except json.JSONDecodeError as exc:
+        raise RuntimeError(f"Unable to parse manifest {path}: {exc}") from exc
+
+
+def ensure_defaults(entry: dict) -> None:
+    entry.setdefault("type", "cpp")
+    entry.setdefault("status", "active")
+    entry.setdefault("order", 5000)
+    entry.setdefault("requires", [])
+    entry.setdefault("post_install_hooks", [])
+    entry.setdefault("config_cleanup", [])
+
+
+def update_entry_from_repo(entry: dict, repo: dict, repo_type: str, topic_expr: str, refresh: bool) -> None:
+    # Only overwrite descriptive fields when refresh is enabled or when they are missing.
+    if refresh or not entry.get("name"):
+        entry["name"] = repo.get("name") or entry.get("name")
+    if refresh or not entry.get("repo"):
+        entry["repo"] = repo.get("clone_url") or repo.get("html_url", entry.get("repo"))
+    if refresh or not entry.get("description"):
+        entry["description"] = repo.get("description") or entry.get("description", "")
+    if refresh or not entry.get("type"):
+        entry["type"] = repo_type
+    if refresh or not entry.get("category"):
+        entry["category"] = CATEGORY_BY_TYPE.get(repo_type, entry.get("category", "uncategorized"))
+    ensure_defaults(entry)
+    notes = entry.get("notes") or ""
+    tag_note = f"Discovered via GitHub topic '{topic_expr}'"
+    if tag_note not in notes:
+        entry["notes"] = (notes + " \n" + tag_note).strip()
+
+
+def merge_repositories(
+    manifest: Dict[str, List[dict]],
+    repos: Iterable[RepoRecord],
+    refresh_existing: bool,
+) -> tuple[int, int]:
+    modules = manifest.setdefault("modules", [])
+    by_key = {module.get("key"): module for module in modules if module.get("key")}
+    by_repo = {
+        normalize_repo_url(str(module.get("repo", ""))): module
+        for module in modules
+        if module.get("repo")
+    }
+    added = 0
+    updated = 0
+
+    for record in repos:
+        repo = record.data
+        repo_url = normalize_repo_url(repo.get("clone_url") or repo.get("html_url") or "")
+        existing = by_repo.get(repo_url)
+        key = repo_name_to_key(repo.get("name", ""))
+        if not existing:
+            existing = by_key.get(key)
+        if not existing:
+            existing = {
+                "key": key,
+                "name": repo.get("name", key),
+                "repo": repo.get("clone_url") or repo.get("html_url", ""),
+                "description": repo.get("description") or "",
+                "type": record.module_type,
+                "category": CATEGORY_BY_TYPE.get(record.module_type, "uncategorized"),
+                "notes": "",
+            }
+            ensure_defaults(existing)
+            modules.append(existing)
+            by_key[key] = existing
+            if repo_url:
+                by_repo[repo_url] = existing
+            added += 1
+        else:
+            updated += 1
+        update_entry_from_repo(existing, repo, record.module_type, record.topic_expr, refresh_existing)
+
+    return added, updated
+
+
+def collect_repositories(
+    client: GitHubClient, topics: Sequence[str], max_pages: int
+) -> List[RepoRecord]:
+    seen: Dict[str, RepoRecord] = {}
+    for expr in topics:
+        repos = client.search_repositories(expr, max_pages)
+        repo_type = guess_module_type(expr)
+        for repo in repos:
+            full_name = repo.get("full_name")
+            if not full_name:
+                continue
+            record = seen.get(full_name)
+            if record is None:
+                seen[full_name] = RepoRecord(repo, expr, repo_type)
+            else:
+                # Prefer the most specific type (non-default) if available.
+                if record.module_type == "cpp" and repo_type != "cpp":
+                    record.module_type = repo_type
+    return list(seen.values())
+
+
+def main(argv: Sequence[str]) -> int:
+    args = parse_args(argv)
+    topics = args.topics or DEFAULT_TOPICS
+    token = args.token or os.environ.get("GITHUB_TOKEN") or os.environ.get("GITHUB_API_TOKEN")
+    client = GitHubClient(token, verbose=args.log)
+
+    manifest = load_manifest(args.manifest)
+    repos = collect_repositories(client, topics, args.max_pages)
+    added, updated = merge_repositories(manifest, repos, args.refresh_existing)
+    if args.dry_run:
+        print(f"Discovered {len(repos)} repositories (added={added}, updated={updated})")
+        return 0
+
+    with open(args.manifest, "w", encoding="utf-8") as handle:
+        json.dump(manifest, handle, indent=2)
+        handle.write("\n")
+
+    print(f"Updated manifest {args.manifest}: added {added}, refreshed {updated}")
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main(sys.argv[1:]))