diff --git a/contrib/source-control-tools/automated-commits.sh b/contrib/source-control-tools/automated-commits.sh
--- a/contrib/source-control-tools/automated-commits.sh
+++ b/contrib/source-control-tools/automated-commits.sh
@@ -12,8 +12,11 @@
 
 help_message() {
   cat <<EOF
+$0 [options] [script] [script_args...]
 Generate a commit from available recipes.
 
+The given script may produce a commit. If a commit is generated this way, it will be landed.
+
 Options:
   -p, --parent              The parent commit to build ontop of. Default: '${DEFAULT_PARENT_COMMIT}'
                               Note: This should only be used for testing since the behavior of setting
@@ -26,6 +29,8 @@
 EOF
 }
 
+SCRIPT=""
+SCRIPT_ARGS=()
 PARENT_COMMIT="${DEFAULT_PARENT_COMMIT}"
 
 # Parse command line arguments
@@ -41,9 +46,10 @@
     exit 0
     ;;
   *)
-    echo "Unknown argument: $1"
-    help_message
-    exit 1
+    SCRIPT="$1"
+    shift
+    SCRIPT_ARGS=("$@")
+    break
     ;;
 esac
 done
@@ -82,40 +88,6 @@
 git checkout master
 git reset --hard "${PARENT_COMMIT}"
 
-# Common script to update the AUR packages.
-# Usage: update-aur-version <package_name>
-update-aur-version() {
-  # shellcheck source=../utils/compare-version.sh
-  source "${TOPLEVEL}"/contrib/utils/compare-version.sh
-  PACKAGE="$1"
-
-  CURRENT_VERSION=""
-  get_current_version CURRENT_VERSION
-
-  # Get the current version of the AUR package
-  PKGBUILD="${TOPLEVEL}"/contrib/aur/${PACKAGE}/PKGBUILD
-  # shellcheck source=../aur/bitcoin-abc/PKGBUILD
-  source "${PKGBUILD}"
-
-  # Compare the versions. We only want to update if
-  # (software version > package version) to prevent downgrades.
-  if version_less_equal "${CURRENT_VERSION}" "${pkgver}"
-  then
-    echo "Current version ${CURRENT_VERSION} <= ${PACKAGE} AUR package version ${pkgver}, skip the update"
-    exit 0
-  fi
-
-  # Reset the release version to 0 and update the package version in the
-  # PKGBUILD file.
-  # Note that this pattern is very safe: because of the shell script syntax,
-  # no whitespace can occur and we have the original value as a variable.
-  sed -i "s/pkgrel=${pkgrel}/pkgrel=0/" "${PKGBUILD}"
-  sed -i "s/pkgver=${pkgver}/pkgver=${CURRENT_VERSION}/" "${PKGBUILD}"
-
-  git add "${PKGBUILD}"
-  git commit -m "Bump ${PACKAGE} AUR package version to ${CURRENT_VERSION}"
-}
-
 case "${COMMIT_TYPE}" in
   archive-release-notes)
     # shellcheck source=../utils/compare-version.sh
@@ -145,14 +117,6 @@
     git commit -m "${BOT_PREFIX} Archive release notes for version ${RELEASE_NOTES_VERSION}"
     ;;
 
-  update-aur-version-bitcoin-abc)
-    update-aur-version "bitcoin-abc"
-    ;;
-
-  update-aur-version-bitcoin-abc-qt)
-    update-aur-version "bitcoin-abc-qt"
-    ;;
-
   update-chainparams)
     CHAINPARAMS_SCRIPTS_DIR="${DEVTOOLS_DIR}"/chainparams
 
@@ -232,10 +196,25 @@
     ;;
 
   *)
-    echo "Error: Invalid commit name '${COMMIT_TYPE}'"
-    exit 10
+    if [ -z "${SCRIPT}" ]; then
+      echo "Error: Invalid commit name '${COMMIT_TYPE}'"
+      exit 10
+    fi
+
+    if [ ! -f "${SCRIPT}" ]; then
+      echo "Error: '${SCRIPT}' does not exist"
+      exit 10
+    fi
+
+    "${SCRIPT}" "${SCRIPT_ARGS[@]}"
     ;;
 esac
 
+# Bail early if there's nothing to land
+if [ "$(git rev-parse HEAD)" == "$(git rev-parse ${PARENT_COMMIT})" ]; then
+  echo "No new changes. Nothing to do."
+  exit 0
+fi
+
 # Land the generated commit
 "${TOPLEVEL}"/contrib/source-control-tools/land-patch.sh "${LAND_PATCH_ARGS[@]}"
diff --git a/contrib/source-control-tools/land-patch.sh b/contrib/source-control-tools/land-patch.sh
--- a/contrib/source-control-tools/land-patch.sh
+++ b/contrib/source-control-tools/land-patch.sh
@@ -47,12 +47,6 @@
   exit 10
 fi
 
-# Bail early if there's nothing to land
-if [ "$(git rev-parse HEAD)" == "$(git rev-parse origin/master)" ]; then
-  echo "No new changes. Nothing to do."
-  exit 0
-fi
-
 TOPLEVEL=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
 # TODO: Autogen (update version numbers, copyright headers, etc.)
 
diff --git a/contrib/source-control-tools/patch-recipes/update-aur-version.sh b/contrib/source-control-tools/patch-recipes/update-aur-version.sh
new file mode 100755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/source-control-tools/patch-recipes/update-aur-version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
+
+set -euxo pipefail
+
+# Common script to update the AUR packages.
+# Usage: update-aur-version <package_name>
+
+TOPLEVEL=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+# shellcheck source=../../utils/compare-version.sh
+source "${TOPLEVEL}"/contrib/utils/compare-version.sh
+PACKAGE="$1"
+
+CURRENT_VERSION=""
+get_current_version CURRENT_VERSION
+
+# Get the current version of the AUR package
+PKGBUILD="${TOPLEVEL}"/contrib/aur/${PACKAGE}/PKGBUILD
+# shellcheck source=../../aur/bitcoin-abc/PKGBUILD
+source "${PKGBUILD}"
+
+# Compare the versions. We only want to update if
+# (software version > package version) to prevent downgrades.
+if version_less_equal "${CURRENT_VERSION}" "${pkgver}"
+then
+  echo "Current version ${CURRENT_VERSION} <= ${PACKAGE} AUR package version ${pkgver}, skip the update"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+# Reset the release version to 0 and update the package version in the
+# PKGBUILD file.
+# Note that this pattern is very safe: because of the shell script syntax,
+# no whitespace can occur and we have the original value as a variable.
+sed -i "s/pkgrel=${pkgrel}/pkgrel=0/" "${PKGBUILD}"
+sed -i "s/pkgver=${pkgver}/pkgver=${CURRENT_VERSION}/" "${PKGBUILD}"
+
+git add "${PKGBUILD}"
+git commit -m "Bump ${PACKAGE} AUR package version to ${CURRENT_VERSION}"