diff --git a/lib/pinchflat/downloading/downloading_helpers.ex b/lib/pinchflat/downloading/downloading_helpers.ex
index 7660761..14fe05b 100644
--- a/lib/pinchflat/downloading/downloading_helpers.ex
+++ b/lib/pinchflat/downloading/downloading_helpers.ex
@@ -16,10 +16,14 @@ defmodule Pinchflat.Downloading.DownloadingHelpers do
   alias Pinchflat.Media.MediaItem
   alias Pinchflat.Downloading.MediaDownloadWorker
 
+  alias Pinchflat.Lifecycle.UserScripts.CommandRunner, as: UserScriptRunner
+
   @doc """
   Starts tasks for downloading media for any of a sources _pending_ media items.
   Jobs are not enqueued if the source is set to not download media. This will return :ok.
 
+  You can optionally set the `kickoff_delay` option to delay when the jobs are enqueued.
+
   NOTE: this starts a download for each media item that is pending,
   not just the ones that were indexed in this job run. This should ensure
   that any stragglers are caught if, for some reason, they weren't enqueued
@@ -30,8 +34,6 @@ defmodule Pinchflat.Downloading.DownloadingHelpers do
   def enqueue_pending_download_tasks(source, opts \\ [])
 
   def enqueue_pending_download_tasks(%Source{download_media: true} = source, opts) do
-    # TODO: test
-    # TODO: doc
     kickoff_delay = Keyword.get(opts, :kickoff_delay, 0)
 
     source
@@ -59,11 +61,11 @@ defmodule Pinchflat.Downloading.DownloadingHelpers do
   downloaded, based on the source's download settings and whether media is
   considered pending.
 
+  You can optionally set the `kickoff_delay` option to delay when the jobs are enqueued.
+
   Returns {:ok, %Task{}} | {:error, :should_not_download} | {:error, any()}
   """
   def kickoff_download_if_pending(%MediaItem{} = media_item, opts \\ []) do
-    # TODO: test
-    # TODO: doc
     kickoff_delay = Keyword.get(opts, :kickoff_delay, 0)
     media_item = Repo.preload(media_item, :source)
 
@@ -107,4 +109,32 @@ defmodule Pinchflat.Downloading.DownloadingHelpers do
     |> Repo.all()
     |> Enum.map(&MediaDownloadWorker.kickoff_with_task/1)
   end
+
+  @doc """
+  Creates a media item from the attributes returned by the video backend
+  (read: yt-dlp) and runs the user script with a `media_indexed` event type.
+
+  Only runs the user script if the media item was created successfully and the media item
+  doesn't already exist in the database.
+
+  Returns {:ok, %MediaItem{}} | {:error, any()}
+  """
+  def create_media_item_and_run_script(%Source{} = source, media_attrs_struct) do
+    media_already_exists =
+      MediaQuery.new()
+      |> where(^dynamic(^MediaQuery.for_source(source) and ^MediaQuery.media_id(media_attrs_struct.media_id)))
+      |> Repo.exists?()
+
+    case Media.create_media_item_from_backend_attrs(source, media_attrs_struct) do
+      {:ok, media_item} ->
+        if !media_already_exists do
+          UserScriptRunner.run(:media_indexed, media_item)
+        end
+
+        {:ok, media_item}
+
+      err ->
+        err
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/lib/pinchflat/fast_indexing/fast_indexing_helpers.ex b/lib/pinchflat/fast_indexing/fast_indexing_helpers.ex
index 108e245..3ec08e8 100644
--- a/lib/pinchflat/fast_indexing/fast_indexing_helpers.ex
+++ b/lib/pinchflat/fast_indexing/fast_indexing_helpers.ex
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ defmodule Pinchflat.FastIndexing.FastIndexingHelpers do
   use Pinchflat.Media.MediaQuery
 
   alias Pinchflat.Repo
-  alias Pinchflat.Media
   alias Pinchflat.Sources.Source
   alias Pinchflat.FastIndexing.YoutubeRss
   alias Pinchflat.Downloading.DownloadingHelpers
@@ -43,7 +42,6 @@ defmodule Pinchflat.FastIndexing.FastIndexingHelpers do
       end)
 
     # Wait 5s before enqueuing downloads to give the post-indexing user script a chance to run
-    # TODO: test
     DownloadingHelpers.enqueue_pending_download_tasks(source, kickoff_delay: 5)
 
     Enum.filter(maybe_new_media_items, & &1)
@@ -59,8 +57,8 @@ defmodule Pinchflat.FastIndexing.FastIndexingHelpers do
     url = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=#{media_id}"
 
     case YtDlpMedia.get_media_attributes(url) do
-      {:ok, media_attrs} ->
-        Media.create_media_item_from_backend_attrs(source, media_attrs)
+      {:ok, media_attrs_struct} ->
+        DownloadingHelpers.create_media_item_and_run_script(source, media_attrs_struct)
 
       err ->
         err
diff --git a/lib/pinchflat/lifecycle/user_scripts/command_runner.ex b/lib/pinchflat/lifecycle/user_scripts/command_runner.ex
index 8436c05..c3dcc08 100644
--- a/lib/pinchflat/lifecycle/user_scripts/command_runner.ex
+++ b/lib/pinchflat/lifecycle/user_scripts/command_runner.ex
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ defmodule Pinchflat.Lifecycle.UserScripts.CommandRunner do
   @behaviour UserScriptCommandRunner
 
   @event_types [
+    :media_indexed,
     :media_downloaded,
     :media_deleted
   ]
diff --git a/lib/pinchflat/media/media_query.ex b/lib/pinchflat/media/media_query.ex
index 2eeb5f9..c0b5192 100644
--- a/lib/pinchflat/media/media_query.ex
+++ b/lib/pinchflat/media/media_query.ex
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ defmodule Pinchflat.Media.MediaQuery do
   def culling_prevented, do: dynamic([mi], mi.prevent_culling == true)
   def culled, do: dynamic([mi], not is_nil(mi.culled_at))
   def redownloaded, do: dynamic([mi], not is_nil(mi.media_redownloaded_at))
+  def media_id(nil), do: dynamic(false)
+  def media_id(media_id), do: dynamic([mi], mi.media_id == ^media_id)
 
   def upload_date_after_source_cutoff do
     dynamic([mi, source], is_nil(source.download_cutoff_date) or mi.upload_date >= source.download_cutoff_date)
diff --git a/lib/pinchflat/slow_indexing/slow_indexing_helpers.ex b/lib/pinchflat/slow_indexing/slow_indexing_helpers.ex
index b47e1c3..c78dcc3 100644
--- a/lib/pinchflat/slow_indexing/slow_indexing_helpers.ex
+++ b/lib/pinchflat/slow_indexing/slow_indexing_helpers.ex
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ defmodule Pinchflat.SlowIndexing.SlowIndexingHelpers do
   require Logger
 
   alias Pinchflat.Repo
-  alias Pinchflat.Media
   alias Pinchflat.Tasks
   alias Pinchflat.Sources
   alias Pinchflat.Sources.Source
@@ -39,6 +38,9 @@ defmodule Pinchflat.SlowIndexing.SlowIndexingHelpers do
   item belonging to the source. You can't tell me the method name isn't descriptive!
   Returns a list of media items or changesets (if the media item couldn't be created).
 
+  For each new media item, the method will also run a user script with the `media_indexed`
+  event, if the script is present.
+
   Indexing is slow and usually returns a list of all media data at once for record creation.
   To help with this, we use a file follower to watch the file that yt-dlp writes to
   so we can create media items as they come in. This parallelizes the process and adds
@@ -64,8 +66,8 @@ defmodule Pinchflat.SlowIndexing.SlowIndexingHelpers do
     source = Repo.reload!(source)
 
     result =
-      Enum.map(media_attributes, fn media_attrs ->
-        case Media.create_media_item_from_backend_attrs(source, media_attrs) do
+      Enum.map(media_attributes, fn media_attrs_struct ->
+        case DownloadingHelpers.create_media_item_and_run_script(source, media_attrs_struct) do
           {:ok, media_item} -> media_item
           {:error, changeset} -> changeset
         end
@@ -73,7 +75,6 @@ defmodule Pinchflat.SlowIndexing.SlowIndexingHelpers do
 
     Sources.update_source(source, %{last_indexed_at: DateTime.utc_now()})
     # Wait 5s before enqueuing downloads to give the post-indexing user script a chance to run
-    # TODO: test
     DownloadingHelpers.enqueue_pending_download_tasks(source, kickoff_delay: 5)
 
     result
@@ -120,15 +121,14 @@ defmodule Pinchflat.SlowIndexing.SlowIndexingHelpers do
     end)
   end
 
-  defp create_media_item_and_enqueue_download(source, media_attrs) do
+  defp create_media_item_and_enqueue_download(source, media_attrs_struct) do
     # Reload because the source may have been updated during the (long-running) indexing process
     # and important settings like `download_media` may have changed.
     source = Repo.reload!(source)
 
-    case Media.create_media_item_from_backend_attrs(source, media_attrs) do
+    case DownloadingHelpers.create_media_item_and_run_script(source, media_attrs_struct) do
       {:ok, %MediaItem{} = media_item} ->
         # Wait 5s before enqueuing downloads to give the post-indexing user script a chance to run
-        # TODO: test
         DownloadingHelpers.kickoff_download_if_pending(media_item, kickoff_delay: 5)
 
       {:error, changeset} ->
diff --git a/test/pinchflat/downloading/downloading_helpers_test.exs b/test/pinchflat/downloading/downloading_helpers_test.exs
index 01b0518..ac608c8 100644
--- a/test/pinchflat/downloading/downloading_helpers_test.exs
+++ b/test/pinchflat/downloading/downloading_helpers_test.exs
@@ -6,9 +6,13 @@ defmodule Pinchflat.Downloading.DownloadingHelpersTest do
   import Pinchflat.ProfilesFixtures
 
   alias Pinchflat.Tasks
+  alias Pinchflat.Media.MediaItem
+  alias Pinchflat.Utils.FilesystemUtils
   alias Pinchflat.Downloading.DownloadingHelpers
   alias Pinchflat.Downloading.MediaDownloadWorker
 
+  alias Pinchflat.YtDlp.Media, as: YtDlpMedia
+
   describe "enqueue_pending_download_tasks/1" do
     test "it enqueues a job for each pending media item" do
       source = source_fixture()
@@ -19,6 +23,16 @@ defmodule Pinchflat.Downloading.DownloadingHelpersTest do
       assert_enqueued(worker: MediaDownloadWorker, args: %{"id" => media_item.id})
     end
 
+    test "it can optionally delay when those jobs are enqueued" do
+      source = source_fixture()
+      _media_item = media_item_fixture(source_id: source.id, media_filepath: nil)
+
+      assert :ok = DownloadingHelpers.enqueue_pending_download_tasks(source, kickoff_delay: 60)
+      [job] = all_enqueued(worker: MediaDownloadWorker)
+
+      assert_in_delta DateTime.diff(job.scheduled_at, now()), 60, 1
+    end
+
     test "it does not enqueue a job for media items with a filepath" do
       source = source_fixture()
       _media_item = media_item_fixture(source_id: source.id, media_filepath: "some/filepath.mp4")
@@ -84,6 +98,13 @@ defmodule Pinchflat.Downloading.DownloadingHelpersTest do
       assert_enqueued(worker: MediaDownloadWorker, args: %{"id" => media_item.id})
     end
 
+    test "it can optionally delay when those jobs are enqueued", %{media_item: media_item} do
+      assert {:ok, _} = DownloadingHelpers.kickoff_download_if_pending(media_item, kickoff_delay: 60)
+      [job] = all_enqueued(worker: MediaDownloadWorker)
+
+      assert_in_delta DateTime.diff(job.scheduled_at, now()), 60, 1
+    end
+
     test "creates and returns a download task record", %{media_item: media_item} do
       assert {:ok, task} = DownloadingHelpers.kickoff_download_if_pending(media_item)
 
@@ -138,4 +159,67 @@ defmodule Pinchflat.Downloading.DownloadingHelpersTest do
       refute_enqueued(worker: MediaDownloadWorker)
     end
   end
+
+  describe "create_media_item_and_run_script/2" do
+    setup do
+      FilesystemUtils.write_p!(filepath(), "")
+      File.chmod(filepath(), 0o755)
+
+      on_exit(fn -> File.rm(filepath()) end)
+
+      source = source_fixture()
+
+      media_attrs =
+        media_attributes_return_fixture()
+        |> Phoenix.json_library().decode!()
+        |> YtDlpMedia.response_to_struct()
+
+      {:ok, source: source, media_attrs: media_attrs}
+    end
+
+    test "creates a media item for a given source and attributes", %{source: source, media_attrs: media_attrs} do
+      assert {:ok, %MediaItem{} = media_item} = DownloadingHelpers.create_media_item_and_run_script(source, media_attrs)
+
+      assert media_item.source_id == source.id
+      assert media_item.title == media_attrs.title
+      assert media_item.media_id == media_attrs.media_id
+      assert media_item.original_url == media_attrs.original_url
+      assert media_item.description == media_attrs.description
+    end
+
+    test "returns an error if the media item cannot be created", %{source: source, media_attrs: media_attrs} do
+      media_attrs = %YtDlpMedia{media_attrs | media_id: nil}
+
+      assert {:error, %Ecto.Changeset{}} = DownloadingHelpers.create_media_item_and_run_script(source, media_attrs)
+    end
+
+    test "runs a script if the media item is created", %{source: source, media_attrs: media_attrs} do
+      # We *love* indirectly testing side effects
+      tmp_dir = Application.get_env(:pinchflat, :tmpfile_directory)
+      filename = "#{tmp_dir}/test_file-#{Enum.random(1..1000)}"
+      File.write(filepath(), "#!/bin/bash\ntouch #{filename}\n")
+
+      refute File.exists?(filename)
+      assert {:ok, %MediaItem{}} = DownloadingHelpers.create_media_item_and_run_script(source, media_attrs)
+      assert File.exists?(filename)
+    end
+
+    test "does not run a script if the media item already exists", %{source: source, media_attrs: media_attrs} do
+      {:ok, %MediaItem{}} = DownloadingHelpers.create_media_item_and_run_script(source, media_attrs)
+
+      tmp_dir = Application.get_env(:pinchflat, :tmpfile_directory)
+      filename = "#{tmp_dir}/test_file-#{Enum.random(1..1000)}"
+      File.write(filepath(), "#!/bin/bash\ntouch #{filename}\n")
+
+      refute File.exists?(filename)
+      assert {:ok, %MediaItem{}} = DownloadingHelpers.create_media_item_and_run_script(source, media_attrs)
+      refute File.exists?(filename)
+    end
+
+    defp filepath do
+      base_dir = Application.get_env(:pinchflat, :extras_directory)
+
+      Path.join([base_dir, "user-scripts", "lifecycle"])
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/test/pinchflat/fast_indexing/fast_indexing_helpers_test.exs b/test/pinchflat/fast_indexing/fast_indexing_helpers_test.exs
index 94d12aa..f60b678 100644
--- a/test/pinchflat/fast_indexing/fast_indexing_helpers_test.exs
+++ b/test/pinchflat/fast_indexing/fast_indexing_helpers_test.exs
@@ -28,6 +28,16 @@ defmodule Pinchflat.FastIndexing.FastIndexingHelpersTest do
       assert worker.args["id"] == media_item.id
     end
 
+    test "enqueues the worker with a small delay", %{source: source} do
+      expect(HTTPClientMock, :get, fn _url -> {:ok, "<yt:videoId>test_1</yt:videoId>"} end)
+
+      FastIndexingHelpers.kickoff_download_tasks_from_youtube_rss_feed(source)
+
+      [job | _] = all_enqueued(worker: MediaDownloadWorker)
+
+      assert_in_delta DateTime.diff(job.scheduled_at, now()), 5, 1
+    end
+
     test "does not enqueue a new worker for the source's media IDs we already know about", %{source: source} do
       expect(HTTPClientMock, :get, fn _url -> {:ok, "<yt:videoId>test_1</yt:videoId>"} end)
       media_item_fixture(source_id: source.id, media_id: "test_1")
diff --git a/test/pinchflat/media_test.exs b/test/pinchflat/media_test.exs
index 515b7f9..649f379 100644
--- a/test/pinchflat/media_test.exs
+++ b/test/pinchflat/media_test.exs
@@ -835,6 +835,18 @@ defmodule Pinchflat.MediaTest do
       assert media_item_1.id == media_item_2.id
       assert media_item_2.title == different_attrs.title
     end
+
+    test "returns an error if the media item cannot be created" do
+      source = source_fixture()
+
+      media_attrs =
+        media_attributes_return_fixture()
+        |> Phoenix.json_library().decode!()
+        |> Map.put("id", nil)
+        |> YtDlpMedia.response_to_struct()
+
+      assert {:error, %Ecto.Changeset{}} = Media.create_media_item_from_backend_attrs(source, media_attrs)
+    end
   end
 
   describe "update_media_item/2" do
diff --git a/test/pinchflat/slow_indexing/slow_indexing_helpers_test.exs b/test/pinchflat/slow_indexing/slow_indexing_helpers_test.exs
index bdd721f..0a4913b 100644
--- a/test/pinchflat/slow_indexing/slow_indexing_helpers_test.exs
+++ b/test/pinchflat/slow_indexing/slow_indexing_helpers_test.exs
@@ -158,6 +158,16 @@ defmodule Pinchflat.SlowIndexing.SlowIndexingHelpersTest do
       assert_enqueued(worker: MediaDownloadWorker, args: %{"id" => media_item.id})
     end
 
+    test "it enqueues the job with a small delay", %{source: source} do
+      media_item = media_item_fixture(source_id: source.id, media_filepath: nil)
+
+      SlowIndexingHelpers.index_and_enqueue_download_for_media_items(source)
+
+      [job] = all_enqueued(worker: MediaDownloadWorker, args: %{"id" => media_item.id})
+
+      assert_in_delta DateTime.diff(job.scheduled_at, now()), 5, 1
+    end
+
     test "it does not attach tasks if the source is set to not download" do
       source = source_fixture(download_media: false)
       media_item = media_item_fixture(source_id: source.id, media_filepath: nil)
@@ -235,6 +245,26 @@ defmodule Pinchflat.SlowIndexing.SlowIndexingHelpersTest do
       assert_enqueued(worker: MediaDownloadWorker)
     end
 
+    test "sets a small delay on the download job", %{source: source} do
+      watcher_poll_interval = Application.get_env(:pinchflat, :file_watcher_poll_interval)
+
+      stub(YtDlpRunnerMock, :run, fn _url, _opts, _ot, addl_opts ->
+        filepath = Keyword.get(addl_opts, :output_filepath)
+        File.write(filepath, source_attributes_return_fixture())
+
+        # Need to add a delay to ensure the file watcher has time to read the file
+        :timer.sleep(watcher_poll_interval * 2)
+        # We know we're testing the file watcher since the syncronous call will only
+        # return an empty string (creating no records)
+        {:ok, ""}
+      end)
+
+      SlowIndexingHelpers.index_and_enqueue_download_for_media_items(source)
+      [job | _] = all_enqueued(worker: MediaDownloadWorker)
+
+      assert_in_delta DateTime.diff(job.scheduled_at, now()), 5, 1
+    end
+
     test "does not enqueue downloads if the source is set to not download" do
       watcher_poll_interval = Application.get_env(:pinchflat, :file_watcher_poll_interval)
       source = source_fixture(download_media: false)