diff --git a/scripts/setup-overrides.ts b/scripts/setup-overrides.ts
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+import assert from 'node:assert'
+import fs from 'node:fs'
+import { dirname } from 'node:path'
+import fg from 'fast-glob'
+
+// usage:
+// npx tsx scripts/setup-overrides.ts <target-package.json>
+
+async function main() {
+  const [targetPath] = process.argv.slice(2)
+  assert.ok(fs.existsSync(targetPath))
+
+  const pkgPaths = await fg('./packages/*/package.json', { absolute: true })
+  const overrides: Record<string, string> = {}
+  for (const pkgPath of pkgPaths) {
+    const pkg = await readJson(pkgPath)
+    overrides[pkg.name] = `file:${dirname(pkgPath)}`
+  }
+
+  await editJson(targetPath, (data) => {
+    Object.assign((data.pnpm ??= {}).overrides ??= {}, overrides)
+    return data
+  })
+}
+
+async function readJson(file: string) {
+  return JSON.parse(await fs.promises.readFile(file, 'utf-8'))
+}
+
+async function editJson(file: string, edit: (data: any) => any) {
+  const data = await readJson(file)
+  await fs.promises.writeFile(file, JSON.stringify(edit(data), null, 2))
+}
+
+main()