diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/Onetime/UpdateResourceDescriptions.php b/app/Console/Commands/Onetime/UpdateResourceDescriptions.php
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+<?php
+
+namespace App\Console\Commands\Onetime;
+
+use App\ResourceItem;
+use Illuminate\Console\Command;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
+use Maatwebsite\Excel\Facades\Excel;
+
+/**
+ * Update resource descriptions from an Excel file.
+ *
+ * Expected Excel structure:
+ *  - Column A: "Name of the resource"
+ *  - Column B: "Description of the resource"
+ *
+ * Usage:
+ *  php artisan resources:update-descriptions
+ *  php artisan resources:update-descriptions --dry-run
+ */
+class UpdateResourceDescriptions extends Command
+{
+    protected $signature = 'resources:update-descriptions {--dry-run : Simulate without saving changes}';
+
+    protected $description = 'Update the description field for resources from Excel file based on name match.';
+
+    private string $filePath = 'Uploaded resources.xlsx';
+
+    public function handle(): int
+    {
+        $dryRun = $this->option('dry-run');
+
+        if (!Storage::disk('excel')->exists($this->filePath)) {
+            $this->error("Excel file not found: {$this->filePath}");
+            return self::FAILURE;
+        }
+
+        $fullPath = Storage::disk('excel')->path($this->filePath);
+        $this->info("Reading: {$this->filePath}");
+
+        $rows = Excel::toArray([], $fullPath);
+
+        if (empty($rows) || empty($rows[0])) {
+            $this->error('No data found in the Excel file.');
+            return self::FAILURE;
+        }
+
+        // Skip Row 1 is header
+        $data = collect($rows[0])->skip(1);
+        $results = [];
+        $updated = 0;
+
+        $bar = $this->output->createProgressBar($data->count());
+        $bar->start();
+
+        foreach ($data as $row) {
+            $name = trim((string)($row['Name of the resource'] ?? $row[0] ?? ''));
+            $desc = trim((string)($row['Description of the resource'] ?? $row[1] ?? ''));
+
+            // skip blank lines
+            if ($name === '' || $desc === '') {
+                $bar->advance();
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            $resource = ResourceItem::whereRaw('TRIM(name) = ?', [$name])->first();
+
+            if (!$resource) {
+                $results[] = [
+                    'name' => $name,
+                    'status' => 'NOT FOUND',
+                    'description' => mb_substr($desc, 0, 80) . (strlen($desc) > 80 ? '...' : ''),
+                ];
+                $bar->advance();
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if ($dryRun) {
+                $results[] = [
+                    'name' => $name,
+                    'status' => 'WOULD UPDATE',
+                    'description' => mb_substr($desc, 0, 80) . (strlen($desc) > 80 ? '...' : ''),
+                ];
+            } else {
+                $resource->description = $desc;
+                $resource->save();
+
+                $results[] = [
+                    'name' => $name,
+                    'status' => 'UPDATED',
+                    'description' => mb_substr($desc, 0, 80) . (strlen($desc) > 80 ? '...' : ''),
+                ];
+            }
+
+            $updated++;
+            $bar->advance();
+        }
+
+        $bar->finish();
+        $this->newLine(2);
+
+        // summary
+        $this->info(sprintf(
+            'Processed: %d | Updated: %d | Not Found: %d',
+            $data->count(),
+            $updated,
+            count(array_filter($results, fn($r) => $r['status'] === 'NOT FOUND'))
+        ));
+
+        // print table of results
+        $this->newLine();
+        $this->table(['Resource Name', 'Status', 'Description (excerpt)'], $results);
+
+        // log summary
+        Log::info('Resource descriptions update completed', [
+            'dry_run' => $dryRun,
+            'total_rows' => $data->count(),
+            'updated' => $updated,
+            'not_found' => array_filter($results, fn($r) => $r['status'] === 'NOT FOUND'),
+        ]);
+
+        if ($dryRun) {
+            $this->warn('Dry run only — no data was modified.');
+        }
+
+        return self::SUCCESS;
+    }
+}
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