diff --git a/lib/tasks/app.rake b/lib/tasks/app.rake
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+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+namespace :app do
+  task(name_primer: :environment) do
+    open("name_primer.json", "w") do |f|
+      f.write(ActiveSupport::JSON.encode(
+                Name.order(:id).joins(:observations).
+                  distinct.select(:id, :text_name, :deprecated,
+                                  :synonym_id, :author)
+              ))
+    end
+  end
+
+  task(location_primer: :environment) do
+    open("location_primer.json", "w") do |f|
+      f.write(ActiveSupport::JSON.encode(
+                Location.order(:id).select(:id, :name)
+              ))
+    end
+  end
+end