diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
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--- a/README.markdown
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@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ Get the latest & greatest at anytime with:
 
     git pull heroku_suspenders master
 
+A helper rake task will prompt you for all your production config vars (S3
+keys, GMail account, Hoptoad API key...) and set them on your Heroku app:
+
+    rake heroku:setup
+
 More details available in doc/README_FOR_TEMPLATE.
 
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diff --git a/lib/tasks/heroku.rake b/lib/tasks/heroku.rake
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@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+namespace :heroku do
+  def ask_yn(q)
+    print "#{q} (y/n) "
+    STDIN.gets.strip.downcase.slice(0, 1) == 'y'
+  end
+
+  def ask_value(q)
+    print "  #{q}: "
+    STDIN.gets.strip.downcase
+  end
+
+  desc "Prompt for all the config vars and set them on the Heroku app"
+  task :setup => :create do
+    vars = {}
+
+    if ask_yn("Use Amazon S3 for Paperclip uploads?")
+      vars[:S3_KEY] = ask_value('S3 key')
+      vars[:S3_SECRET] = ask_value('S3 secret key')
+      vars[:S3_BUCKET] = ask_value('Name of S3 bucket to store assets in')
+    end
+
+    if ask_yn("Use Google Analytics to track web traffic?")
+      vars[:GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_TRACKER_ID] = ask_value('Google Analytics tracker id')
+    end
+
+    if ask_yn("Use Hoptoad to store production execptions?")
+      vars[:HOPTOAD_API_KEY] = ask_value('Hoptoad API key')
+    end
+
+    if ask_yn("Use GMail to send outgoing emails?")
+      vars[:GMAIL_EMAIL] = ask_value('GMail email address')
+      vars[:GMAIL_PASSWORD] = ask_value('GMail password')
+    end
+
+    puts "Generating a session key and session secret"
+    vars[:SESSION_KEY] = "_#{ActiveSupport::SecureRandom.hex(6)}_session"
+    vars[:SESSION_SECRET] = ActiveSupport::SecureRandom.hex(64)
+
+    puts "Setting all config vars on Heroku app"
+    vars_string = vars.map { |k,v| "#{k}='#{v}'" }.join(' ')
+    sh "heroku config:add #{vars_string}"
+  end
+
+  desc "Create a new app"
+  task :create => :dependencies do
+    `cd #{Rails.root} && git remote -v | grep git@heroku.com`
+    unless $?.success?
+      puts "It doesn't look like this is a Heroku app (no git remote)."
+      exit 1 unless ask_yn("Would you like to create a Heroku app now?")
+      sh "heroku create"
+    end
+  end
+
+  task :dependencies do
+    `heroku`
+    unless $?.success?
+      puts "Heroku gem is not installed.  Try: sudo gem install heroku"
+      exit 1
+    end
+
+    `cd #{Rails.root} && ls .git/config`
+    unless $?.success?
+      puts "This doesn't appear to be a git repo.  Try: git init"
+      exit 1
+    end
+  end
+end
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