diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9a1369d..da018fc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -9,11 +9,12 @@
     "start": "node src/server.js",
     "dev": "tsx watch src/server.ts",
     "indexer": "tsx watch src/indexer/run.ts",
+    "admin:create-superadmin": "tsx scripts/create-superadmin.ts",
     "migration:generate": "typeorm-ts-node-commonjs migration:generate -d src/config/database.ts",
     "migration:run": "typeorm-ts-node-commonjs migration:run -d src/config/database.ts",
     "migration:revert": "typeorm-ts-node-commonjs migration:revert -d src/config/database.ts",
-    "format": "prettier --write \"src/**/*.{ts,js,json,md}\"",
-    "format:check": "prettier --check \"src/**/*.{ts,js,json,md}\"",
+    "format": "prettier --write \"{src,scripts}/**/*.{ts,js,json,md}\"",
+    "format:check": "prettier --check \"{src,scripts}/**/*.{ts,js,json,md}\"",
     "lint": "eslint . --fix",
     "lint:check": "eslint .",
     "check": "npm run format:check && npm run lint:check && tsc --noEmit",
diff --git a/prisma/migrations/20260822000000_add_admin_name_and_created_by/migration.sql b/prisma/migrations/20260822000000_add_admin_name_and_created_by/migration.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9095c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prisma/migrations/20260822000000_add_admin_name_and_created_by/migration.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+-- AlterTable
+-- `name` is required with no default in the schema. Nothing can have written an
+-- Admin row before this migration (there is no self-registration endpoint and
+-- the bootstrap script arrives with it), so the table is empty in practice —
+-- but the add/drop-default pair keeps the migration safe for any dev database
+-- that had a row hand-inserted, instead of failing on the NOT NULL.
+ALTER TABLE "Admin" ADD COLUMN     "name" TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '';
+ALTER TABLE "Admin" ALTER COLUMN "name" DROP DEFAULT;
+
+ALTER TABLE "Admin" ADD COLUMN     "createdBy" TEXT;
+
+-- AddForeignKey
+ALTER TABLE "Admin" ADD CONSTRAINT "Admin_createdBy_fkey" FOREIGN KEY ("createdBy") REFERENCES "Admin"("id") ON DELETE SET NULL ON UPDATE CASCADE;
diff --git a/prisma/schema.prisma b/prisma/schema.prisma
index 85bafe1..3bf23e8 100644
--- a/prisma/schema.prisma
+++ b/prisma/schema.prisma
@@ -10,11 +10,17 @@ datasource db {
 model Admin {
   id           String   @id @default(uuid())
   address      String   @unique
+  name         String
   active       Boolean  @default(true)
   isSuperAdmin Boolean  @default(false)
+  // Null only for the admin bootstrapped by scripts/create-superadmin.ts, which
+  // by definition has no creator. Every admin created through the app has one.
+  createdBy    String?
   createdAt    DateTime @default(now())
   updatedAt    DateTime @updatedAt
 
+  creator       Admin?              @relation("AdminCreatedBy", fields: [createdBy], references: [id])
+  createdAdmins Admin[]             @relation("AdminCreatedBy")
   refreshTokens AdminRefreshToken[]
 }
 
diff --git a/scripts/create-superadmin.ts b/scripts/create-superadmin.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9188704
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/create-superadmin.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+/**
+ * Bootstraps the first superadmin.
+ *
+ * There is deliberately no admin self-registration endpoint — unlike merchants,
+ * who provision themselves on first wallet sign-in, an Admin row can only be
+ * created here or by an admin who already exists. This script is the only way
+ * to get the first one, and it is intentionally CLI-only: no HTTP route
+ * anywhere reaches this code.
+ *
+ *   npm run admin:create-superadmin -- --address=G... --name="Jane Doe"
+ */
+import { StrKey } from '@stellar/stellar-sdk';
+import prisma from '../src/config/prisma.js';
+
+export interface SuperadminInput {
+  address: string;
+  name: string;
+}
+
+/** A refusal the operator can act on, as opposed to an unexpected crash. */
+export class BootstrapError extends Error {
+  constructor(message: string) {
+    super(message);
+    this.name = 'BootstrapError';
+    Object.setPrototypeOf(this, BootstrapError.prototype);
+  }
+}
+
+const USAGE = 'Usage: npm run admin:create-superadmin -- --address=<G...> --name="<full name>"';
+
+/**
+ * Accepts both `--flag=value` and `--flag value`, since operators type these by
+ * hand and both spellings are habitual.
+ */
+const readFlag = (argv: string[], flag: string): string | undefined => {
+  const prefixed = argv.find(arg => arg.startsWith(`--${flag}=`));
+  if (prefixed) {
+    return prefixed.slice(`--${flag}=`.length);
+  }
+
+  const index = argv.indexOf(`--${flag}`);
+  if (index !== -1) {
+    const value = argv[index + 1];
+    // `--name --address=G...` means the name was omitted, not that it is "--address=G...".
+    return value?.startsWith('--') ? undefined : value;
+  }
+
+  return undefined;
+};
+
+export const parseArgs = (argv: string[]): SuperadminInput => {
+  const address = readFlag(argv, 'address')?.trim();
+  const name = readFlag(argv, 'name')?.trim();
+
+  if (!address) {
+    throw new BootstrapError(`--address is required.\n${USAGE}`);
+  }
+
+  if (!StrKey.isValidEd25519PublicKey(address)) {
+    throw new BootstrapError(`"${address}" is not a valid Stellar public key.`);
+  }
+
+  if (!name) {
+    throw new BootstrapError(`--name is required.\n${USAGE}`);
+  }
+
+  return { address, name };
+};
+
+/**
+ * Refuses an address that already has an Admin row. Re-running with the same
+ * address is an operator mistake worth surfacing — never an overwrite, and
+ * never a silently swallowed no-op.
+ */
+export const createSuperadmin = async ({ address, name }: SuperadminInput) => {
+  const existing = await prisma.admin.findUnique({ where: { address } });
+
+  if (existing) {
+    throw new BootstrapError(
+      `An admin already exists for ${address} (id ${existing.id}, superadmin: ${existing.isSuperAdmin}). Refusing to overwrite or duplicate it.`,
+    );
+  }
+
+  return prisma.admin.create({
+    data: {
+      address,
+      name,
+      isSuperAdmin: true,
+      active: true,
+      // The bootstrap admin has no creator; every later admin is created by one.
+      createdBy: null,
+    },
+  });
+};
+
+const main = async (): Promise<void> => {
+  const admin = await createSuperadmin(parseArgs(process.argv.slice(2)));
+
+  console.log('Superadmin created:');
+  console.log(`  id:      ${admin.id}`);
+  console.log(`  address: ${admin.address}`);
+  console.log(`  name:    ${admin.name}`);
+};
+
+// Only run when executed directly, so tests can import the pieces above.
+if (process.argv[1]?.includes('create-superadmin')) {
+  main()
+    .catch((error: unknown) => {
+      if (error instanceof BootstrapError) {
+        console.error(error.message);
+      } else {
+        console.error('Failed to create superadmin:', error);
+      }
+      process.exitCode = 1;
+    })
+    .finally(() => prisma.$disconnect());
+}
diff --git a/tests/unit/create-superadmin.test.ts b/tests/unit/create-superadmin.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f34eea2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/create-superadmin.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+import { beforeEach } from '@jest/globals';
+import { mockReset } from 'jest-mock-extended';
+
+const { default: prismaMock } = (await import('../../src/config/prisma.js')) as any;
+const { parseArgs, createSuperadmin, BootstrapError } = await import(
+  '../../scripts/create-superadmin.js'
+);
+
+// A real key, checked against the real StrKey — the point of the validation is
+// that it rejects anything the network would.
+const ADDRESS = 'GBNFW62V7GWGPVW6BGK4KZQEWHNB3JL7K4WZFVHP3DHJWKUYLOAQK5YY';
+const NAME = 'Jane Doe';
+
+describe('parseArgs', () => {
+  test('reads --flag=value', () => {
+    expect(parseArgs([`--address=${ADDRESS}`, `--name=${NAME}`])).toEqual({
+      address: ADDRESS,
+      name: NAME,
+    });
+  });
+
+  test('reads --flag value', () => {
+    expect(parseArgs(['--address', ADDRESS, '--name', NAME])).toEqual({
+      address: ADDRESS,
+      name: NAME,
+    });
+  });
+
+  test('rejects an invalid Stellar address', () => {
+    expect(() => parseArgs(['--address=GNOTAVALIDADDRESS', `--name=${NAME}`])).toThrow(
+      BootstrapError,
+    );
+  });
+
+  test('rejects a well-formed address with a bad checksum', () => {
+    const corrupted = `${ADDRESS.slice(0, -1)}A`;
+
+    expect(() => parseArgs([`--address=${corrupted}`, `--name=${NAME}`])).toThrow(BootstrapError);
+  });
+
+  test.each([
+    ['no address', [`--name=${NAME}`]],
+    ['no name', [`--address=${ADDRESS}`]],
+    ['blank name', [`--address=${ADDRESS}`, '--name=   ']],
+    ['name flag swallowed by the next flag', ['--name', `--address=${ADDRESS}`]],
+  ])('rejects %s', (_label, argv) => {
+    expect(() => parseArgs(argv)).toThrow(BootstrapError);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('createSuperadmin', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    mockReset(prismaMock);
+  });
+
+  test('creates an active superadmin with no creator', async () => {
+    prismaMock.admin.findUnique.mockResolvedValue(null);
+    prismaMock.admin.create.mockResolvedValue({ id: 'admin-uuid', address: ADDRESS, name: NAME });
+
+    await createSuperadmin({ address: ADDRESS, name: NAME });
+
+    expect(prismaMock.admin.create).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      data: {
+        address: ADDRESS,
+        name: NAME,
+        isSuperAdmin: true,
+        active: true,
+        createdBy: null,
+      },
+    });
+  });
+
+  test('refuses an address that already has an admin, without writing', async () => {
+    prismaMock.admin.findUnique.mockResolvedValue({
+      id: 'existing-uuid',
+      address: ADDRESS,
+      isSuperAdmin: true,
+    });
+
+    await expect(createSuperadmin({ address: ADDRESS, name: NAME })).rejects.toThrow(
+      BootstrapError,
+    );
+    expect(prismaMock.admin.create).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  test('refuses a duplicate even when the existing admin is not a superadmin', async () => {
+    prismaMock.admin.findUnique.mockResolvedValue({
+      id: 'existing-uuid',
+      address: ADDRESS,
+      isSuperAdmin: false,
+    });
+
+    await expect(createSuperadmin({ address: ADDRESS, name: NAME })).rejects.toThrow(
+      /Refusing to overwrite or duplicate/,
+    );
+    expect(prismaMock.admin.create).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});