diff --git a/tools/manage.sh b/tools/manage.sh
index 923953bf96..02648e3775 100755
--- a/tools/manage.sh
+++ b/tools/manage.sh
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ default_help() {
   echo -e "  ${BWhite}ruff-check${RST}      ${BCyan}Run Ruff check for the repository${RST}"
   echo -e "  ${BWhite}ruff-fix${RST}        ${BCyan}Run Ruff fix for the repository${RST}"
   echo -e "  ${BWhite}codespell${RST}       ${BCyan}Run codespell check for the repository${RST}"
+  echo -e "  ${BWhite}run${RST}             ${BCyan}Run the repository${RST}"
   echo ""
 }
 
@@ -175,6 +176,12 @@ run_codespell () {
   "$POETRY_HOME/bin/poetry" run codespell
 }
 
+run_command () {
+  echo -e "${BIGreen}>>>${RST} Running ..."
+  shift;  # will remove first arg ("run") from the "$@"
+  "$POETRY_HOME/bin/poetry" run "$@"
+}
+
 main () {
   detect_python || return 1
 
@@ -207,6 +214,10 @@ main () {
       run_codespell || return_code=$?
       exit $return_code
       ;;
+    "run")
+      run_command "$@" || return_code=$?
+      exit $return_code
+      ;;
   esac
 
   if [ "$function_name" != "" ]; then