diff --git a/.erdconfig b/.erdconfig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8ac4b0fb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.erdconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+indirect: false
+disconnected: false
+filename: doc/database_models
+exclude: "ActionText::RichText,ActiveStorage::Blob,ActiveStorage::Attachment"
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 9e8697144..8b0eec9e5 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ group :development do
   gem 'brakeman', require: false
   gem 'haml-lint'
   gem 'letter_opener_web'
+  gem 'rails-erd', require: false # generates `doc/database_models.pdf`
   gem 'rubocop', require: false
   gem 'rubocop-rails_config'
   gem 'rubocop-rspec-focused', require: false
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 17d9f880d..76d13ab07 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ GEM
       rubyzip (>= 1.3.0, < 3)
     chartkick (3.4.0)
     childprocess (3.0.0)
+    choice (0.2.0)
     chunky_png (1.3.11)
     clamav-client (3.2.0)
     coderay (1.1.2)
@@ -522,6 +523,11 @@ GEM
     rails-dom-testing (2.0.3)
       activesupport (>= 4.2.0)
       nokogiri (>= 1.6)
+    rails-erd (1.6.0)
+      activerecord (>= 4.2)
+      activesupport (>= 4.2)
+      choice (~> 0.2.0)
+      ruby-graphviz (~> 1.2)
     rails-html-sanitizer (1.3.0)
       loofah (~> 2.3)
     rails-i18n (6.0.0)
@@ -611,6 +617,8 @@ GEM
       rubocop (>= 0.51)
     ruby-debug-ide (0.7.2)
       rake (>= 0.8.1)
+    ruby-graphviz (1.2.5)
+      rexml
     ruby-progressbar (1.10.1)
     ruby2_keywords (0.0.2)
     ruby_parser (3.14.2)
@@ -826,6 +834,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rack-mini-profiler
   rails (= 6.0.3.2)
   rails-controller-testing
+  rails-erd
   rails-i18n
   rake-progressbar
   react-rails
diff --git a/doc/README.md b/doc/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a6a2db1f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+## database_models.pdf
+
+The database models document is generated using the `rails-erd` gem.
+
+To update the generated PDF file:
+
+1. Install `graphviz` (e.g. `brew install graphviz`)
+2. Run `bin/rake erd`
diff --git a/doc/database_models.pdf b/doc/database_models.pdf
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index 000000000..28b678dd7
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