diff --git a/swh/scheduler/cli/origin.py b/swh/scheduler/cli/origin.py
--- a/swh/scheduler/cli/origin.py
+++ b/swh/scheduler/cli/origin.py
@@ -100,3 +100,37 @@
     origins = scheduler.grab_next_visits(count, policy=policy)
     for line in format_origins(origins, fields=parsed_fields, with_header=with_header):
         click.echo(line)
+
+
+@origin.command("schedule-next")
+@click.option(
+    "--policy", "-p", default="oldest_scheduled_first", help="Scheduling policy"
+)
+@click.argument("count", type=int)
+@click.pass_context
+def schedule_next(ctx, policy: str, count: int):
+    """Send the next COUNT origin visits to the scheduler as one-shot tasks."""
+    from ..utils import utcnow
+    from .task import pretty_print_task
+
+    scheduler = ctx.obj["scheduler"]
+
+    origins = scheduler.grab_next_visits(count, policy=policy)
+
+    created = scheduler.create_tasks(
+        [
+            {
+                **origin.as_task_dict(),
+                "policy": "oneshot",
+                "next_run": utcnow(),
+                "retries_left": 1,
+            }
+            for origin in origins
+        ]
+    )
+
+    output = ["Created %d tasks\n" % len(created)]
+    for task in created:
+        output.append(pretty_print_task(task))
+
+    click.echo_via_pager("\n".join(output))
diff --git a/swh/scheduler/model.py b/swh/scheduler/model.py
--- a/swh/scheduler/model.py
+++ b/swh/scheduler/model.py
@@ -171,6 +171,15 @@
         metadata={"auto_now": True},
     )
 
+    def as_task_dict(self):
+        return {
+            "type": f"load-{self.visit_type}",
+            "arguments": {
+                "args": [],
+                "kwargs": {"url": self.url, **self.extra_loader_arguments},
+            },
+        }
+
 
 ListedOriginPageToken = Tuple[UUID, str]
 
diff --git a/swh/scheduler/tests/test_cli_origin.py b/swh/scheduler/tests/test_cli_origin.py
--- a/swh/scheduler/tests/test_cli_origin.py
+++ b/swh/scheduler/tests/test_cli_origin.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import pytest
 
 from swh.scheduler.cli.origin import format_origins
+from swh.scheduler.tests.common import TASK_TYPES
 from swh.scheduler.tests.test_cli import invoke as basic_invoke
 
 
@@ -74,3 +75,29 @@
     assert set(origin["url"] for origin in returned_origins) <= set(
         origin.url for origin in listed_origins
     )
+
+
+def test_schedule_next(swh_scheduler, listed_origins):
+    for task_type in TASK_TYPES.values():
+        swh_scheduler.create_task_type(task_type)
+
+    num_origins = 10
+    assert len(listed_origins) >= num_origins
+
+    swh_scheduler.record_listed_origins(listed_origins)
+
+    result = invoke(swh_scheduler, args=("schedule-next", str(num_origins)))
+    assert result.exit_code == 0
+
+    # pull all tasks out of the scheduler
+    tasks = swh_scheduler.search_tasks()
+    assert len(tasks) == num_origins
+
+    scheduled_tasks = {
+        (task["type"], task["arguments"]["kwargs"]["url"]) for task in tasks
+    }
+    all_possible_tasks = {
+        (f"load-{origin.visit_type}", origin.url) for origin in listed_origins
+    }
+
+    assert scheduled_tasks <= all_possible_tasks
diff --git a/swh/scheduler/tests/test_model.py b/swh/scheduler/tests/test_model.py
--- a/swh/scheduler/tests/test_model.py
+++ b/swh/scheduler/tests/test_model.py
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2020  The Software Heritage developers
+# Copyright (C) 2020-2021  The Software Heritage developers
 # See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
 # License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
 
 import datetime
+import uuid
 
 import attr
 
@@ -92,3 +93,31 @@
         test1 = attr.ib(type=str)
 
     assert TestModel2.primary_key_columns() == ("col1", "col2")
+
+
+def test_listed_origin_as_task_dict():
+    origin = model.ListedOrigin(
+        lister_id=uuid.uuid4(), url="http://example.com/", visit_type="git",
+    )
+
+    task = origin.as_task_dict()
+    assert task == {
+        "type": "load-git",
+        "arguments": {"args": [], "kwargs": {"url": "http://example.com/"}},
+    }
+
+    origin_w_args = model.ListedOrigin(
+        lister_id=uuid.uuid4(),
+        url="http://example.com/svn/",
+        visit_type="svn",
+        extra_loader_arguments={"foo": "bar"},
+    )
+
+    task_w_args = origin_w_args.as_task_dict()
+    assert task_w_args == {
+        "type": "load-svn",
+        "arguments": {
+            "args": [],
+            "kwargs": {"url": "http://example.com/svn/", "foo": "bar"},
+        },
+    }