diff --git a/client/utils/build-challenges.js b/client/utils/build-challenges.js
index 193a0c4a116..3bf1f6ad9c9 100644
--- a/client/utils/build-challenges.js
+++ b/client/utils/build-challenges.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ const {
   getContentDir,
   getBlockCreator
 } = require('../../curriculum/build-curriculum');
+const { getBlockStructure } = require('../../curriculum/file-handler');
 
 const { curriculumLocale } = envData;
 
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ exports.replaceChallengeNode = () => {
     const filename = path.basename(filePath);
 
     console.log(`Replacing challenge node for ${filePath}`);
-    const meta = blockCreator.getMetaForBlock(block);
+    const meta = getBlockStructure(block);
 
     return await blockCreator.createChallenge({
       filename,
diff --git a/curriculum/build-curriculum.js b/curriculum/build-curriculum.js
index 47b81b1d6e7..a4d4c006ef5 100644
--- a/curriculum/build-curriculum.js
+++ b/curriculum/build-curriculum.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
-const assert = require('assert');
 
 const { isEmpty } = require('lodash');
 const debug = require('debug')('fcc:build-curriculum');
@@ -13,14 +12,13 @@ const {
 
 const { buildCertification } = require('./build-certification');
 const { applyFilters } = require('./utils');
-
-const CURRICULUM_DIR = __dirname;
-const I18N_CURRICULUM_DIR = path.resolve(
-  CURRICULUM_DIR,
-  'i18n-curriculum',
-  'curriculum'
-);
-const STRUCTURE_DIR = path.resolve(CURRICULUM_DIR, 'structure');
+const {
+  getContentDir,
+  getLanguageConfig,
+  getCurriculumStructure,
+  getBlockStructure,
+  getSuperblockStructure
+} = require('./file-handler');
 
 /**
  * Creates a BlockCreator instance for a specific language with appropriate configuration
@@ -35,7 +33,6 @@ const STRUCTURE_DIR = path.resolve(CURRICULUM_DIR, 'structure');
 const getBlockCreator = (lang, skipValidation, opts) => {
   const {
     blockContentDir,
-    blockStructureDir,
     i18nBlockContentDir,
     dictionariesDir,
     i18nDictionariesDir
@@ -47,7 +44,6 @@ const getBlockCreator = (lang, skipValidation, opts) => {
   return new BlockCreator({
     lang,
     blockContentDir,
-    blockStructureDir,
     i18nBlockContentDir,
     commentTranslations: createCommentMap(
       dictionariesDir,
@@ -194,84 +190,12 @@ const superBlockNames = {
   'dev-playground': 'dev-playground'
 };
 
-/**
- * Gets language-specific configuration paths for curriculum content
- * @param {string} lang - The language code (e.g., 'english', 'spanish', etc.)
- * @param {Object} [options] - Optional configuration object with directory overrides
- * @param {string} [options.baseDir] - Base directory for curriculum content (defaults to CURRICULUM_DIR)
- * @param {string} [options.i18nBaseDir] - Base directory for i18n content (defaults to I18N_CURRICULUM_DIR)
- * @param {string} [options.structureDir] - Directory for curriculum structure (defaults to STRUCTURE_DIR)
- * @returns {Object} Object containing all relevant directory paths for the language
- * @throws {AssertionError} When required i18n directories don't exist for non-English languages
- */
-function getLanguageConfig(
-  lang,
-  { baseDir, i18nBaseDir, structureDir } = {
-    baseDir: CURRICULUM_DIR,
-    i18nBaseDir: I18N_CURRICULUM_DIR,
-    structureDir: STRUCTURE_DIR
-  }
-) {
-  const contentDir = path.resolve(baseDir, 'challenges', 'english');
-  const i18nContentDir = path.resolve(i18nBaseDir, 'challenges', lang);
-  const blockContentDir = path.resolve(contentDir, 'blocks');
-  const i18nBlockContentDir = path.resolve(i18nContentDir, 'blocks');
-  const blockStructureDir = path.resolve(structureDir, 'blocks');
-  const dictionariesDir = path.resolve(baseDir, 'dictionaries');
-  const i18nDictionariesDir = path.resolve(i18nBaseDir, 'dictionaries');
-
-  if (lang !== 'english') {
-    assert(
-      fs.existsSync(i18nContentDir),
-      `i18n content directory does not exist: ${i18nContentDir}`
-    );
-    assert(
-      fs.existsSync(i18nBlockContentDir),
-      `i18n block content directory does not exist: ${i18nBlockContentDir}`
-    );
-    assert(
-      fs.existsSync(i18nDictionariesDir),
-      `i18n dictionaries directory does not exist: ${i18nDictionariesDir}`
-    );
-  }
-
-  debug(`Using content directory: ${contentDir}`);
-  debug(`Using i18n content directory: ${i18nContentDir}`);
-  debug(`Using block content directory: ${blockContentDir}`);
-  debug(`Using i18n block content directory: ${i18nBlockContentDir}`);
-  debug(`Using dictionaries directory: ${dictionariesDir}`);
-  debug(`Using i18n dictionaries directory: ${i18nDictionariesDir}`);
-
-  return {
-    contentDir,
-    i18nContentDir,
-    blockContentDir,
-    i18nBlockContentDir,
-    blockStructureDir,
-    dictionariesDir,
-    i18nDictionariesDir
-  };
-}
-
-/**
- * Gets the appropriate content directory path for a given language
- * @param {string} lang - The language code (e.g., 'english', 'spanish', etc.)
- * @returns {string} Path to the content directory for the specified language
- */
-function getContentDir(lang) {
-  const { contentDir, i18nContentDir } = getLanguageConfig(lang);
-
-  return lang === 'english' ? contentDir : i18nContentDir;
-}
-
-const getCurriculumStructure = () => {
-  const curriculumPath = path.resolve(STRUCTURE_DIR, 'curriculum.json');
-  if (!fs.existsSync(curriculumPath)) {
-    throw new Error(`Curriculum file not found: ${curriculumPath}`);
-  }
-
-  return JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(curriculumPath, 'utf8'));
-};
+const superBlockToFilename = Object.entries(superBlockNames).reduce(
+  (map, entry) => {
+    return { ...map, [entry[1]]: entry[0] };
+  },
+  {}
+);
 
 /**
  * Builds an array of superblock structures from a curriculum object
@@ -304,26 +228,6 @@ function addSuperblockStructure(superblocks) {
   return superblockStructures;
 }
 
-function getSuperblockStructure(superblock) {
-  const superblockPath = path.resolve(
-    STRUCTURE_DIR,
-    'superblocks',
-    `${superblock}.json`
-  );
-
-  return JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(superblockPath, 'utf8'));
-}
-
-function getBlockStructure(block) {
-  const blockPath = path.resolve(STRUCTURE_DIR, 'blocks', `${block}.json`);
-
-  try {
-    return JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(blockPath, 'utf8'));
-  } catch {
-    console.warn('block missing', block);
-  }
-}
-
 function addBlockStructure(
   superblocks,
   _getBlockStructure = getBlockStructure
@@ -383,5 +287,6 @@ module.exports = {
   getBlockCreator,
   getBlockStructure,
   getSuperblockStructure,
-  createCommentMap
+  createCommentMap,
+  superBlockToFilename
 };
diff --git a/curriculum/build-superblock.js b/curriculum/build-superblock.js
index fe2087c48a2..7649a2ddd09 100644
--- a/curriculum/build-superblock.js
+++ b/curriculum/build-superblock.js
@@ -226,8 +226,6 @@ class BlockCreator {
   /**
    * @param {object} options - Options object
    * @param {string} options.blockContentDir - Directory containing block content files
-   * @param {string} options.blockStructureDir - Directory containing block structure files (meta
-   * .json)
    * @param {string} options.i18nBlockContentDir - Directory containing i18n block content files
    * @param {string} options.lang - Language code for the block content
    * @param {object} options.commentTranslations - Translations for comments in challenges
@@ -238,14 +236,12 @@ class BlockCreator {
    */
   constructor({
     blockContentDir,
-    blockStructureDir,
     i18nBlockContentDir,
     lang,
     commentTranslations,
     skipValidation
   }) {
     this.blockContentDir = blockContentDir;
-    this.blockStructureDir = blockStructureDir;
     this.i18nBlockContentDir = i18nBlockContentDir;
     this.lang = lang;
     this.commentTranslations = commentTranslations;
@@ -309,29 +305,6 @@ class BlockCreator {
     );
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Gets meta information for a block from its JSON file
-   * @param {string} blockName - Name of the block
-   * @returns {object} The meta information object for the block
-   * @throws {Error} If meta file is not found
-   */
-  getMetaForBlock(blockName) {
-    // Read meta.json for this block
-    const metaPath = path.resolve(this.blockStructureDir, `${blockName}.json`);
-    if (!fs.existsSync(metaPath)) {
-      throw new Error(
-        `Meta file not found for block ${blockName}: ${metaPath}`
-      );
-    }
-
-    // Not all "meta information" can be found in the meta.json.
-    const rawMeta = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(metaPath, 'utf8'));
-    debug(
-      `Meta file indicates ${rawMeta.challengeOrder.length} challenges should exist`
-    );
-    return rawMeta;
-  }
-
   async processBlock(block, { superBlock, order }) {
     const blockName = block.dashedName;
     debug(`Processing block ${blockName} in superblock ${superBlock}`);
diff --git a/curriculum/file-handler.js b/curriculum/file-handler.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7f2f3d7c9fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/curriculum/file-handler.js
@@ -0,0 +1,199 @@
+const path = require('node:path');
+const assert = require('node:assert');
+const fs = require('node:fs');
+const fsP = require('node:fs/promises');
+
+// const prettier = require('prettier');
+
+const debug = require('debug')('fcc:file-handler');
+
+const CURRICULUM_DIR = __dirname;
+const I18N_CURRICULUM_DIR = path.resolve(
+  CURRICULUM_DIR,
+  'i18n-curriculum',
+  'curriculum'
+);
+const STRUCTURE_DIR = path.resolve(CURRICULUM_DIR, 'structure');
+const BLOCK_STRUCTURE_DIR = path.resolve(STRUCTURE_DIR, 'blocks');
+
+/**
+ * Gets language-specific configuration paths for curriculum content
+ * @param {string} lang - The language code (e.g., 'english', 'spanish', etc.)
+ * @param {Object} [options] - Optional configuration object with directory overrides
+ * @param {string} [options.baseDir] - Base directory for curriculum content (defaults to CURRICULUM_DIR)
+ * @param {string} [options.i18nBaseDir] - Base directory for i18n content (defaults to I18N_CURRICULUM_DIR)
+ * @param {string} [options.structureDir] - Directory for curriculum structure (defaults to STRUCTURE_DIR)
+ * @returns {Object} Object containing all relevant directory paths for the language
+ * @throws {AssertionError} When required i18n directories don't exist for non-English languages
+ */
+function getContentConfig(
+  lang,
+  { baseDir, i18nBaseDir } = {
+    baseDir: CURRICULUM_DIR,
+    i18nBaseDir: I18N_CURRICULUM_DIR
+  }
+) {
+  const contentDir = path.resolve(baseDir, 'challenges', 'english');
+  const i18nContentDir = path.resolve(i18nBaseDir, 'challenges', lang);
+  const blockContentDir = path.resolve(contentDir, 'blocks');
+  const i18nBlockContentDir = path.resolve(i18nContentDir, 'blocks');
+  const dictionariesDir = path.resolve(baseDir, 'dictionaries');
+  const i18nDictionariesDir = path.resolve(i18nBaseDir, 'dictionaries');
+
+  if (lang !== 'english') {
+    assert(
+      fs.existsSync(i18nContentDir),
+      `i18n content directory does not exist: ${i18nContentDir}`
+    );
+    assert(
+      fs.existsSync(i18nBlockContentDir),
+      `i18n block content directory does not exist: ${i18nBlockContentDir}`
+    );
+    assert(
+      fs.existsSync(i18nDictionariesDir),
+      `i18n dictionaries directory does not exist: ${i18nDictionariesDir}`
+    );
+  }
+
+  debug(`Using content directory: ${contentDir}`);
+  debug(`Using i18n content directory: ${i18nContentDir}`);
+  debug(`Using block content directory: ${blockContentDir}`);
+  debug(`Using i18n block content directory: ${i18nBlockContentDir}`);
+  debug(`Using dictionaries directory: ${dictionariesDir}`);
+  debug(`Using i18n dictionaries directory: ${i18nDictionariesDir}`);
+
+  return {
+    contentDir,
+    i18nContentDir,
+    blockContentDir,
+    i18nBlockContentDir,
+    dictionariesDir,
+    i18nDictionariesDir
+  };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Gets the appropriate content directory path for a given language
+ * @param {string} lang - The language code (e.g., 'english', 'spanish', etc.)
+ * @returns {string} Path to the content directory for the specified language
+ */
+function getContentDir(lang) {
+  const { contentDir, i18nContentDir } = getContentConfig(lang);
+
+  return lang === 'english' ? contentDir : i18nContentDir;
+}
+
+function getCurriculumStructure() {
+  const curriculumPath = path.resolve(STRUCTURE_DIR, 'curriculum.json');
+  if (!fs.existsSync(curriculumPath)) {
+    throw new Error(`Curriculum file not found: ${curriculumPath}`);
+  }
+
+  return JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(curriculumPath, 'utf8'));
+}
+
+function getBlockStructurePath(block) {
+  return path.resolve(BLOCK_STRUCTURE_DIR, `${block}.json`);
+}
+
+function getBlockStructure(block) {
+  return JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(getBlockStructurePath(block), 'utf8'));
+}
+
+async function writeBlockStructure(block, structure) {
+  // TODO: format with prettier (jest, at least this version, is not compatible
+  // with prettier)
+  const content = JSON.stringify(structure);
+  await fsP.writeFile(getBlockStructurePath(block), content, 'utf8');
+}
+
+async function writeSuperblockStructure(superblock, structure) {
+  const content = JSON.stringify(structure);
+  await fsP.writeFile(getSuperblockStructurePath(superblock), content);
+}
+
+function getSuperblockStructure(superblockFilename) {
+  const superblockPath = getSuperblockStructurePath(superblockFilename);
+
+  if (!fs.existsSync(superblockPath)) {
+    throw Error(`Superblock file not found: ${superblockPath}`);
+  }
+
+  return JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(superblockPath, 'utf8'));
+}
+
+function getSuperblockStructurePath(superblockFilename) {
+  return path.resolve(
+    STRUCTURE_DIR,
+    'superblocks',
+    `${superblockFilename}.json`
+  );
+}
+
+/**
+ * Gets language-specific configuration paths for curriculum content
+ * @param {string} lang - The language code (e.g., 'english', 'spanish', etc.)
+ * @param {Object} [options] - Optional configuration object with directory overrides
+ * @param {string} [options.baseDir] - Base directory for curriculum content (defaults to CURRICULUM_DIR)
+ * @param {string} [options.i18nBaseDir] - Base directory for i18n content (defaults to I18N_CURRICULUM_DIR)
+ * @param {string} [options.structureDir] - Directory for curriculum structure (defaults to STRUCTURE_DIR)
+ * @returns {Object} Object containing all relevant directory paths for the language
+ * @throws {AssertionError} When required i18n directories don't exist for non-English languages
+ */
+function getLanguageConfig(
+  lang,
+  { baseDir, i18nBaseDir, structureDir } = {
+    baseDir: CURRICULUM_DIR,
+    i18nBaseDir: I18N_CURRICULUM_DIR,
+    structureDir: STRUCTURE_DIR
+  }
+) {
+  const contentDir = path.resolve(baseDir, 'challenges', 'english');
+  const i18nContentDir = path.resolve(i18nBaseDir, 'challenges', lang);
+  const blockContentDir = path.resolve(contentDir, 'blocks');
+  const i18nBlockContentDir = path.resolve(i18nContentDir, 'blocks');
+  const blockStructureDir = path.resolve(structureDir, 'blocks');
+  const dictionariesDir = path.resolve(baseDir, 'dictionaries');
+  const i18nDictionariesDir = path.resolve(i18nBaseDir, 'dictionaries');
+
+  if (lang !== 'english') {
+    assert(
+      fs.existsSync(i18nContentDir),
+      `i18n content directory does not exist: ${i18nContentDir}`
+    );
+    assert(
+      fs.existsSync(i18nBlockContentDir),
+      `i18n block content directory does not exist: ${i18nBlockContentDir}`
+    );
+    assert(
+      fs.existsSync(i18nDictionariesDir),
+      `i18n dictionaries directory does not exist: ${i18nDictionariesDir}`
+    );
+  }
+
+  debug(`Using content directory: ${contentDir}`);
+  debug(`Using i18n content directory: ${i18nContentDir}`);
+  debug(`Using block content directory: ${blockContentDir}`);
+  debug(`Using i18n block content directory: ${i18nBlockContentDir}`);
+  debug(`Using dictionaries directory: ${dictionariesDir}`);
+  debug(`Using i18n dictionaries directory: ${i18nDictionariesDir}`);
+
+  return {
+    contentDir,
+    i18nContentDir,
+    blockContentDir,
+    i18nBlockContentDir,
+    blockStructureDir,
+    dictionariesDir,
+    i18nDictionariesDir
+  };
+}
+
+exports.getContentConfig = getContentConfig;
+exports.getContentDir = getContentDir;
+exports.getBlockStructure = getBlockStructure;
+exports.getSuperblockStructure = getSuperblockStructure;
+exports.getCurriculumStructure = getCurriculumStructure;
+exports.writeBlockStructure = writeBlockStructure;
+exports.writeSuperblockStructure = writeSuperblockStructure;
+exports.getLanguageConfig = getLanguageConfig;
diff --git a/curriculum/package.json b/curriculum/package.json
index dbfad46e3b4..51f3b2de4ba 100644
--- a/curriculum/package.json
+++ b/curriculum/package.json
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
     "delete-challenge": "CALLING_DIR=$INIT_CWD tsx --tsconfig ../tsconfig.json ../tools/challenge-helper-scripts/delete-challenge",
     "delete-task": "CALLING_DIR=$INIT_CWD tsx --tsconfig ../tsconfig.json ../tools/challenge-helper-scripts/delete-task",
     "lint": "tsx --tsconfig ../tsconfig.json lint-localized",
-    "repair-meta": "CALLING_DIR=$INIT_CWD tsx --tsconfig ../tsconfig.json ../tools/challenge-helper-scripts/repair-meta",
     "reorder-tasks": "CALLING_DIR=$INIT_CWD tsx --tsconfig ../tsconfig.json ../tools/challenge-helper-scripts/reorder-tasks",
     "update-challenge-order": "CALLING_DIR=$INIT_CWD tsx --tsconfig ../tsconfig.json ../tools/challenge-helper-scripts/update-challenge-order",
     "update-step-titles": "CALLING_DIR=$INIT_CWD tsx --tsconfig ../tsconfig.json ../tools/challenge-helper-scripts/update-step-titles",
diff --git a/curriculum/test/test-challenges.js b/curriculum/test/test-challenges.js
index 59235529479..76353cc22c8 100644
--- a/curriculum/test/test-challenges.js
+++ b/curriculum/test/test-challenges.js
@@ -37,9 +37,10 @@ const {
   prefixDoctype,
   helperVersion
 } = require('../../client/src/templates/Challenges/utils/frame');
-const { STRUCTURE_DIR, getBlockCreator } = require('../build-curriculum');
+
 const { curriculumSchemaValidator } = require('../schema/curriculum-schema');
 const { validateMetaSchema } = require('../schema/meta-schema');
+const { getBlockStructure } = require('../file-handler');
 const ChallengeTitles = require('./utils/challenge-titles');
 const MongoIds = require('./utils/mongo-ids');
 const createPseudoWorker = require('./utils/pseudo-worker');
@@ -168,10 +169,7 @@ async function setup() {
     // we can skip them.
     // TODO: omit certifications from the list of challenges
     if (dashedBlockName && !meta[dashedBlockName]) {
-      meta[dashedBlockName] = await getBlockCreator(lang).getMetaForBlock(
-        dashedBlockName,
-        STRUCTURE_DIR
-      );
+      meta[dashedBlockName] = getBlockStructure(dashedBlockName);
       const result = validateMetaSchema(meta[dashedBlockName]);
 
       if (result.error) {
diff --git a/shared/config/curriculum.ts b/shared/config/curriculum.ts
index 0a4f42da272..de0332a8614 100644
--- a/shared/config/curriculum.ts
+++ b/shared/config/curriculum.ts
@@ -35,41 +35,6 @@ export enum SuperBlocks {
   DevPlayground = 'dev-playground'
 }
 
-// Note that this object is used to create folderToSuperBlockMap object
-export const superBlockToFolderMap = {
-  [SuperBlocks.RespWebDesign]: '01-responsive-web-design',
-  [SuperBlocks.JsAlgoDataStruct]:
-    '02-javascript-algorithms-and-data-structures',
-  [SuperBlocks.FrontEndDevLibs]: '03-front-end-development-libraries',
-  [SuperBlocks.DataVis]: '04-data-visualization',
-  [SuperBlocks.BackEndDevApis]: '05-back-end-development-and-apis',
-  [SuperBlocks.QualityAssurance]: '06-quality-assurance',
-  [SuperBlocks.SciCompPy]: '07-scientific-computing-with-python',
-  [SuperBlocks.DataAnalysisPy]: '08-data-analysis-with-python',
-  [SuperBlocks.InfoSec]: '09-information-security',
-  [SuperBlocks.CodingInterviewPrep]: '10-coding-interview-prep',
-  [SuperBlocks.MachineLearningPy]: '11-machine-learning-with-python',
-  [SuperBlocks.RelationalDb]: '13-relational-databases',
-  [SuperBlocks.RespWebDesignNew]: '14-responsive-web-design-22',
-  [SuperBlocks.JsAlgoDataStructNew]:
-    '15-javascript-algorithms-and-data-structures-22',
-  [SuperBlocks.TheOdinProject]: '16-the-odin-project',
-  [SuperBlocks.CollegeAlgebraPy]: '17-college-algebra-with-python',
-  [SuperBlocks.ProjectEuler]: '18-project-euler',
-  [SuperBlocks.FoundationalCSharp]: '19-foundational-c-sharp-with-microsoft',
-  [SuperBlocks.A2English]: '21-a2-english-for-developers',
-  [SuperBlocks.RosettaCode]: '22-rosetta-code',
-  [SuperBlocks.PythonForEverybody]: '23-python-for-everybody',
-  [SuperBlocks.B1English]: '24-b1-english-for-developers',
-  [SuperBlocks.FullStackDeveloper]: '25-front-end-development',
-  [SuperBlocks.A2Spanish]: '26-a2-professional-spanish',
-  [SuperBlocks.A2Chinese]: '27-a2-professional-chinese',
-  [SuperBlocks.BasicHtml]: '28-basic-html',
-  [SuperBlocks.SemanticHtml]: '29-semantic-html',
-  [SuperBlocks.A1Chinese]: '30-a1-professional-chinese',
-  [SuperBlocks.DevPlayground]: '99-dev-playground'
-};
-
 export const languageSuperBlocks = [
   SuperBlocks.A2English,
   SuperBlocks.B1English,
diff --git a/tools/challenge-auditor/index.ts b/tools/challenge-auditor/index.ts
index d8320279e34..8641570bf96 100644
--- a/tools/challenge-auditor/index.ts
+++ b/tools/challenge-auditor/index.ts
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ import { availableLangs } from '../../shared/config/i18n';
 import { getChallengesForLang } from '../../curriculum/get-challenges';
 import {
   SuperBlocks,
-  getAuditedSuperBlocks,
-  superBlockToFolderMap
+  getAuditedSuperBlocks
 } from '../../shared/config/curriculum';
 
 // TODO: re-organise the types to a common 'types' folder that can be shared
@@ -91,15 +90,17 @@ void (async () => {
       'challenges',
       language
     );
-    const auditedFiles = englishFilePaths.filter(file =>
-      certs.some(
-        cert =>
-          // we're not ready to audit the new curriculum yet
-          (cert !== SuperBlocks.JsAlgoDataStructNew ||
-            process.env.SHOW_UPCOMING_CHANGES === 'true') &&
-          file.startsWith(superBlockToFolderMap[cert])
-      )
-    );
+    // TODO: decide if we need to audit files at all.
+    const auditedFiles = englishFilePaths;
+    // const auditedFiles = englishFilePaths.filter(file =>
+    //   certs.some(
+    //     cert =>
+    //       // we're not ready to audit the new curriculum yet
+    //       (cert !== SuperBlocks.JsAlgoDataStructNew ||
+    //         process.env.SHOW_UPCOMING_CHANGES === 'true') &&
+    //       file.startsWith(superBlockToFolderMap[cert])
+    //   )
+    // );
     const noMissingFiles = await auditChallengeFiles(auditedFiles, {
       langCurriculumDirectory
     });
diff --git a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/commands.ts b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/commands.ts
index e851da5b49a..8bd416deed0 100644
--- a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/commands.ts
+++ b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/commands.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 import fs from 'fs';
-import { SuperBlocks } from '../../shared/config/curriculum';
-import { challengeTypes } from '../../shared/config/challenge-types';
 import { getProjectPath } from './helpers/get-project-info';
-import { getMetaData, updateMetaData } from './helpers/project-metadata';
-import { getChallengeOrderFromFileTree } from './helpers/get-challenge-order';
+import { getMetaData } from './helpers/project-metadata';
 import {
   createStepFile,
   deleteStepFromMeta,
@@ -12,7 +9,7 @@ import {
   updateStepTitles
 } from './utils';
 
-function deleteStep(stepNum: number): void {
+async function deleteStep(stepNum: number): Promise<void> {
   if (stepNum < 1) {
     throw Error('Step not deleted. Step num must be a number greater than 0.');
   }
@@ -27,13 +24,13 @@ function deleteStep(stepNum: number): void {
   const stepId = challengeOrder[stepNum - 1].id;
 
   fs.unlinkSync(`${getProjectPath()}${stepId}.md`);
-  deleteStepFromMeta({ stepNum });
+  await deleteStepFromMeta({ stepNum });
   updateStepTitles();
 
   console.log(`Successfully deleted step #${stepNum}`);
 }
 
-function insertStep(stepNum: number): void {
+async function insertStep(stepNum: number): Promise<void> {
   if (stepNum < 1) {
     throw Error('Step not inserted. New step number must be greater than 0.');
   }
@@ -45,11 +42,6 @@ function insertStep(stepNum: number): void {
         challengeOrder.length + 2
       }.`
     );
-  const challengeType = [SuperBlocks.SciCompPy].includes(
-    getMetaData().superBlock
-  )
-    ? challengeTypes.python
-    : challengeTypes.html;
 
   const challengeSeeds =
     stepNum > 1
@@ -60,16 +52,15 @@ function insertStep(stepNum: number): void {
 
   const stepId = createStepFile({
     stepNum,
-    challengeType,
     challengeSeeds
   });
 
-  insertStepIntoMeta({ stepNum, stepId });
+  await insertStepIntoMeta({ stepNum, stepId });
   updateStepTitles();
   console.log(`Successfully inserted new step #${stepNum}`);
 }
 
-function createEmptySteps(num: number): void {
+async function createEmptySteps(num: number): Promise<void> {
   if (num < 1 || num > 1000) {
     throw Error(
       `No steps created. arg 'num' must be between 1 and 1000 inclusive`
@@ -77,35 +68,11 @@ function createEmptySteps(num: number): void {
   }
 
   const nextStepNum = getMetaData().challengeOrder.length + 1;
-  const challengeType = [SuperBlocks.SciCompPy].includes(
-    getMetaData().superBlock
-  )
-    ? challengeTypes.python
-    : challengeTypes.html;
-
   for (let stepNum = nextStepNum; stepNum < nextStepNum + num; stepNum++) {
-    const stepId = createStepFile({ stepNum, challengeType });
-    insertStepIntoMeta({ stepNum, stepId });
+    const stepId = createStepFile({ stepNum });
+    await insertStepIntoMeta({ stepNum, stepId });
   }
   console.log(`Successfully added ${num} steps`);
 }
 
-const repairMeta = async () => {
-  const sortByStepNum = (a: string, b: string) =>
-    parseInt(a.split(' ')[1]) - parseInt(b.split(' ')[1]);
-
-  const challengeOrder = await getChallengeOrderFromFileTree();
-  if (!challengeOrder.every(({ title }) => /Step \d+/.test(title))) {
-    throw new Error(
-      'You can only run this command on project-based blocks with step files.'
-    );
-  }
-  const sortedChallengeOrder = challengeOrder.sort((a, b) =>
-    sortByStepNum(a.title, b.title)
-  );
-  const meta = getMetaData();
-  meta.challengeOrder = sortedChallengeOrder;
-  updateMetaData(meta);
-};
-
-export { deleteStep, insertStep, createEmptySteps, repairMeta };
+export { deleteStep, insertStep, createEmptySteps };
diff --git a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/create-empty-steps.ts b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/create-empty-steps.ts
index 801049657ad..32db1d3f4ee 100644
--- a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/create-empty-steps.ts
+++ b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/create-empty-steps.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 import { getArgValue } from './helpers/get-arg-value';
 import { createEmptySteps } from './commands';
-import { validateMetaData } from './helpers/project-metadata';
 
-validateMetaData();
-createEmptySteps(getArgValue(process.argv));
+void createEmptySteps(getArgValue(process.argv));
diff --git a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/create-language-block.ts b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/create-language-block.ts
index 13cea2d6f27..2777cadd15b 100644
--- a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/create-language-block.ts
+++ b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/create-language-block.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { existsSync } from 'fs';
 import fs from 'fs/promises';
 import path from 'path';
 import { prompt } from 'inquirer';
@@ -7,12 +6,17 @@ import ObjectID from 'bson-objectid';
 
 import {
   SuperBlocks,
-  languageSuperBlocks,
-  superBlockToFolderMap
+  languageSuperBlocks
 } from '../../shared/config/curriculum';
-import { createDialogueFile, validateBlockName } from './utils';
+import {
+  getContentConfig,
+  writeBlockStructure
+} from '../../curriculum/file-handler';
+import { superBlockToFilename } from '../../curriculum/build-curriculum';
 import { getBaseMeta } from './helpers/get-base-meta';
 import { createIntroMD } from './helpers/create-intro';
+import { createDialogueFile, validateBlockName } from './utils';
+import { updateSimpleSuperblockStructure } from './helpers/create-project';
 
 const helpCategories = ['English'] as const;
 
@@ -46,7 +50,11 @@ async function createLanguageBlock(
   await updateIntroJson(superBlock, block, title);
 
   const challengeId = await createDialogueChallenge(superBlock, block);
-  await createMetaJson(superBlock, block, title, helpCategory, challengeId);
+  await createMetaJson(block, title, helpCategory, challengeId);
+  const superblockFilename = (
+    superBlockToFilename as Record<SuperBlocks, string>
+  )[superBlock];
+  void updateSimpleSuperblockStructure(block, { order: 0 }, superblockFilename);
   // TODO: remove once we stop relying on markdown in the client.
   await createIntroMD(superBlock, block, title);
 }
@@ -73,46 +81,34 @@ async function updateIntroJson(
 }
 
 async function createMetaJson(
-  superBlock: SuperBlocks,
   block: string,
   title: string,
   helpCategory: string,
   challengeId: ObjectID
 ) {
-  const metaDir = path.resolve(__dirname, '../../curriculum/challenges/_meta');
   const newMeta = getBaseMeta('Language');
   newMeta.name = title;
   newMeta.dashedName = block;
   newMeta.helpCategory = helpCategory;
-  newMeta.superBlock = superBlock;
   newMeta.challengeOrder = [
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-base-to-string
     { id: challengeId.toString(), title: "Dialogue 1: I'm Tom" }
   ];
-  const newMetaDir = path.resolve(metaDir, block);
-  if (!existsSync(newMetaDir)) {
-    await withTrace(fs.mkdir, newMetaDir);
-  }
 
-  void withTrace(
-    fs.writeFile,
-    path.resolve(metaDir, `${block}/meta.json`),
-    await format(JSON.stringify(newMeta), { parser: 'json' })
-  );
+  await writeBlockStructure(block, newMeta);
 }
 
 async function createDialogueChallenge(
   superBlock: SuperBlocks,
   block: string
 ): Promise<ObjectID> {
-  const superBlockSubPath = superBlockToFolderMap[superBlock];
-  const newChallengeDir = path.resolve(
-    __dirname,
-    `../../curriculum/challenges/english/${superBlockSubPath}/${block}`
-  );
-  if (!existsSync(newChallengeDir)) {
-    await withTrace(fs.mkdir, newChallengeDir);
-  }
+  const { blockContentDir } = getContentConfig('english') as {
+    blockContentDir: string;
+  };
+
+  const newChallengeDir = path.resolve(blockContentDir, block);
+  await fs.mkdir(newChallengeDir, { recursive: true });
+
   return createDialogueFile({
     projectPath: newChallengeDir + '/'
   });
diff --git a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/create-next-challenge.ts b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/create-next-challenge.ts
index 36fdbb6b32c..cc79f0d7517 100644
--- a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/create-next-challenge.ts
+++ b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/create-next-challenge.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const createNextChallenge = async () => {
     id: challengeId.toString(),
     title: options.title
   });
-  updateMetaData(meta);
+  await updateMetaData(meta);
 };
 
 void createNextChallenge();
diff --git a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/create-next-step.ts b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/create-next-step.ts
index cc9f26e29ae..7364edab878 100644
--- a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/create-next-step.ts
+++ b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/create-next-step.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 import { getLastStep } from './helpers/get-last-step-file-number';
 import { insertStep } from './commands';
-import { validateMetaData } from './helpers/project-metadata';
 
-validateMetaData();
-insertStep(getLastStep().stepNum + 1);
+void insertStep(getLastStep().stepNum + 1);
diff --git a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/create-next-task.ts b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/create-next-task.ts
index 422034c6740..a7361094fe5 100644
--- a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/create-next-task.ts
+++ b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/create-next-task.ts
@@ -2,11 +2,7 @@ import ObjectID from 'bson-objectid';
 import { getTemplate } from './helpers/get-challenge-template';
 import { newTaskPrompts } from './helpers/new-task-prompts';
 import { getProjectPath } from './helpers/get-project-info';
-import {
-  getMetaData,
-  updateMetaData,
-  validateMetaData
-} from './helpers/project-metadata';
+import { getMetaData, updateMetaData } from './helpers/project-metadata';
 import {
   createChallengeFile,
   updateTaskMeta,
@@ -14,8 +10,6 @@ import {
 } from './utils';
 
 const createNextTask = async () => {
-  validateMetaData();
-
   const { challengeType } = await newTaskPrompts();
 
   // Placeholder title, to be replaced by updateTaskMarkdownFiles
@@ -40,10 +34,10 @@ const createNextTask = async () => {
     id: challengeIdString,
     title: options.title
   });
-  updateMetaData(meta);
+  await updateMetaData(meta);
   console.log(`Finished inserting task into 'meta.json' file.`);
 
-  updateTaskMeta();
+  await updateTaskMeta();
   console.log("Finished updating tasks in 'meta.json'.");
 
   updateTaskMarkdownFiles();
diff --git a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/create-project.ts b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/create-project.ts
index 79ce960de03..66f73f57993 100644
--- a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/create-project.ts
+++ b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/create-project.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
-import { existsSync } from 'fs';
 import fs from 'fs/promises';
 import path from 'path';
 import { prompt } from 'inquirer';
 import { format } from 'prettier';
 import ObjectID from 'bson-objectid';
 
+import { SuperBlocks } from '../../shared/config/curriculum';
 import {
-  SuperBlocks,
-  superBlockToFolderMap
-} from '../../shared/config/curriculum';
+  getContentConfig,
+  writeBlockStructure
+} from '../../curriculum/file-handler';
+import { superBlockToFilename } from '../../curriculum/build-curriculum';
 import { createStepFile, validateBlockName } from './utils';
 import { getBaseMeta } from './helpers/get-base-meta';
 import { createIntroMD } from './helpers/create-intro';
+import { updateSimpleSuperblockStructure } from './helpers/create-project';
 
 const helpCategories = [
   'HTML-CSS',
@@ -56,14 +58,15 @@ async function createProject(
   void updateIntroJson(superBlock, block, title);
 
   const challengeId = await createFirstChallenge(superBlock, block);
-  void createMetaJson(
-    superBlock,
-    block,
-    title,
-    helpCategory,
-    order,
-    challengeId
-  );
+  void createMetaJson(block, title, helpCategory, challengeId);
+  const superblockFilename = (
+    superBlockToFilename as Record<SuperBlocks, string>
+  )[superBlock];
+  // TODO: handle full-stack-developer (createProjects needs calling with a
+  // chapter and module name as well)
+  if (superBlock !== SuperBlocks.FullStackDeveloper) {
+    void updateSimpleSuperblockStructure(block, { order }, superblockFilename);
+  }
   // TODO: remove once we stop relying on markdown in the client.
   void createIntroMD(superBlock, block, title);
 }
@@ -90,46 +93,31 @@ async function updateIntroJson(
 }
 
 async function createMetaJson(
-  superBlock: SuperBlocks,
   block: string,
   title: string,
   helpCategory: string,
-  order: number,
   challengeId: ObjectID
 ) {
-  const metaDir = path.resolve(__dirname, '../../curriculum/challenges/_meta');
   const newMeta = getBaseMeta('Step');
   newMeta.name = title;
   newMeta.dashedName = block;
   newMeta.helpCategory = helpCategory;
-  newMeta.order = order;
-  newMeta.superBlock = superBlock;
   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-base-to-string
   newMeta.challengeOrder = [{ id: challengeId.toString(), title: 'Step 1' }];
-  const newMetaDir = path.resolve(metaDir, block);
-  if (!existsSync(newMetaDir)) {
-    await withTrace(fs.mkdir, newMetaDir);
-  }
 
-  void withTrace(
-    fs.writeFile,
-    path.resolve(metaDir, `${block}/meta.json`),
-    await format(JSON.stringify(newMeta), { parser: 'json' })
-  );
+  await writeBlockStructure(block, newMeta);
 }
 
 async function createFirstChallenge(
   superBlock: SuperBlocks,
   block: string
 ): Promise<ObjectID> {
-  const superBlockSubPath = superBlockToFolderMap[superBlock];
-  const newChallengeDir = path.resolve(
-    __dirname,
-    `../../curriculum/challenges/english/${superBlockSubPath}/${block}`
-  );
-  if (!existsSync(newChallengeDir)) {
-    await withTrace(fs.mkdir, newChallengeDir);
-  }
+  const { blockContentDir } = getContentConfig('english') as {
+    blockContentDir: string;
+  };
+
+  const newChallengeDir = path.resolve(blockContentDir, block);
+  await fs.mkdir(newChallengeDir, { recursive: true });
 
   // TODO: would be nice if the extension made sense for the challenge, but, at
   // least until react I think they're all going to be html anyway.
diff --git a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/create-quiz.ts b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/create-quiz.ts
index ea66fe1ebd4..b834bc6f20a 100644
--- a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/create-quiz.ts
+++ b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/create-quiz.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
-import { existsSync } from 'fs';
 import fs from 'fs/promises';
 import path from 'path';
 import { prompt } from 'inquirer';
 import { format } from 'prettier';
 import ObjectID from 'bson-objectid';
 
+import { SuperBlocks } from '../../shared/config/curriculum';
 import {
-  SuperBlocks,
-  superBlockToFolderMap
-} from '../../shared/config/curriculum';
+  getContentConfig,
+  writeBlockStructure
+} from '../../curriculum/file-handler';
+import { superBlockToFilename } from '../../curriculum/build-curriculum';
 import { createQuizFile, validateBlockName } from './utils';
 import { getBaseMeta } from './helpers/get-base-meta';
 import { createIntroMD } from './helpers/create-intro';
+import { updateSimpleSuperblockStructure } from './helpers/create-project';
 
 const helpCategories = [
   'HTML-CSS',
@@ -57,7 +59,11 @@ async function createQuiz(
     title,
     questionCount
   );
-  await createMetaJson(superBlock, block, title, helpCategory, challengeId);
+  await createMetaJson(block, title, helpCategory, challengeId);
+  const superblockFilename = (
+    superBlockToFilename as Record<SuperBlocks, string>
+  )[superBlock];
+  void updateSimpleSuperblockStructure(block, { order: 0 }, superblockFilename);
   // TODO: remove once we stop relying on markdown in the client.
   await createIntroMD(superBlock, block, title);
 }
@@ -84,30 +90,19 @@ async function updateIntroJson(
 }
 
 async function createMetaJson(
-  superBlock: SuperBlocks,
   block: string,
   title: string,
   helpCategory: string,
   challengeId: ObjectID
 ) {
-  const metaDir = path.resolve(__dirname, '../../curriculum/challenges/_meta');
   const newMeta = getBaseMeta('Quiz');
   newMeta.name = title;
   newMeta.dashedName = block;
   newMeta.helpCategory = helpCategory;
-  newMeta.superBlock = superBlock;
   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-base-to-string
   newMeta.challengeOrder = [{ id: challengeId.toString(), title: title }];
-  const newMetaDir = path.resolve(metaDir, block);
-  if (!existsSync(newMetaDir)) {
-    await withTrace(fs.mkdir, newMetaDir);
-  }
 
-  void withTrace(
-    fs.writeFile,
-    path.resolve(metaDir, `${block}/meta.json`),
-    await format(JSON.stringify(newMeta), { parser: 'json' })
-  );
+  await writeBlockStructure(block, newMeta);
 }
 
 async function createQuizChallenge(
@@ -116,14 +111,13 @@ async function createQuizChallenge(
   title: string,
   questionCount: number
 ): Promise<ObjectID> {
-  const superBlockSubPath = superBlockToFolderMap[superBlock];
-  const newChallengeDir = path.resolve(
-    __dirname,
-    `../../curriculum/challenges/english/${superBlockSubPath}/${block}`
-  );
-  if (!existsSync(newChallengeDir)) {
-    await withTrace(fs.mkdir, newChallengeDir);
-  }
+  const { blockContentDir } = getContentConfig('english') as {
+    blockContentDir: string;
+  };
+
+  const newChallengeDir = path.resolve(blockContentDir, block);
+  await fs.mkdir(newChallengeDir, { recursive: true });
+
   return createQuizFile({
     projectPath: newChallengeDir + '/',
     title: title,
diff --git a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/create-this-challenge.ts b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/create-this-challenge.ts
index 2d851a6407c..d90cdca71fe 100644
--- a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/create-this-challenge.ts
+++ b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/create-this-challenge.ts
@@ -7,9 +7,14 @@
  * you want that.
  */
 import ObjectID from 'bson-objectid';
+
+import {
+  getBlockStructure,
+  writeBlockStructure
+} from '../../curriculum/file-handler';
 import { createChallengeFile } from './utils';
 import { getProjectPath } from './helpers/get-project-info';
-import { getMetaData, updateMetaData } from './helpers/project-metadata';
+import { getBlock, type Meta } from './helpers/project-metadata';
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-base-to-string
 const challengeId = new ObjectID().toString();
@@ -141,16 +146,18 @@ Watch the video
 
 const path = getProjectPath();
 if (
-  !/freeCodeCamp\/curriculum\/challenges\/english\/[^/]+\/[^/]+\/$/.test(path)
+  !/freeCodeCamp\/curriculum\/challenges\/english\/blocks\/[^/]+\/$/.test(path)
 ) {
   throw Error(`
 You cannot run this script from anywhere other than a block folder of the English curriculum.
 In the terminal, go to the block folder where you want to create this challenge first.
-For example: 'freeCodeCamp/curriculum/challenges/english/21-a2-english-for-developers/learn-greetings-in-your-first-day-at-the-office/'
+For example: 'freeCodeCamp/curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/learn-greetings-in-your-first-day-at-the-office/'
   `);
 }
 
-const meta = getMetaData();
+const block = getBlock(path);
+
+const meta = getBlockStructure(block) as Meta;
 if (meta.challengeOrder.some(c => c.title === title)) {
   throw Error(`
     A challenge with the title ${title} already exists in this block.
@@ -162,8 +169,6 @@ meta.challengeOrder.push({
   title
 });
 
-// write the meta.json file
-updateMetaData(meta);
+void writeBlockStructure(block, meta);
 
-// write the challenge file, the first argument is the filename
 createChallengeFile(challengeId, template, path);
diff --git a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/delete-challenge.ts b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/delete-challenge.ts
index a46d8cf3588..feb70cb157b 100644
--- a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/delete-challenge.ts
+++ b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/delete-challenge.ts
@@ -2,13 +2,12 @@ import { unlink } from 'fs/promises';
 import { prompt } from 'inquirer';
 import { getProjectPath } from './helpers/get-project-info';
 import { getMetaData, updateMetaData } from './helpers/project-metadata';
-import { getChallengeOrderFromMeta } from './helpers/get-challenge-order';
 import { getFileName } from './helpers/get-file-name';
 
 const deleteChallenge = async () => {
   const path = getProjectPath();
 
-  const challenges = getChallengeOrderFromMeta();
+  const challenges = getMetaData().challengeOrder;
 
   const challengeToDelete = (await prompt({
     name: 'id',
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ const deleteChallenge = async () => {
 
   const meta = getMetaData();
   meta.challengeOrder.splice(indexToDelete, 1);
-  updateMetaData(meta);
+  await updateMetaData(meta);
 };
 
 void deleteChallenge();
diff --git a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/delete-step.ts b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/delete-step.ts
index 2b4d26d9639..3790bf97338 100644
--- a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/delete-step.ts
+++ b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/delete-step.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 import { deleteStep } from './commands';
 import { getArgValue } from './helpers/get-arg-value';
-import { validateMetaData } from './helpers/project-metadata';
 
-validateMetaData();
-deleteStep(getArgValue(process.argv));
+void deleteStep(getArgValue(process.argv));
diff --git a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/delete-task.ts b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/delete-task.ts
index b761882263b..2f8ac28fa78 100644
--- a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/delete-task.ts
+++ b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/delete-task.ts
@@ -1,21 +1,18 @@
 import { unlink } from 'fs/promises';
 import { prompt } from 'inquirer';
 import { getProjectPath } from './helpers/get-project-info';
-import { getChallengeOrderFromMeta } from './helpers/get-challenge-order';
 import { getFileName } from './helpers/get-file-name';
-import { validateMetaData } from './helpers/project-metadata';
 import {
   deleteChallengeFromMeta,
   updateTaskMarkdownFiles,
   updateTaskMeta
 } from './utils';
 import { isTaskChallenge } from './helpers/task-helpers';
+import { getMetaData } from './helpers/project-metadata';
 
 const deleteTask = async () => {
-  validateMetaData();
-
   const path = getProjectPath();
-  const challenges = getChallengeOrderFromMeta();
+  const challenges = getMetaData().challengeOrder;
 
   const challengeToDelete = (await prompt({
     name: 'id',
@@ -39,11 +36,11 @@ const deleteTask = async () => {
   await unlink(`${path}${fileToDelete}`);
   console.log(`Finished deleting file: '${fileToDelete}'.`);
 
-  deleteChallengeFromMeta(indexToDelete);
+  await deleteChallengeFromMeta(indexToDelete);
   console.log(`Finished removing challenge from 'meta.json'.`);
 
   if (isTaskChallenge(challenges[indexToDelete].title)) {
-    updateTaskMeta();
+    await updateTaskMeta();
     console.log("Finished updating tasks in 'meta.json'.");
 
     updateTaskMarkdownFiles();
diff --git a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/helpers/create-project.test.ts b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/helpers/create-project.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b73cf92278e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/helpers/create-project.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,186 @@
+import {
+  getSuperblockStructure,
+  writeSuperblockStructure
+} from '../../../curriculum/file-handler';
+import {
+  updateChapterModuleSuperblockStructure,
+  updateSimpleSuperblockStructure
+} from './create-project';
+
+jest.mock('../../../curriculum/file-handler');
+
+const mockGetSuperblockStructure =
+  getSuperblockStructure as jest.MockedFunction<typeof getSuperblockStructure>;
+const mockWriteSuperblockStructure =
+  writeSuperblockStructure as jest.MockedFunction<
+    typeof writeSuperblockStructure
+  >;
+
+const incompleteSimpleChapterModuleSuperblock = {
+  chapters: [
+    {
+      dashedName: 'chapter1',
+      modules: [
+        {
+          dashedName: 'module1c1',
+          blocks: ['block1', 'block3']
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  ]
+};
+
+const simpleChapterModuleSuperblock = {
+  chapters: [
+    {
+      dashedName: 'chapter1',
+      modules: [
+        {
+          dashedName: 'module1c1',
+          blocks: ['block1', 'block2', 'block3']
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  ]
+};
+
+describe('updateSimpleSuperblockStructure', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    jest.clearAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  it('should insert the block into the blocks array at the expected position', async () => {
+    const existingBlocks = ['block1', 'block2', 'block4'];
+    const superblockFilename = 'test-superblock';
+    const newBlock = 'block3';
+    const order = 2;
+
+    mockGetSuperblockStructure.mockReturnValue({
+      blocks: existingBlocks
+    });
+
+    await updateSimpleSuperblockStructure(
+      newBlock,
+      { order },
+      superblockFilename
+    );
+
+    expect(mockGetSuperblockStructure).toHaveBeenCalledWith(superblockFilename);
+    expect(mockWriteSuperblockStructure).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      superblockFilename,
+      {
+        blocks: ['block1', 'block2', 'block3', 'block4']
+      }
+    );
+  });
+});
+
+describe('updateChapterModuleSuperblockStructure', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    jest.clearAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  it('should insert the block correctly when there is only one chapter and one module', async () => {
+    const superblockFilename = 'test-superblock';
+    const newBlock = 'block2';
+    const position = {
+      order: 1,
+      chapter: 'chapter1',
+      module: 'module1c1'
+    };
+
+    mockGetSuperblockStructure.mockReturnValue(
+      incompleteSimpleChapterModuleSuperblock
+    );
+
+    await updateChapterModuleSuperblockStructure(
+      newBlock,
+      position,
+      superblockFilename
+    );
+
+    expect(mockGetSuperblockStructure).toHaveBeenCalledWith(superblockFilename);
+    expect(mockWriteSuperblockStructure).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      superblockFilename,
+      simpleChapterModuleSuperblock
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('should create a module if it does not exist', async () => {
+    const superblockFilename = 'test-superblock';
+    const newBlock = 'block2';
+    const position = {
+      order: 0,
+      chapter: 'chapter1',
+      module: 'module2c1'
+    };
+
+    mockGetSuperblockStructure.mockReturnValue(
+      incompleteSimpleChapterModuleSuperblock
+    );
+
+    await updateChapterModuleSuperblockStructure(
+      newBlock,
+      position,
+      superblockFilename
+    );
+
+    expect(mockGetSuperblockStructure).toHaveBeenCalledWith(superblockFilename);
+    expect(mockWriteSuperblockStructure).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      superblockFilename,
+      {
+        chapters: [
+          {
+            dashedName: 'chapter1',
+            modules: [
+              {
+                dashedName: 'module1c1',
+                blocks: ['block1', 'block3']
+              },
+              {
+                dashedName: 'module2c1',
+                blocks: ['block2']
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('should create a chapter and module if they do not exist', async () => {
+    const superblockFilename = 'test-superblock';
+    const newBlock = 'block1m2c2';
+    const position = {
+      order: 0,
+      chapter: 'chapter2',
+      module: 'module1c2'
+    };
+
+    mockGetSuperblockStructure.mockReturnValue({ chapters: [] });
+
+    await updateChapterModuleSuperblockStructure(
+      newBlock,
+      position,
+      superblockFilename
+    );
+
+    expect(mockGetSuperblockStructure).toHaveBeenCalledWith(superblockFilename);
+    expect(mockWriteSuperblockStructure).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      superblockFilename,
+      {
+        chapters: [
+          {
+            dashedName: 'chapter2',
+            modules: [
+              {
+                dashedName: 'module1c2',
+                blocks: ['block1m2c2']
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/helpers/create-project.ts b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/helpers/create-project.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..de608cdc754
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/helpers/create-project.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+// TODO: this belongs in create-project, but we can't test that (since it uses
+// prettier) until we migrate to vitest
+import {
+  getSuperblockStructure,
+  writeSuperblockStructure
+} from '../../../curriculum/file-handler';
+import { insertInto } from './utils';
+
+export async function updateSimpleSuperblockStructure(
+  block: string,
+  position: { order: number },
+  superblockFilename: string
+) {
+  const existing = getSuperblockStructure(superblockFilename) as {
+    blocks: string[];
+  };
+  const updated = {
+    blocks: insertInto(existing.blocks, position.order, block)
+  };
+  await writeSuperblockStructure(superblockFilename, updated);
+}
+
+function createNewChapter(chapter: string, module: string, block: string) {
+  return {
+    dashedName: chapter,
+    modules: [
+      {
+        dashedName: module,
+        blocks: [block]
+      }
+    ]
+  };
+}
+
+function createNewModule(module: string, block: string) {
+  return {
+    dashedName: module,
+    blocks: [block]
+  };
+}
+
+type ChapterModuleSuperblockStructure = {
+  chapters: {
+    dashedName: string;
+    modules: {
+      dashedName: string;
+      blocks: string[];
+    }[];
+  }[];
+};
+
+export async function updateChapterModuleSuperblockStructure(
+  block: string,
+  position: { order: number; chapter: string; module: string },
+  superblockFilename: string
+) {
+  const existing = getSuperblockStructure(
+    superblockFilename
+  ) as ChapterModuleSuperblockStructure;
+  const modifiedChapter = existing.chapters.find(
+    chapter => chapter.dashedName === position.chapter
+  );
+  const modifiedModule = modifiedChapter?.modules.find(
+    module => module.dashedName === position.module
+  );
+
+  const updatedModule = modifiedModule
+    ? {
+        ...modifiedModule,
+        blocks: insertInto(modifiedModule.blocks, position.order, block)
+      }
+    : createNewModule(position.module, block);
+
+  const updatedChapter = modifiedChapter
+    ? {
+        ...modifiedChapter,
+        modules: modifiedModule
+          ? modifiedChapter.modules.map(module =>
+              module === modifiedModule ? updatedModule : module
+            )
+          : [...modifiedChapter.modules, updatedModule]
+      }
+    : createNewChapter(position.chapter, position.module, block);
+
+  const updated = {
+    chapters: modifiedChapter
+      ? existing.chapters.map(chapter =>
+          chapter === modifiedChapter ? updatedChapter : chapter
+        )
+      : [...existing.chapters, updatedChapter]
+  };
+
+  await writeSuperblockStructure(superblockFilename, updated);
+}
diff --git a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/helpers/get-base-meta.ts b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/helpers/get-base-meta.ts
index f0610297921..0354b7f2741 100644
--- a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/helpers/get-base-meta.ts
+++ b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/helpers/get-base-meta.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@ const baseMeta = {
   name: '',
   isUpcomingChange: true,
   dashedName: '',
-  superBlock: '',
-  order: 42,
   helpCategory: '',
+  blockLayout: 'legacy-challenge-list',
   challengeOrder: [
     {
       id: '',
diff --git a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/helpers/get-challenge-order.test.ts b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/helpers/get-challenge-order.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 7787988e8f7..00000000000
--- a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/helpers/get-challenge-order.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,111 +0,0 @@
-import fs from 'fs';
-import { join } from 'path';
-
-import {
-  getChallengeOrderFromFileTree,
-  getChallengeOrderFromMeta
-} from './get-challenge-order';
-
-const basePath = join(
-  process.cwd(),
-  '__fixtures__' + process.env.JEST_WORKER_ID
-);
-const commonPath = join(basePath, 'curriculum', 'challenges');
-
-const block = 'project-get-challenge-order';
-const metaPath = join(commonPath, '_meta', block);
-const superBlockPath = join(
-  commonPath,
-  'english',
-  'superblock-get-challenge-order'
-);
-const projectPath = join(superBlockPath, block);
-
-describe('get-challenge-order helper', () => {
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    fs.mkdirSync(superBlockPath, { recursive: true });
-    fs.mkdirSync(projectPath, { recursive: true });
-    fs.mkdirSync(metaPath, { recursive: true });
-  });
-  describe('getChallengeOrderFromMeta helper', () => {
-    beforeEach(() => {
-      fs.writeFileSync(
-        join(projectPath, 'this-is-a-challenge.md'),
-        '---\nid: 1\ntitle: This is a Challenge\n---',
-        'utf-8'
-      );
-      fs.writeFileSync(
-        join(projectPath, 'what-a-cool-thing.md'),
-        '---\nid: 100\ntitle: What a Cool Thing\n---',
-        'utf-8'
-      );
-      fs.writeFileSync(
-        join(projectPath, 'i-dunno.md'),
-        '---\nid: 2\ntitle: I Dunno\n---'
-      );
-      fs.writeFileSync(
-        join(metaPath, 'meta.json'),
-        `{
-      "id": "mock-id",
-      "challengeOrder": [{"id": "1", "title": "This title is wrong"}, {"id": "2", "title": "I Dunno"}, {"id": "100", "title": "What a Cool Thing"}]}`,
-        'utf-8'
-      );
-    });
-
-    it('should load the file order', () => {
-      process.env.CALLING_DIR = projectPath;
-      const challengeOrder = getChallengeOrderFromMeta();
-      expect(challengeOrder).toEqual([
-        { id: '1', title: 'This title is wrong' },
-        { id: '2', title: 'I Dunno' },
-        { id: '100', title: 'What a Cool Thing' }
-      ]);
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe('getChallengeOrderFromFileTree helper', () => {
-    beforeEach(() => {
-      fs.writeFileSync(
-        join(projectPath, 'step-001.md'),
-        '---\nid: a8d97bd4c764e91f9d2bda01\ntitle: Step 1\n---',
-        'utf-8'
-      );
-      fs.writeFileSync(
-        join(projectPath, 'step-002.md'),
-        '---\nid: a6b0bb188d873cb2c8729495\ntitle: Step 2\n---',
-        'utf-8'
-      );
-      fs.writeFileSync(
-        join(projectPath, 'step-003.md'),
-        '---\nid: a5de63ebea8dbee56860f4f2\ntitle: Step 3\n---'
-      );
-      fs.writeFileSync(
-        join(metaPath, 'meta.json'),
-        `{
-      "id": "mock-id",
-      "challengeOrder": [{"id": "a8d97bd4c764e91f9d2bda01", "title": "Step 1"}, {"id": "a6b0bb188d873cb2c8729495", "title": "Step 3"}, {"id": "a5de63ebea8dbee56860f4f2", "title": "Step 2"}]}`,
-        'utf-8'
-      );
-    });
-
-    it('should load the file order', async () => {
-      expect.assertions(1);
-      process.env.CALLING_DIR = projectPath;
-      const challengeOrder = await getChallengeOrderFromFileTree();
-      expect(challengeOrder).toEqual([
-        { id: 'a8d97bd4c764e91f9d2bda01', title: 'Step 1' },
-        { id: 'a6b0bb188d873cb2c8729495', title: 'Step 2' },
-        { id: 'a5de63ebea8dbee56860f4f2', title: 'Step 3' }
-      ]);
-    });
-  });
-  afterEach(() => {
-    delete process.env.CALLING_DIR;
-    try {
-      fs.rmSync(basePath, { recursive: true });
-    } catch (err) {
-      console.log(err);
-      console.log('Could not remove fixtures folder.');
-    }
-  });
-});
diff --git a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/helpers/get-challenge-order.ts b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/helpers/get-challenge-order.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 1b3aaffe114..00000000000
--- a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/helpers/get-challenge-order.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-import { readdir } from 'fs/promises';
-import { join } from 'path';
-
-import matter from 'gray-matter';
-
-import { getProjectPath } from './get-project-info';
-import { getMetaData } from './project-metadata';
-
-export const getChallengeOrderFromFileTree = async (): Promise<
-  { id: string; title: string }[]
-> => {
-  const path = getProjectPath();
-  const fileList = await readdir(path);
-  const challengeOrder = fileList
-    .map(file => {
-      return matter.read(join(path, file));
-    })
-    .map(({ data }) => ({
-      id: data.id as string,
-      title: data.title as string
-    }));
-  return challengeOrder;
-};
-
-export const getChallengeOrderFromMeta = (): {
-  id: string;
-  title: string;
-}[] => {
-  const meta = getMetaData();
-  return meta.challengeOrder.map(({ id, title }) => ({
-    id,
-    title
-  }));
-};
diff --git a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/helpers/get-step-template.ts b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/helpers/get-step-template.ts
index 1767c8469ee..6b15b0c9d47 100644
--- a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/helpers/get-step-template.ts
+++ b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/helpers/get-step-template.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ type StepOptions = {
   challengeId: ObjectID;
   challengeSeeds: Record<string, ChallengeSeed>;
   stepNum: number;
-  challengeType: number;
+  challengeType?: number;
   isFirstChallenge?: boolean;
 };
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ demoType: onClick`
     `---
 id: ${challengeId.toString()}
 title: Step ${stepNum}
-challengeType: ${challengeType}
+challengeType: ${challengeType ?? 'placeholder'}
 dashedName: step-${stepNum}${demoString}
 ---
 
diff --git a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/helpers/project-metadata.test.ts b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/helpers/project-metadata.test.ts
index cf6bd25e2d5..dd6e1b972f8 100644
--- a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/helpers/project-metadata.test.ts
+++ b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/helpers/project-metadata.test.ts
@@ -1,202 +1,18 @@
-import fs from 'fs';
 import { join } from 'path';
-import {
-  getMetaData,
-  getProjectMetaPath,
-  validateMetaData
-} from './project-metadata';
+import { getBlockStructure } from '../../../curriculum/file-handler';
+import { getMetaData } from './project-metadata';
 
-const basePath = join(
-  process.cwd(),
-  '__fixtures__' + process.env.JEST_WORKER_ID
-);
-const commonPath = join(basePath, 'curriculum', 'challenges');
+jest.mock('../../../curriculum/file-handler');
 
-const block = 'project-project-metadata';
-const metaPath = join(commonPath, '_meta', block);
-const superBlockPath = join(
-  commonPath,
-  'english',
-  'superblock-project-metadata'
-);
-const projectPath = join(superBlockPath, block);
+const commonPath = join('curriculum', 'challenges', 'blocks');
+const block = 'block-name';
 
 describe('project-metadata helper', () => {
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    fs.mkdirSync(superBlockPath, { recursive: true });
-    fs.mkdirSync(projectPath, { recursive: true });
-    fs.mkdirSync(metaPath, { recursive: true });
-  });
-  describe('getProjectMetaPath helper', () => {
-    it('should return the meta path', () => {
-      const expected = join(metaPath, 'meta.json');
-
-      process.env.CALLING_DIR = projectPath;
-
-      expect(getProjectMetaPath()).toEqual(expected);
-    });
-  });
-
   describe('getMetaData helper', () => {
-    beforeEach(() => {
-      fs.writeFileSync(
-        join(projectPath, 'step-001.md'),
-        'Lorem ipsum...',
-        'utf-8'
-      );
-      fs.writeFileSync(
-        join(projectPath, 'step-002.md'),
-        'Lorem ipsum...',
-        'utf-8'
-      );
-      fs.writeFileSync(
-        join(projectPath, 'step-003.md'),
-        'Lorem ipsum...',
-        'utf-8'
-      );
-      fs.writeFileSync(
-        join(metaPath, 'meta.json'),
-        `{
-      "id": "mock-id",
-      "challengeOrder": [{"id": "1", "title": "Step 1"}, {"id": "2", "title": "Step 2"}, {"id": "1", "title": "Step 3"}]}`,
-        'utf-8'
-      );
+    it('should call getBlockStructure with the correct path', () => {
+      process.env.CALLING_DIR = join(commonPath, block);
+      getMetaData();
+      expect(getBlockStructure).toHaveBeenCalledWith(block);
     });
-
-    it('should process requested file', () => {
-      const expected = {
-        id: 'mock-id',
-        challengeOrder: [
-          { id: '1', title: 'Step 1' },
-          { id: '2', title: 'Step 2' },
-          { id: '1', title: 'Step 3' }
-        ]
-      };
-      process.env.CALLING_DIR = projectPath;
-      expect(getMetaData()).toEqual(expected);
-    });
-
-    it('should throw if file is not found', () => {
-      process.env.CALLING_DIR =
-        'curriculum/challenges/english/superblock/mick-priject';
-
-      const errorPath = join(
-        'curriculum',
-        'challenges',
-        '_meta',
-        'mick-priject',
-        'meta.json'
-      );
-      expect(() => {
-        getMetaData();
-      }).toThrowError(
-        new Error(`ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '${errorPath}'`)
-      );
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe('validateMetaData helper', () => {
-    it('should throw if a stepfile is missing', () => {
-      fs.writeFileSync(
-        join(projectPath, 'step-001.md'),
-        `---
-id: id-1
-title: Step 2
-challengeType: a
-dashedName: step-2
----
-`,
-        'utf-8'
-      );
-      fs.writeFileSync(
-        join(projectPath, 'step-003.md'),
-        `---
-id: id-3
-title: Step 3
-challengeType: c
-dashedName: step-3
----
-`,
-        'utf-8'
-      );
-      fs.writeFileSync(
-        join(metaPath, 'meta.json'),
-        `{
-      "id": "mock-id",
-      "challengeOrder": [{"id": "1", "title": "Step 1"}, {"id": "2", "title": "Step 2"}, {"id": "1", "title": "Step 3"}]}`,
-        'utf-8'
-      );
-
-      process.env.CALLING_DIR = projectPath;
-
-      expect(() => validateMetaData()).toThrow(
-        `The file
-${projectPath}/1.md
-does not exist, but is required by the challengeOrder of
-${metaPath}/meta.json
-
-To fix this, you can rename the file containing id: 1 to 1.md
-If there is no file for this id, then either the challengeOrder needs to be updated, or the file needs to be created.
-`
-      );
-    });
-
-    it('should throw if a step is present in the project, but not the meta', () => {
-      fs.writeFileSync(
-        join(projectPath, '1.md'),
-        `---
-id: id-1
-title: Step 2
-challengeType: a
-dashedName: step-2
----
-`,
-        'utf-8'
-      );
-      fs.writeFileSync(
-        join(projectPath, '2.md'),
-        `---
-id: id-2
-title: Step 1
-challengeType: b
-dashedName: step-1
----
-`,
-        'utf-8'
-      );
-      fs.writeFileSync(
-        join(projectPath, '3.md'),
-        `---
-id: id-3
-title: Step 3
-challengeType: c
-dashedName: step-3
----
-`,
-        'utf-8'
-      );
-      fs.writeFileSync(
-        join(metaPath, 'meta.json'),
-        `{
-      "id": "mock-id",
-      "challengeOrder": [{"id": "1", "title": "Step 1"}, {"id": "2", "title": "Step 2"}, {"id": "1", "title": "Step 3"}]}`,
-        'utf-8'
-      );
-
-      process.env.CALLING_DIR = projectPath;
-
-      expect(() => validateMetaData()).toThrow(
-        `File ${projectPath}/3.md should be in the meta.json's challengeOrder`
-      );
-    });
-  });
-  afterEach(() => {
-    delete process.env.CALLING_DIR;
-    try {
-      fs.rmSync(basePath, { recursive: true });
-    } catch (err) {
-      console.log(err);
-      console.log('Could not remove fixtures folder.');
-    }
   });
 });
diff --git a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/helpers/project-metadata.ts b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/helpers/project-metadata.ts
index 7db46d69c00..92cd067b45e 100644
--- a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/helpers/project-metadata.ts
+++ b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/helpers/project-metadata.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
-import fs from 'fs';
 import path from 'path';
-import glob from 'glob';
-import { getProjectName, getProjectPath } from './get-project-info';
+
+import {
+  getBlockStructure,
+  writeBlockStructure
+} from '../../../curriculum/file-handler';
+import { getProjectPath } from './get-project-info';
 
 export type Meta = {
   name: string;
@@ -10,65 +13,24 @@ export type Meta = {
   isUpcomingChange: boolean;
   dashedName: string;
   helpCategory: string;
-  order: number;
   time: string;
   template: string;
   required: string[];
-  superBlock: string;
   challengeOrder: { id: string; title: string }[];
 };
 
-function getMetaData(): Meta {
-  const metaData = fs.readFileSync(getProjectMetaPath(), 'utf-8');
-  return JSON.parse(metaData) as Meta;
+function getMetaData() {
+  const block = getBlock(getProjectPath());
+  return getBlockStructure(block) as Meta;
 }
 
-function updateMetaData(newMetaData: Record<string, unknown>): void {
-  fs.writeFileSync(getProjectMetaPath(), JSON.stringify(newMetaData, null, 2));
+function getBlock(filePath: string) {
+  return path.basename(filePath);
 }
 
-function getProjectMetaPath(): string {
-  return path.join(
-    getProjectPath(),
-    '../../..',
-    '_meta',
-    getProjectName(),
-    'meta.json'
-  );
+async function updateMetaData(newMetaData: Record<string, unknown>) {
+  const block = getBlock(getProjectPath());
+  await writeBlockStructure(block, newMetaData);
 }
 
-// This (and everything else) should be async, but it's fast enough
-// for the moment.
-function validateMetaData(): void {
-  const { challengeOrder } = getMetaData();
-
-  // each step in the challengeOrder should correspond to a file
-  challengeOrder.forEach(({ id }) => {
-    const filePath = `${getProjectPath()}${id}.md`;
-    try {
-      fs.accessSync(filePath);
-    } catch (_e) {
-      throw new Error(
-        `The file
-${filePath}
-does not exist, but is required by the challengeOrder of
-${getProjectMetaPath()}
-
-To fix this, you can rename the file containing id: ${id} to ${id}.md
-If there is no file for this id, then either the challengeOrder needs to be updated, or the file needs to be created.
-`
-      );
-    }
-  });
-
-  // each file should have a corresponding step in the challengeOrder
-  glob.sync(`${getProjectPath()}/*.md`).forEach(file => {
-    const id = path.basename(file, '.md');
-    if (!challengeOrder.find(({ id: stepId }) => stepId === id))
-      throw new Error(
-        `File ${file} should be in the meta.json's challengeOrder`
-      );
-  });
-}
-
-export { getMetaData, updateMetaData, getProjectMetaPath, validateMetaData };
+export { getMetaData, updateMetaData, getBlock };
diff --git a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/helpers/utils.test.ts b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/helpers/utils.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..acf9223ec3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/helpers/utils.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import { insertInto } from './utils';
+
+describe('insertInto', () => {
+  it('should not modify the original array', () => {
+    const arr = [1, 2, 3];
+    const result = insertInto(arr, 1, 99);
+    expect(arr).toEqual([1, 2, 3]);
+    expect(result).not.toBe(arr);
+  });
+
+  it('should insert at the end if the index is larger than the original array', () => {
+    const arr = [1, 2, 3];
+    const result = insertInto(arr, 10, 99);
+    expect(result).toEqual([1, 2, 3, 99]);
+  });
+
+  it('should insert at the beginning if the index is <= 0', () => {
+    const arr = [1, 2, 3];
+    const result = insertInto(arr, 0, 99);
+    expect(result).toEqual([99, 1, 2, 3]);
+    const resultNeg = insertInto(arr, -5, 99);
+    expect(resultNeg).toEqual([99, 1, 2, 3]);
+  });
+
+  it('should insert at the correct index', () => {
+    const arr = [1, 2, 3];
+    const result = insertInto(arr, 1, 99);
+    expect(result).toEqual([1, 99, 2, 3]);
+  });
+
+  it('should work with empty arrays', () => {
+    const arr: number[] = [];
+    const result = insertInto(arr, 0, 99);
+    expect(result).toEqual([99]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/helpers/utils.ts b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/helpers/utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..96e222c6719
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/helpers/utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+export function insertInto<T>(arr: T[], index: number, elem: T): T[] {
+  if (index >= arr.length) return [...arr, elem];
+  if (index <= 0) return [elem, ...arr];
+
+  return arr.flatMap((x, id) => {
+    return id === index ? [elem, x] : x;
+  });
+}
diff --git a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/insert-challenge.ts b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/insert-challenge.ts
index f03573a4bcf..7da25d9251f 100644
--- a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/insert-challenge.ts
+++ b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/insert-challenge.ts
@@ -5,14 +5,13 @@ import { newChallengePrompts } from './helpers/new-challenge-prompts';
 import { getProjectPath } from './helpers/get-project-info';
 import { getMetaData, updateMetaData } from './helpers/project-metadata';
 import { createChallengeFile } from './utils';
-import { getChallengeOrderFromMeta } from './helpers/get-challenge-order';
 
 const insertChallenge = async () => {
   const path = getProjectPath();
 
   const options = await newChallengePrompts();
 
-  const challenges = getChallengeOrderFromMeta();
+  const challenges = getMetaData().challengeOrder;
 
   const challengeAfter = await prompt<{ id: string }>({
     name: 'id',
@@ -38,7 +37,7 @@ const insertChallenge = async () => {
     id: challengeId.toString(),
     title: options.title
   });
-  updateMetaData(meta);
+  await updateMetaData(meta);
 };
 
 void insertChallenge();
diff --git a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/insert-step.ts b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/insert-step.ts
index f8f339cca7f..068fb3d5aea 100644
--- a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/insert-step.ts
+++ b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/insert-step.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 import { getArgValue } from './helpers/get-arg-value';
 import { insertStep } from './commands';
-import { validateMetaData } from './helpers/project-metadata';
 
-validateMetaData();
-insertStep(getArgValue(process.argv));
+void insertStep(getArgValue(process.argv));
diff --git a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/insert-task.ts b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/insert-task.ts
index 5944910b0dd..6a40fc8e5d9 100644
--- a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/insert-task.ts
+++ b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/insert-task.ts
@@ -3,19 +3,16 @@ import { prompt } from 'inquirer';
 import { getTemplate } from './helpers/get-challenge-template';
 import { newTaskPrompts } from './helpers/new-task-prompts';
 import { getProjectPath } from './helpers/get-project-info';
-import { validateMetaData } from './helpers/project-metadata';
 import {
   createChallengeFile,
   insertChallengeIntoMeta,
   updateTaskMeta,
   updateTaskMarkdownFiles
 } from './utils';
-import { getChallengeOrderFromMeta } from './helpers/get-challenge-order';
+import { getMetaData } from './helpers/project-metadata';
 
 const insertChallenge = async () => {
-  validateMetaData();
-
-  const challenges = getChallengeOrderFromMeta();
+  const challenges = getMetaData().challengeOrder;
   const challengeAfter = await prompt<{ id: string }>({
     name: 'id',
     message: 'Which challenge should come AFTER this new one?',
@@ -50,14 +47,14 @@ const insertChallenge = async () => {
   createChallengeFile(challengeIdString, challengeText, path);
   console.log('Finished creating new task markdown file.');
 
-  insertChallengeIntoMeta({
+  await insertChallengeIntoMeta({
     index: indexToInsert,
     id: challengeId,
     title: newTaskTitle
   });
   console.log(`Finished inserting task into 'meta.json' file.`);
 
-  updateTaskMeta();
+  await updateTaskMeta();
   console.log("Finished updating tasks in 'meta.json'.");
 
   updateTaskMarkdownFiles();
diff --git a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/reorder-tasks.ts b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/reorder-tasks.ts
index 2d25e4165d7..a1655d16d04 100644
--- a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/reorder-tasks.ts
+++ b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/reorder-tasks.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
-import { validateMetaData } from './helpers/project-metadata';
 import { updateTaskMeta, updateTaskMarkdownFiles } from './utils';
 
-const reorderTasks = () => {
-  validateMetaData();
-
-  updateTaskMeta();
+const reorderTasks = async () => {
+  await updateTaskMeta();
   console.log("Finished updating tasks in 'meta.json'.");
 
   updateTaskMarkdownFiles();
diff --git a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/repair-meta.test.ts b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/repair-meta.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 63352b54ffd..00000000000
--- a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/repair-meta.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-import { join } from 'path';
-import fs from 'fs';
-
-import { repairMeta } from './commands';
-
-const basePath = join(
-  process.cwd(),
-  '__fixtures__' + process.env.JEST_WORKER_ID
-);
-const commonPath = join(basePath, 'curriculum', 'challenges');
-
-const metaPath = join(commonPath, '_meta', 'project-repair-meta');
-const superBlockPath = join(commonPath, 'english', 'superblock-repair-meta');
-const projectPath = join(superBlockPath, 'project-repair-meta');
-
-describe('Challenge utils helper scripts', () => {
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    process.env.CALLING_DIR = projectPath;
-    fs.mkdirSync(metaPath, { recursive: true });
-    fs.mkdirSync(superBlockPath, { recursive: true });
-    fs.mkdirSync(projectPath);
-  });
-
-  it('should restore the challenge order in the meta.json file', async () => {
-    fs.writeFileSync(
-      join(metaPath, 'meta.json'),
-      // all the challenges from step 1 to 30 in reverse order:
-      `{"challengeOrder": [${Array.from(
-        { length: 30 },
-        (_, i) => `{"id": "id-${i + 1}", "title": "Step ${30 - i}"}`
-      ).join(',')}]}`,
-      'utf-8'
-    );
-
-    // create all 30 challenges:
-    Array.from({ length: 30 }, (_, i) => {
-      fs.writeFileSync(
-        join(projectPath, `step-${i + 1}.md`),
-        `---
-id: id-${i + 1}
-title: Step ${30 - i}
----
-`,
-        'utf-8'
-      );
-    });
-
-    // run the repair script:
-    await repairMeta();
-
-    // confirm that the meta.json file now has the correct challenge order:
-    const meta = JSON.parse(
-      fs.readFileSync(join(metaPath, 'meta.json'), 'utf-8')
-    ) as { challengeOrder: { id: string; title: string }[] };
-
-    expect(meta.challengeOrder).toEqual(
-      Array.from({ length: 30 }, (_, i) => ({
-        id: `id-${30 - i}`,
-        title: `Step ${i + 1}`
-      }))
-    );
-  });
-
-  afterEach(() => {
-    delete process.env.CALLING_DIR;
-    try {
-      fs.rmSync(basePath, { recursive: true });
-    } catch (err) {
-      console.log(err);
-      console.log('Could not remove fixtures folder.');
-    }
-  });
-});
diff --git a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/repair-meta.ts b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/repair-meta.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index d5a55829a69..00000000000
--- a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/repair-meta.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-import { repairMeta } from './commands';
-
-void (() => repairMeta())();
diff --git a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/update-challenge-order.ts b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/update-challenge-order.ts
index a66e039da36..c0af91180e8 100644
--- a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/update-challenge-order.ts
+++ b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/update-challenge-order.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 import { prompt } from 'inquirer';
 
 import { getMetaData, updateMetaData } from './helpers/project-metadata';
-import { getChallengeOrderFromMeta } from './helpers/get-challenge-order';
 
 const updateChallengeOrder = async () => {
-  const oldChallengeOrder = getChallengeOrderFromMeta();
+  const oldChallengeOrder = getMetaData().challengeOrder;
   console.log('Current challenge order is: ');
   console.table(oldChallengeOrder.map(({ title }) => ({ title })));
 
@@ -49,7 +48,7 @@ const updateChallengeOrder = async () => {
 
   const meta = getMetaData();
   meta.challengeOrder = newChallengeOrder;
-  updateMetaData(meta);
+  await updateMetaData(meta);
 };
 
 void (async () => await updateChallengeOrder())();
diff --git a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/update-step-titles.ts b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/update-step-titles.ts
index 91dcaae74d8..8d47c10c17b 100644
--- a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/update-step-titles.ts
+++ b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/update-step-titles.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import { validateMetaData } from './helpers/project-metadata';
 import { updateStepTitles } from './utils';
 
-validateMetaData();
 updateStepTitles();
diff --git a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/utils.test.ts b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/utils.test.ts
index b65b1f18eca..ef455434c58 100644
--- a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/utils.test.ts
+++ b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/utils.test.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,21 @@
 import fs from 'fs';
-import { join } from 'path';
-import ObjectID from 'bson-objectid';
-import glob from 'glob';
+import path, { join } from 'path';
 import matter from 'gray-matter';
+import ObjectID from 'bson-objectid';
+
+jest.mock('fs', () => {
+  return {
+    writeFileSync: jest.fn(),
+    readdirSync: jest.fn()
+  };
+});
+
+jest.mock('gray-matter', () => {
+  return {
+    read: jest.fn(),
+    stringify: jest.fn()
+  };
+});
 
 jest.mock('bson-objectid', () => {
   return jest.fn(() => ({ toString: () => mockChallengeId }));
@@ -10,10 +23,20 @@ jest.mock('bson-objectid', () => {
 
 jest.mock('./helpers/get-step-template', () => {
   return {
-    getStepTemplate: jest.fn(() => 'Mock template...')
+    getStepTemplate: jest.fn()
   };
 });
 
+const mockMeta = {
+  challengeOrder: [{ id: 'abc', title: 'mock title' }]
+};
+
+jest.mock('./helpers/project-metadata', () => ({
+  // ...jest.requireActual('./helpers/project-metadata'),
+  getMetaData: jest.fn(() => mockMeta),
+  updateMetaData: jest.fn()
+}));
+
 const mockChallengeId = '60d35cf3fe32df2ce8e31b03';
 import { getStepTemplate } from './helpers/get-step-template';
 import {
@@ -23,37 +46,26 @@ import {
   updateStepTitles,
   validateBlockName
 } from './utils';
+import { updateMetaData } from './helpers/project-metadata';
 
 const basePath = join(
   process.cwd(),
   '__fixtures__' + process.env.JEST_WORKER_ID
 );
-const commonPath = join(basePath, 'curriculum', 'challenges');
+const commonPath = join(basePath, 'curriculum');
 
 const block = 'utils-project';
-const metaPath = join(commonPath, '_meta', block);
-const superBlockPath = join(commonPath, 'english', 'utils-superblock');
-const projectPath = join(superBlockPath, block);
+const projectPath = join(commonPath, 'challenges', 'english', 'blocks', block);
 
 describe('Challenge utils helper scripts', () => {
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    fs.mkdirSync(superBlockPath, { recursive: true });
-    fs.mkdirSync(projectPath, { recursive: true });
-    fs.mkdirSync(metaPath, { recursive: true });
+  afterEach(() => {
+    jest.clearAllMocks();
   });
   describe('createStepFile util', () => {
     it('should create next step and return its identifier', () => {
-      fs.writeFileSync(
-        join(projectPath, 'step-001.md'),
-        'Lorem ipsum...',
-        'utf-8'
-      );
-      fs.writeFileSync(
-        join(projectPath, 'step-002.md'),
-        'Lorem ipsum...',
-        'utf-8'
-      );
       process.env.CALLING_DIR = projectPath;
+      const mockTemplate = 'Mock template...';
+      (getStepTemplate as jest.Mock).mockReturnValue(mockTemplate);
       const step = createStepFile({
         stepNum: 3,
         challengeType: 0
@@ -66,15 +78,10 @@ describe('Challenge utils helper scripts', () => {
       // Internal tasks
       // - Should generate a template for the step that is being created
       expect(getStepTemplate).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-
-      // - Should write a file with a given name and template
-      const files = glob.sync(`${projectPath}/*.md`);
-
-      expect(files).toEqual([
+      expect(fs.writeFileSync).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
         `${projectPath}/${mockChallengeId}.md`,
-        `${projectPath}/step-001.md`,
-        `${projectPath}/step-002.md`
-      ]);
+        mockTemplate
+      );
     });
   });
 
@@ -104,78 +111,31 @@ describe('Challenge utils helper scripts', () => {
 
   describe('createChallengeFile util', () => {
     it('should create the challenge', () => {
-      fs.writeFileSync(
-        join(projectPath, 'fake-challenge.md'),
-        'Lorem ipsum...',
-        'utf-8'
-      );
-      fs.writeFileSync(
-        join(projectPath, 'so-many-fakes.md'),
-        'Lorem ipsum...',
-        'utf-8'
-      );
-
       process.env.CALLING_DIR = projectPath;
+      const template = 'pretend this is a template';
 
-      createChallengeFile('hi', 'pretend this is a template');
+      createChallengeFile('hi', template);
       // - Should write a file with a given name and template
-      const files = glob.sync(`${projectPath}/*.md`);
-
-      expect(files).toEqual([
-        `${projectPath}/fake-challenge.md`,
+      expect(fs.writeFileSync).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
         `${projectPath}/hi.md`,
-        `${projectPath}/so-many-fakes.md`
-      ]);
+        template
+      );
     });
   });
 
   describe('insertStepIntoMeta util', () => {
-    it('should update the meta with a new file id and name', () => {
-      fs.writeFileSync(
-        join(metaPath, 'meta.json'),
-        `{"id": "mock-id",
-        "challengeOrder": [
-          {
-            "id": "id-1",
-            "title": "Step 1"
-          },
-          {
-            "id": "id-2",
-            "title": "Step 2"
-          },
-          {
-            "id": "id-3",
-            "title": "Step 3"
-          }
-        ]}`,
-        'utf-8'
-      );
+    it('should call updateMetaData with a new file id and name', async () => {
       process.env.CALLING_DIR = projectPath;
 
-      insertStepIntoMeta({ stepNum: 3, stepId: new ObjectID(mockChallengeId) });
+      await insertStepIntoMeta({
+        stepNum: 3,
+        stepId: new ObjectID(mockChallengeId)
+      });
 
-      const meta = JSON.parse(
-        fs.readFileSync(join(metaPath, 'meta.json'), 'utf-8')
-      );
-      expect(meta).toEqual({
-        id: 'mock-id',
+      expect(updateMetaData).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
         challengeOrder: [
-          {
-            id: 'id-1',
-            title: 'Step 1'
-          },
-          {
-            id: 'id-2',
-            title: 'Step 2'
-          },
-          {
-            id: mockChallengeId,
-            title: 'Step 3'
-          },
-          {
-            id: 'id-3',
-            title: 'Step 4'
-          }
+          { id: 'abc', title: 'Step 1' }, // title gets overwritten
+          { id: mockChallengeId, title: 'Step 2' }
         ]
       });
     });
@@ -183,76 +143,36 @@ describe('Challenge utils helper scripts', () => {
 
   describe('updateStepTitles util', () => {
     it('should apply meta.challengeOrder to step files', () => {
-      fs.writeFileSync(
-        join(metaPath, 'meta.json'),
-        `{"id": "mock-id", "challengeOrder": [{"id": "id-1", "title": "Step 1"}, {"id": "id-3", "title": "Step 2"}, {"id": "id-2", "title": "Step 3"}]}`,
-        'utf-8'
-      );
-      fs.writeFileSync(
-        join(projectPath, 'id-1.md'),
-        `---
-id: id-1
-title: Step 2
-challengeType: a
-dashedName: step-2
----
-`,
-        'utf-8'
-      );
-      fs.writeFileSync(
-        join(projectPath, 'id-2.md'),
-        `---
-id: id-2
-title: Step 1
-challengeType: b
-dashedName: step-1
----
-`,
-        'utf-8'
-      );
-      fs.writeFileSync(
-        join(projectPath, 'id-3.md'),
-        `---
-id: id-3
-title: Step 3
-challengeType: c
-dashedName: step-3
----
-`,
-        'utf-8'
-      );
-
       process.env.CALLING_DIR = projectPath;
+      (getStepTemplate as jest.Mock).mockReturnValue('Mock template...');
+      (fs.readdirSync as jest.Mock).mockReturnValue([
+        'name.md',
+        'another-name.md'
+      ]);
+      (matter.read as jest.Mock).mockReturnValue({
+        data: { id: 'abc' },
+        content: 'goes here'
+      });
 
       updateStepTitles();
 
-      expect(matter.read(join(projectPath, 'id-1.md')).data).toEqual({
-        id: 'id-1',
-        title: 'Step 1',
-        challengeType: 'a',
-        dashedName: 'step-1'
-      });
-      expect(matter.read(join(projectPath, 'id-2.md')).data).toEqual({
-        id: 'id-2',
-        title: 'Step 3',
-        challengeType: 'b',
-        dashedName: 'step-3'
-      });
-      expect(matter.read(join(projectPath, 'id-3.md')).data).toEqual({
-        id: 'id-3',
-        title: 'Step 2',
-        challengeType: 'c',
-        dashedName: 'step-2'
+      expect(fs.readdirSync).toHaveBeenCalledWith(projectPath + '/');
+      expect(fs.writeFileSync).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        path.join(projectPath, 'name.md'),
+        undefined
+      );
+      expect(fs.writeFileSync).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        path.join(projectPath, 'another-name.md'),
+        undefined
+      );
+      expect(matter.stringify).toHaveBeenCalledWith('goes here', {
+        dashedName: 'step-1',
+        id: 'abc',
+        title: 'Step 1'
       });
     });
   });
   afterEach(() => {
     delete process.env.CALLING_DIR;
-    try {
-      fs.rmSync(basePath, { recursive: true });
-    } catch (err) {
-      console.log(err);
-      console.log('Could not remove fixtures folder.');
-    }
   });
 });
diff --git a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/utils.ts b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/utils.ts
index 86124363393..1b4f0e49b81 100644
--- a/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/utils.ts
+++ b/tools/challenge-helper-scripts/utils.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import { getTemplate } from './helpers/get-challenge-template';
 
 interface Options {
   stepNum: number;
-  challengeType: number;
+  challengeType?: number;
   projectPath?: string;
   challengeSeeds?: Record<string, ChallengeSeed>;
   isFirstChallenge?: boolean;
@@ -112,20 +112,20 @@ interface InsertChallengeOptions {
   title: string;
 }
 
-function insertChallengeIntoMeta({
+async function insertChallengeIntoMeta({
   index,
   id,
   title
-}: InsertChallengeOptions): void {
+}: InsertChallengeOptions) {
   const existingMeta = getMetaData();
   const challengeOrder = [...existingMeta.challengeOrder];
 
   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-base-to-string
   challengeOrder.splice(index, 0, { id: id.toString(), title });
-  updateMetaData({ ...existingMeta, challengeOrder });
+  await updateMetaData({ ...existingMeta, challengeOrder });
 }
 
-function insertStepIntoMeta({ stepNum, stepId }: InsertOptions): void {
+async function insertStepIntoMeta({ stepNum, stepId }: InsertOptions) {
   const existingMeta = getMetaData();
   const oldOrder = [...existingMeta.challengeOrder];
   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-base-to-string
@@ -136,10 +136,10 @@ function insertStepIntoMeta({ stepNum, stepId }: InsertOptions): void {
     title: `Step ${index + 1}`
   }));
 
-  updateMetaData({ ...existingMeta, challengeOrder });
+  await updateMetaData({ ...existingMeta, challengeOrder });
 }
 
-function deleteStepFromMeta({ stepNum }: { stepNum: number }): void {
+async function deleteStepFromMeta({ stepNum }: { stepNum: number }) {
   const existingMeta = getMetaData();
   const oldOrder = [...existingMeta.challengeOrder];
   oldOrder.splice(stepNum - 1, 1);
@@ -149,17 +149,17 @@ function deleteStepFromMeta({ stepNum }: { stepNum: number }): void {
     title: `Step ${index + 1}`
   }));
 
-  updateMetaData({ ...existingMeta, challengeOrder });
+  await updateMetaData({ ...existingMeta, challengeOrder });
 }
 
-function deleteChallengeFromMeta(challengeIndex: number): void {
+async function deleteChallengeFromMeta(challengeIndex: number) {
   const existingMeta = getMetaData();
   const challengeOrder = [...existingMeta.challengeOrder];
   challengeOrder.splice(challengeIndex, 1);
-  updateMetaData({ ...existingMeta, challengeOrder });
+  await updateMetaData({ ...existingMeta, challengeOrder });
 }
 
-function updateTaskMeta() {
+async function updateTaskMeta() {
   const existingMeta = getMetaData();
   const oldOrder = [...existingMeta.challengeOrder];
 
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ function updateTaskMeta() {
     }
   });
 
-  updateMetaData({ ...existingMeta, challengeOrder });
+  await updateMetaData({ ...existingMeta, challengeOrder });
 }
 
 const updateStepTitles = (): void => {