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I can't help you with the former, but the latter can be done fairly easily.
The first, which is the manual entry way is once you've actually created the character, go to Advancement mode and just manually add the merits - you can adjust the XP cost so you can make them free. But considering you wanted a script, that's very doable.
Depending on how you want to source your freebies, it's quite simple. You can attach Merits to inventory items (which is the one I find most useful for freebies), for example. The "bootstrap" function is what you want to use.
Basically, create a new item, and edit its bootstraps to be the merits you want. Whenever you add that item to a character they'll obtain those merits. If you remove that item, those free merits are removed. You can do this for just about any 'thing' that exists on a character - you can bootstrap Merits, equipment, blessings, Contracts/Disciplines, etc etc.
PS: I know this topic is a good 5 months old, but I thought it was still worth responding to.
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