diff --git a/eng/common/scripts/Cadl-Project-Generate.ps1 b/eng/common/scripts/Cadl-Project-Generate.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fa2b72c75be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eng/common/scripts/Cadl-Project-Generate.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+[CmdletBinding()]
+param (
+    [Parameter(Position=0)]
+    [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
+    [string] $ProjectDirectory
+)
+
+$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
+. $PSScriptRoot/Helpers/PSModule-Helpers.ps1
+. $PSScriptRoot/common.ps1
+Install-ModuleIfNotInstalled "powershell-yaml" "0.4.1" | Import-Module
+
+function NpmInstallForProject([string]$workingDirectory) {
+    Push-Location $workingDirectory
+    try {
+        $currentDur = Resolve-Path "."
+        Write-Host "Generating from $currentDur"
+
+        if (Test-Path "package.json") {
+            Remove-Item -Path "package.json" -Force
+        }
+
+        if (Test-Path ".npmrc") {
+            Remove-Item -Path ".npmrc" -Force
+        }
+
+        if (Test-Path "node_modules") {
+            Remove-Item -Path "node_modules" -Force -Recurse
+        }
+
+        if (Test-Path "package-lock.json") {
+            Remove-Item -Path "package-lock.json" -Force
+        }
+
+        #default to root/eng/emitter-package.json but you can override by writing
+        #Get-${Language}-EmitterPackageJsonPath in your Language-Settings.ps1
+        $replacementPackageJson = "$PSScriptRoot/../../emitter-package.json"
+        if (Test-Path "Function:$GetEmitterPackageJsonPathFn") {
+            $replacementPackageJson = &$GetEmitterPackageJsonPathFn
+        }
+
+        Write-Host("Copying package.json from $replacementPackageJson")
+        Copy-Item -Path $replacementPackageJson -Destination "package.json" -Force
+        npm install --no-lock-file
+        if ($LASTEXITCODE) { exit $LASTEXITCODE }
+    }
+    finally {
+        Pop-Location
+    }
+}
+
+$resolvedProjectDirectory = Resolve-Path $ProjectDirectory
+$emitterName = &$GetEmitterNameFn
+$cadlConfigurationFile = Resolve-Path "$ProjectDirectory/cadl-location.yaml"
+
+Write-Host "Reading configuration from $cadlConfigurationFile"
+$configuration = Get-Content -Path $cadlConfigurationFile -Raw | ConvertFrom-Yaml
+
+$specSubDirectory = $configuration["directory"]
+$innerFolder = Split-Path $specSubDirectory -Leaf
+
+$tempFolder = "$ProjectDirectory/TempCadlFiles"
+$npmWorkingDir = Resolve-Path $tempFolder/$innerFolder
+$mainCadlFile = If (Test-Path "$npmWorkingDir/client.cadl") { Resolve-Path "$npmWorkingDir/client.cadl" } Else { Resolve-Path "$npmWorkingDir/main.cadl"}
+
+try {
+    Push-Location $npmWorkingDir
+    NpmInstallForProject $npmWorkingDir
+
+    if ($LASTEXITCODE) { exit $LASTEXITCODE }
+
+    if (Test-Path "Function:$GetEmitterAdditionalOptionsFn") {
+        $emitterAdditionalOptions = &$GetEmitterAdditionalOptionsFn $resolvedProjectDirectory
+        if ($emitterAdditionalOptions.Length -gt 0) {
+            $emitterAdditionalOptions = " $emitterAdditionalOptions"
+        }
+    }
+    $cadlCompileCommand = "npx cadl compile $mainCadlFile --emit $emitterName$emitterAdditionalOptions"
+    Write-Host($cadlCompileCommand)
+    Invoke-Expression $cadlCompileCommand
+
+    if ($LASTEXITCODE) { exit $LASTEXITCODE }
+}
+finally {
+    Pop-Location
+}
+
+$shouldCleanUp = $configuration["cleanup"] ?? $true
+if ($shouldCleanUp) {
+    Remove-Item $tempFolder -Recurse -Force
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/eng/common/scripts/Cadl-Project-Sync.ps1 b/eng/common/scripts/Cadl-Project-Sync.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..21f63403c68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eng/common/scripts/Cadl-Project-Sync.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+[CmdletBinding()]
+param (
+    [Parameter(Position=0)]
+    [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
+    [string] $ProjectDirectory
+)
+
+$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
+. $PSScriptRoot/Helpers/PSModule-Helpers.ps1
+Install-ModuleIfNotInstalled "powershell-yaml" "0.4.1" | Import-Module
+$sparseCheckoutFile = ".git/info/sparse-checkout"
+
+function AddSparseCheckoutPath([string]$subDirectory) {
+    if (!(Test-Path $sparseCheckoutFile) -or !((Get-Content $sparseCheckoutFile).Contains($subDirectory))) {
+        Write-Output $subDirectory >> .git/info/sparse-checkout
+    }
+}
+
+function CopySpecToProjectIfNeeded([string]$specCloneRoot, [string]$mainSpecDir, [string]$dest, [string[]]$specAdditionalSubDirectories) {
+    $source = "$specCloneRoot/$mainSpecDir"
+    Copy-Item -Path $source -Destination $dest -Recurse -Force
+    Write-Host "Copying spec from $source to $dest"
+
+    foreach ($additionalDir in $specAdditionalSubDirectories) {
+        $source = "$specCloneRoot/$additionalDir"
+        Write-Host "Copying spec from $source to $dest"
+        Copy-Item -Path $source -Destination $dest -Recurse -Force
+    }
+}
+
+function UpdateSparseCheckoutFile([string]$mainSpecDir, [string[]]$specAdditionalSubDirectories) {
+    AddSparseCheckoutPath $mainSpecDir
+    foreach ($subDir in $specAdditionalSubDirectories) {
+        AddSparseCheckoutPath $subDir
+    }
+}
+
+function GetGitRemoteValue([string]$repo) {
+    Push-Location $ProjectDirectory
+    $result = ""
+    try {
+        $gitRemotes = (git remote -v)
+        foreach ($remote in $gitRemotes) {
+            if ($remote.StartsWith("origin")) {
+                if ($remote -match 'https://github.com/\S+[\.git]') {
+                    $result = "https://github.com/$repo.git"
+                    break
+                } elseif ($remote -match "git@github.com:\S+[\.git]"){
+                    $result = "git@github.com:$repo.git"
+                    break
+                } else {
+                    throw "Unknown git remote format found: $remote"
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    finally {
+        Pop-Location
+    }
+
+    return $result
+}
+
+function InitializeSparseGitClone([string]$repo) {
+    git clone --no-checkout --filter=tree:0 $repo .
+    if ($LASTEXITCODE) { exit $LASTEXITCODE }
+    git sparse-checkout init
+    if ($LASTEXITCODE) { exit $LASTEXITCODE }
+    Remove-Item $sparseCheckoutFile -Force
+}
+
+function GetSpecCloneDir([string]$projectName) {
+    Push-Location $ProjectDirectory
+    try {
+        $root = git rev-parse --show-toplevel
+    }
+    finally {
+        Pop-Location
+    }
+
+    $sparseSpecCloneDir = "$root/../sparse-spec/$projectName"
+    New-Item $sparseSpecCloneDir -Type Directory -Force | Out-Null
+    $createResult = Resolve-Path $sparseSpecCloneDir
+    return $createResult
+}
+
+$cadlConfigurationFile = Resolve-Path "$ProjectDirectory/cadl-location.yaml"
+Write-Host "Reading configuration from $cadlConfigurationFile"
+$configuration = Get-Content -Path $cadlConfigurationFile -Raw | ConvertFrom-Yaml
+
+$pieces = $cadlConfigurationFile.Path.Replace("\","/").Split("/")
+$projectName = $pieces[$pieces.Count - 2]
+
+$specSubDirectory = $configuration["directory"]
+
+if ( $configuration["repo"] -and $configuration["commit"]) {
+    $specCloneDir = GetSpecCloneDir $projectName
+    $gitRemoteValue = GetGitRemoteValue $configuration["repo"]
+
+    Write-Host "Setting up sparse clone for $projectName at $specCloneDir"
+
+    Push-Location $specCloneDir.Path
+    try {
+        if (!(Test-Path ".git")) {
+            InitializeSparseGitClone $gitRemoteValue
+            UpdateSparseCheckoutFile $specSubDirectory $configuration["additionalDirectories"]
+        }
+        git checkout $configuration["commit"]
+        if ($LASTEXITCODE) { exit $LASTEXITCODE }
+    }
+    finally {
+        Pop-Location
+    }
+} elseif ( $configuration["spec-root-dir"] ) {
+    $specCloneDir = $configuration["spec-root-dir"]
+}
+
+
+$tempCadlDir = "$ProjectDirectory/TempCadlFiles"
+New-Item $tempCadlDir -Type Directory -Force | Out-Null
+CopySpecToProjectIfNeeded `
+    -specCloneRoot $specCloneDir `
+    -mainSpecDir $specSubDirectory `
+    -dest $tempCadlDir `
+    -specAdditionalSubDirectories $configuration["additionalDirectories"]
diff --git a/eng/common/scripts/common.ps1 b/eng/common/scripts/common.ps1
index c78b1cfc2f1..8f9c707ee29 100644
--- a/eng/common/scripts/common.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/scripts/common.ps1
@@ -57,3 +57,6 @@ $GetDocsMsTocChildrenForManagementPackagesFn = "Get-${Language}-DocsMsTocChildre
 $UpdateDocsMsTocFn = "Get-${Language}-UpdatedDocsMsToc"
 $GetPackageLevelReadmeFn = "Get-${Language}-PackageLevelReadme"
 $GetRepositoryLinkFn = "Get-${Language}-RepositoryLink"
+$GetEmitterAdditionalOptionsFn = "Get-${Language}-EmitterAdditionalOptions"
+$GetEmitterNameFn = "Get-${Language}-EmitterName"
+$GetEmitterPackageJsonPathFn = "Get-${Language}-EmitterPackageJsonPath"