diff --git a/Documentation/project-docs/developer-guide.md b/Documentation/project-docs/developer-guide.md
index 0391adefa..882a579ba 100644
--- a/Documentation/project-docs/developer-guide.md
+++ b/Documentation/project-docs/developer-guide.md
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ In order to build .NET Command Line Interface, you need the following installed
 ## Building/Running
 
 1. Run `build.cmd` or `build.sh` from the root depending on your OS. If you don't want to execute tests, run `build.cmd /t:Compile` or `./build.sh /t:Compile`. 
-  - To build the CLI in macOS Sierra, you need to set the DOTNET_RUNTIME_ID environment variable by running `export DOTNET_RUNTIME_ID=osx.10.11-x64`.
-2. Use `artifacts/{RID}/stage2/dotnet` to try out the `dotnet` command. You can also add `artifacts/{os}-{arch}/stage2` to the PATH if you want to use the build output when invoking `dotnet` from the current console.
+    - To build the CLI in macOS Sierra, you need to set the DOTNET_RUNTIME_ID environment variable by running `export DOTNET_RUNTIME_ID=osx.10.11-x64`.
+2. The CLI that is built (we call it stage 2) will be laid out in the `bin\2\{RID}\dotnet` folder.  You can run `dotnet.exe` or `dotnet` from that folder to try out the `dotnet` command.
 
 ## A simple test
 Using the `dotnet` built in the previous step:
@@ -40,8 +40,12 @@ Using the `dotnet` built in the previous step:
 
 ## Running tests
 
-1. To run all tests invoke `build.cmd` or `build.sh` which will build the product and run the tests.
-2. To run a specific test, cd into that test's directory and execute `dotnet test`. If using this approach, make sure to add `artifacts/{RID}/stage2` to your `PATH` and set the `NUGET_PACKAGES` environment variable to point to the repo's `.nuget/packages` directory.
+1. To run all tests, invoke `build.cmd` or `build.sh` which will build the product and run the tests.
+2. To run a specific test project:
+    - Run `scripts\cli-test-env.bat` on Windows, or [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_(command)) `scripts/cli-test-env.sh` on Linux or OS X.  This will add the stage 2 `dotnet` folder to your path and set up other environment variables which are used for running tests.
+    - `cd` into the test's directory
+    - Run `dotnet test`
+    - Refer to the command-line help for `dotnet test` if you want to run a specific test in the test project
 
 ## Adding a Command
 
diff --git a/scripts/cli-build-env.bat b/scripts/cli-build-env.bat
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..03b6ded6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/cli-build-env.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+@echo off
+REM Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved.
+REM Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
+
+REM Get normalized version of parent path
+for %%i in (%~dp0..\) DO (
+    SET CLI_REPO_ROOT=%%~dpi
+)
+
+title CLI Build (%CLI_REPO_ROOT%)
+
+REM Add Stage 0 CLI to path
+set PATH=%CLI_REPO_ROOT%.dotnet_stage0\x64;%PATH%
+
+set DOTNET_SKIP_FIRST_TIME_EXPERIENCE=1
+set DOTNET_MULTILEVEL_LOOKUP=0
+set NUGET_PACKAGES=%CLI_REPO_ROOT%.nuget\packages
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diff --git a/scripts/cli-build-env.sh b/scripts/cli-build-env.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..05231edcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/cli-build-env.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved.
+# Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
+#
+
+SOURCE="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
+while [ -h "$SOURCE" ]; do # resolve $SOURCE until the file is no longer a symlink
+  DIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" && pwd )"
+  SOURCE="$(readlink "$SOURCE")"
+  [[ "$SOURCE" != /* ]] && SOURCE="$DIR/$SOURCE" # if $SOURCE was a relative symlink, we need to resolve it relative to the path where the symlink file was located
+done
+
+REPO_ROOT="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )/../" && pwd )"
+
+STAGE0_DIR=$REPO_ROOT.dotnet_stage0/x64
+export PATH=$STAGE0_DIR:$PATH
+
+
+export DOTNET_SKIP_FIRST_TIME_EXPERIENCE=1
+export DOTNET_MULTILEVEL_LOOKUP=0
+
+export NUGET_PACKAGES=$REPO_ROOT/.nuget/packages
diff --git a/scripts/cli-test-env.bat b/scripts/cli-test-env.bat
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5e6f644fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/cli-test-env.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+@echo off
+REM Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved.
+REM Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
+
+REM Get normalized version of parent path
+for %%i in (%~dp0..\) DO (
+    SET CLI_REPO_ROOT=%%~dpi
+)
+
+title CLI Test (%CLI_REPO_ROOT%)
+
+REM Add Stage 2 CLI to path
+set PATH=%CLI_REPO_ROOT%bin\2\win10-x64\dotnet
+
+set DOTNET_SKIP_FIRST_TIME_EXPERIENCE=1
+set DOTNET_MULTILEVEL_LOOKUP=0
+set NUGET_PACKAGES=%CLI_REPO_ROOT%.nuget\packages
+set TEST_PACKAGES=%CLI_REPO_ROOT%bin\2\win10-x64\test\packages
+set TEST_ARTIFACTS=%CLI_REPO_ROOT%bin\2\win10-x64\test\artifacts
+set PreviousStageProps=%CLI_REPO_ROOT%bin\2\win10-x64\PreviousStage.props
diff --git a/scripts/cli-test-env.sh b/scripts/cli-test-env.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..846a160ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/cli-test-env.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved.
+# Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
+#
+
+SOURCE="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
+while [ -h "$SOURCE" ]; do # resolve $SOURCE until the file is no longer a symlink
+  DIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" && pwd )"
+  SOURCE="$(readlink "$SOURCE")"
+  [[ "$SOURCE" != /* ]] && SOURCE="$DIR/$SOURCE" # if $SOURCE was a relative symlink, we need to resolve it relative to the path where the symlink file was located
+done
+
+REPO_ROOT="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )/../" && pwd )"
+
+RID=linux-x64
+
+STAGE2_DIR=$REPO_ROOT/bin/2/$RID/dotnet
+export PATH=$STAGE2_DIR:$PATH
+
+
+export DOTNET_SKIP_FIRST_TIME_EXPERIENCE=1
+export DOTNET_MULTILEVEL_LOOKUP=0
+
+export NUGET_PACKAGES=$REPO_ROOT/.nuget/packages
+export TEST_PACKAGES=$REPO_ROOT/bin/2/$RID/test/packages
+export TEST_ARTIFACTS=$REPO_ROOT/bin/2/$RID/test/artifacts
+export PreviousStageProps=$REPO_ROOT/bin/2/$RID/PreviousStage.props
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