diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2edadd9..9025db8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ dist-renderer/
 release/
 .dev.docs
 .claude/
+dist/
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fc0e33f..8550393 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
   "scripts": {
     "test": "node --test tests/*.test.mjs",
     "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit",
-    "lint": "eslint ."
+    "lint": "eslint .",
+    "build:core": "rm -rf dist && tsc -p tsconfig.build.json"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@eslint/js": "^10.0.1",
diff --git a/tsconfig.build.json b/tsconfig.build.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c117cff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "noEmit": false,
+    "outDir": "dist",
+    "rootDir": "scripts",
+    "declaration": true,
+    "rewriteRelativeImportExtensions": true
+  },
+  "include": ["scripts/providers/**/*.ts", "scripts/persist.ts"]
+}