diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e5f3b799..e82f6be5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -23,3 +23,4 @@
 !/.kokoro
 !/tsconfig*.json
 !/.ci
+!/build.sh
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..1fa7b594
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Copyright 2025 Google LLC.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http=//www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# Set SCRIPT_DIR to the current directory of this file.
+SCRIPT_DIR=$(cd -P "$(dirname "$0")" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd)
+SCRIPT_FILE="${SCRIPT_DIR}/$(basename "$0")"
+
+##
+## Local Development
+##
+## These functions should be used to run the local development process
+##
+
+## clean - Cleans the build output
+function clean() {
+  if [[ -d '.tools' ]] ; then
+    rm -rf .tools
+  fi
+  npm run clean
+}
+
+## build - Builds the project without running tests.
+function build() {
+  npm run compile
+}
+
+## test - Runs local unit tests.
+function test() {
+  npm run test
+}
+
+## e2e - Runs end-to-end integration tests.
+function e2e() {
+  if [[ ! -f .envrc ]] ; then
+    write_e2e_env .envrc
+  fi
+  source .envrc
+  npm run prepare
+  node_modules/.bin/tap -t25 --disable-coverage --allow-empty-coverage -o pgconnect.tap \
+    system-test/pg-connect.{ts,cjs,mjs} system-test/mysql2-connect.{ts,cjs,mjs} system-test/tedious-connect.{ts,cjs,mjs}
+
+  node_modules/.bin/tap -c -t60 --disable-coverage --allow-empty-coverage -o test_results.tap \
+    examples/*/*/test/*.ts
+}
+
+## fix - Fixes code format.
+function fix() {
+  npm run fix
+}
+
+## lint - runs the linters
+function lint() {
+  npm run lint
+}
+
+## deps - updates project dependencies to latest
+function deps() {
+  npm update --save
+}
+
+# write_e2e_env - Loads secrets from the gcloud project and writes
+#     them to target/e2e.env to run e2e tests.
+function write_e2e_env(){
+  # All secrets used by the e2e tests in the form <env_name>=<secret_name>
+  secret_vars=(
+    MYSQL_CONNECTION_NAME=MYSQL_CONNECTION_NAME
+    MYSQL_USER=MYSQL_USER
+    MYSQL_USER_IAM=MYSQL_USER_IAM_GO
+    MYSQL_PASS=MYSQL_PASS
+    MYSQL_DB=MYSQL_DB
+    MYSQL_MCP_CONNECTION_NAME=MYSQL_MCP_CONNECTION_NAME
+    MYSQL_MCP_PASS=MYSQL_MCP_PASS
+    POSTGRES_CONNECTION_NAME=POSTGRES_CONNECTION_NAME
+    POSTGRES_USER=POSTGRES_USER
+    POSTGRES_USER_IAM=POSTGRES_USER_IAM_GO
+    POSTGRES_PASS=POSTGRES_PASS
+    POSTGRES_DB=POSTGRES_DB
+    POSTGRES_CAS_CONNECTION_NAME=POSTGRES_CAS_CONNECTION_NAME
+    POSTGRES_CAS_PASS=POSTGRES_CAS_PASS
+    POSTGRES_CUSTOMER_CAS_CONNECTION_NAME=POSTGRES_CUSTOMER_CAS_CONNECTION_NAME
+    POSTGRES_CUSTOMER_CAS_PASS=POSTGRES_CUSTOMER_CAS_PASS
+    POSTGRES_CUSTOMER_CAS_DOMAIN_NAME=POSTGRES_CUSTOMER_CAS_DOMAIN_NAME
+    POSTGRES_CUSTOMER_CAS_INVALID_DOMAIN_NAME=POSTGRES_CUSTOMER_CAS_INVALID_DOMAIN_NAME
+    POSTGRES_MCP_CONNECTION_NAME=POSTGRES_MCP_CONNECTION_NAME
+    POSTGRES_MCP_PASS=POSTGRES_MCP_PASS
+    SQLSERVER_CONNECTION_NAME=SQLSERVER_CONNECTION_NAME
+    SQLSERVER_USER=SQLSERVER_USER
+    SQLSERVER_PASS=SQLSERVER_PASS
+    SQLSERVER_DB=SQLSERVER_DB
+    QUOTA_PROJECT=QUOTA_PROJECT
+  )
+
+  if [[ -z "$TEST_PROJECT" ]] ; then
+    echo "Set TEST_PROJECT environment variable to the project containing"
+    echo "the e2e test suite secrets."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  echo "Getting test secrets from $TEST_PROJECT into $1"
+  {
+  for env_name in "${secret_vars[@]}" ; do
+    env_var_name="${env_name%%=*}"
+    secret_name="${env_name##*=}"
+    set -x
+    val=$(gcloud secrets versions access latest --project "$TEST_PROJECT" --secret="$secret_name")
+    echo "export $env_var_name='$val'"
+  done
+  } > "$1"
+
+}
+
+## help - prints the help details
+##
+function help() {
+   # This will print the comments beginning with ## above each function
+   # in this file.
+
+   echo "build.sh <command> <arguments>"
+   echo
+   echo "Commands to assist with local development and CI builds."
+   echo
+   echo "Commands:"
+   echo
+   grep -e '^##' "$SCRIPT_FILE" | sed -e 's/##/ /'
+}
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Check CLI Arguments
+if [[ "$#" -lt 1 ]] ; then
+  help
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+cd "$SCRIPT_DIR"
+
+"$@"
+
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c758d625..1ab1428f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     "prepare": "rm -rf dist && npm run compile && node ./scripts/fixup.cjs",
     "pretest": "npm run prepare",
     "presnap": "npm run prepare",
-    "test": "tap test",
+    "test": "tap -t0 -c test",
     "presystem-test": "npm run prepare",
     "system-test": "tap --disable-coverage --allow-empty-coverage system-test",
     "sample-test": "tap --disable-coverage --allow-empty-coverage examples",