diff --git a/app/Build/Tools/Environment.cs b/app/Build/Tools/Environment.cs
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+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+
+namespace Build.Tools;
+
+public static class Environment
+{
+    private static readonly string[] ALL_RIDS = ["win-x64", "win-arm64", "linux-x64", "linux-arm64", "osx-arm64", "osx-x64"];
+    
+    public static bool IsWorkingDirectoryValid()
+    {
+        var currentDirectory = Directory.GetCurrentDirectory();
+        var mainFile = Path.Combine(currentDirectory, "Program.cs");
+        var projectFile = Path.Combine(currentDirectory, "Build Script.csproj");
+        
+        if (!currentDirectory.EndsWith("Build", StringComparison.Ordinal) || !File.Exists(mainFile) || !File.Exists(projectFile))
+        {
+            Console.WriteLine("The current directory is not a valid working directory for the build script. Go to the /app/Build directory within the git repository.");
+            return false;
+        }
+        
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    public static string GetAIStudioDirectory()
+    {
+        var currentDirectory = Directory.GetCurrentDirectory();
+        var directory = Path.Combine(currentDirectory, "..", "MindWork AI Studio");
+        return Path.GetFullPath(directory);
+    }
+    
+    public static string GetMetadataPath()
+    {
+        var currentDirectory = Directory.GetCurrentDirectory();
+        var directory = Path.Combine(currentDirectory, "..", "..", "metadata.txt");
+        return Path.GetFullPath(directory);
+    }
+
+    public static string? GetOS()
+    {
+        if(RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows))
+            return "windows";
+        
+        if(RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Linux))
+            return "linux";
+        
+        if(RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.OSX))
+            return "darwin";
+
+        Console.WriteLine($"Error: Unsupported OS '{RuntimeInformation.OSDescription}'");
+        return null;
+    }
+    
+    public static IEnumerable<string> GetRidsForCurrentOS()
+    {
+        if (RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows))
+            return ALL_RIDS.Where(rid => rid.StartsWith("win-", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
+        
+        if (RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.OSX))
+            return ALL_RIDS.Where(rid => rid.StartsWith("osx-", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
+        
+        if (RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Linux))
+            return ALL_RIDS.Where(rid => rid.StartsWith("linux-", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
+        
+        Console.WriteLine($"Error: Unsupported OS '{RuntimeInformation.OSDescription}'");
+        return [];
+    }
+}
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