diff --git a/eng/mgmt/automation/generate.py b/eng/mgmt/automation/generate.py
index fcba16e1ed25b..1c46b9d0c1dcd 100755
--- a/eng/mgmt/automation/generate.py
+++ b/eng/mgmt/automation/generate.py
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ def sdk_automation_typespec(config: dict) -> List[dict]:
 
     return packages
 
+
 def sdk_automation_typespec_project(tsp_project: str, config: dict) -> dict:
 
     # TODO(xiaofei) support changelog, etc
@@ -281,6 +282,7 @@ def sdk_automation_typespec_project(tsp_project: str, config: dict) -> dict:
             'result': 'failed',
         }
 
+
 def main():
     (parser, args) = parse_args()
     args = vars(args)
diff --git a/eng/mgmt/automation/generate_utils.py b/eng/mgmt/automation/generate_utils.py
index 456b8e6aceeab..dbe85545562e1 100644
--- a/eng/mgmt/automation/generate_utils.py
+++ b/eng/mgmt/automation/generate_utils.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 import tempfile
 import subprocess
 import urllib.parse
-from typing import Tuple, List
+from typing import Tuple, List, Union
 
 pwd = os.getcwd()
 #os.chdir(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0])))
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ def compare_with_maven_package(sdk_root: str, service: str, stable_version: str,
 def get_version(
     sdk_root: str,
     module: str,
-) -> str:
+) -> Union[str, None]:
     version_file = os.path.join(sdk_root, 'eng/versioning/version_client.txt')
     project = '{0}:{1}'.format(GROUP_ID, module)
 
@@ -310,17 +310,20 @@ def generate_typespec_project(tsp_project: str, sdk_root: str, spec_root: str, h
     tsp_dir = os.path.join(spec_root, tsp_project)
 
     try:
-        cmd = ['pwsh', './eng/common/scripts/TypeSpec-Project-Process.ps1', tsp_dir, head_sha, repo_url]
-        logging.info('Command line: ' + ' '.join(cmd))
-        output = subprocess.check_output(cmd, cwd=sdk_root)
-        output_str = str(output, 'utf-8')
-        script_return = output_str.splitlines()[-1] # the path to sdk folder
-        sdk_folder = os.path.relpath(script_return, sdk_root)
+        repo = remove_prefix(repo_url, 'https://github.com/')
+        cmd = ['npx', 'tsp-client', 'init', '--debug',
+               '--tsp-config', tsp_dir,
+               '--commit', head_sha,
+               '--repo', repo,
+               '--local-spec-repo', tsp_dir]
+        check_call(cmd, sdk_root)
+
+        sdk_folder = find_sdk_folder(sdk_root)
         logging.info('SDK folder: ' + sdk_folder)
         if sdk_folder:
             succeeded = True
     except subprocess.CalledProcessError as error:
-        logging.error(f'TypeSpec-Project-Process.ps1 fail: {error}')
+        logging.error(f'tsp-client init fail: {error}')
 
     if succeeded:
         # check require_sdk_integration
@@ -343,6 +346,33 @@ def generate_typespec_project(tsp_project: str, sdk_root: str, spec_root: str, h
 
     return succeeded, require_sdk_integration, sdk_folder, service, module
 
+
 def check_call(cmd: List[str], work_dir: str):
     logging.info('Command line: ' + ' '.join(cmd))
-    subprocess.check_call(cmd, cwd=work_dir)
\ No newline at end of file
+    subprocess.check_call(cmd, cwd=work_dir)
+
+
+def remove_prefix(text, prefix):
+    if text.startswith(prefix):
+        return text[len(prefix):]
+    return text
+
+
+def find_sdk_folder(sdk_root: str):
+    cmd = ['git', 'add', '.']
+    check_call(cmd, sdk_root)
+
+    cmd = ['git', 'status', '--porcelain', '**/tsp-location.yaml']
+    logging.info('Command line: ' + ' '.join(cmd))
+    output = subprocess.check_output(cmd, cwd=sdk_root)
+    output_str = str(output, 'utf-8')
+    git_items = output_str.splitlines()
+    sdk_folder = None
+    if len(git_items) > 0:
+        tsp_location_item: str = git_items[0]
+        sdk_folder = tsp_location_item[1:].strip()[0:-len('/tsp-location.yaml')]
+
+    cmd = ['git', 'reset', '.']
+    check_call(cmd, sdk_root)
+
+    return sdk_folder
diff --git a/eng/mgmt/automation/init.sh b/eng/mgmt/automation/init.sh
index 3a8d38ee0c15c..8cc167905e1cb 100755
--- a/eng/mgmt/automation/init.sh
+++ b/eng/mgmt/automation/init.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-sudo apt-get install -y --upgrade python3-pip python3-setuptools
-pip3 install --upgrade wheel
-pip3 install --upgrade PyYAML requests
+echo Install Python
+sudo apt-get install -y --upgrade python3-pip python3-setuptools 2>&1
+pip3 install --upgrade wheel 2>&1
+pip3 install --upgrade PyYAML requests 2>&1
+
+# install tsp-client globally (local install may interfere with tooling)
+echo Install tsp-client
+npm install -g @azure-tools/typespec-client-generator-cli
 
 cat << EOF > $2
 {"envs": {"PATH": "$JAVA_HOME_11_X64/bin:$PATH", "JAVA_HOME": "$JAVA_HOME_11_X64"}}
-EOF
\ No newline at end of file
+EOF