diff --git a/eng/mgmt/automation/generate_data.py b/eng/mgmt/automation/generate_data.py
index 6cd86bc090b03..c1cbf52aeddb2 100755
--- a/eng/mgmt/automation/generate_data.py
+++ b/eng/mgmt/automation/generate_data.py
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ def sdk_automation_typespec(config: dict) -> List[dict]:
     if 'relatedTypeSpecProjectFolder' not in config:
         return packages
 
-    head_sha = config['headSha']
-    repo_url = config['repoHttpsUrl']
+    head_sha: str = config['headSha']
+    repo_url: str = config['repoHttpsUrl']
 
     tsp_projects = config['relatedTypeSpecProjectFolder']
     if isinstance(tsp_projects, str):
@@ -47,16 +47,40 @@ def sdk_automation_typespec(config: dict) -> List[dict]:
         service = None
         module = None
         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)
+            def remove_prefix(text, prefix):
+                if text.startswith(prefix):
+                    return text[len(prefix):]
+                return text
+
+            def find_sdk_folder():
+                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
+
+            repo = remove_prefix(repo_url, 'https://github.com/')
+            cmd = ['npx', 'tsp-client', 'init', '--debug', '--tsp-config', tsp_dir, '--commit', head_sha, '--repo', repo]
+            check_call(cmd, sdk_root)
+
+            sdk_folder = find_sdk_folder()
             logging.info('SDK folder: ' + sdk_folder)
-            succeeded = True
+            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
diff --git a/eng/mgmt/automation/init.sh b/eng/mgmt/automation/init.sh
index 3723c60fb7d01..201df2651b2dc 100755
--- a/eng/mgmt/automation/init.sh
+++ b/eng/mgmt/automation/init.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
 nvm install v18.15.0
 nvm alias default node
 
+# install tsp-client globally (local install may interfere with tooling)
+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