diff --git a/scripts/.eslintrc.js b/scripts/.eslintrc.js
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+++ b/scripts/.eslintrc.js
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+module.exports = {
+  extends: [require.resolve('@backstage/cli/config/eslint')],
+  rules: {
+    'no-console': 0,
+  },
+};
diff --git a/scripts/check-type-dependencies.js b/scripts/check-type-dependencies.js
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+++ b/scripts/check-type-dependencies.js
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+#!/usr/bin/env node
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Spotify AB
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+const fs = require('fs');
+const { resolve: resolvePath } = require('path');
+// Cba polluting root package.json, we'll have this
+// eslint-disable-next-line import/no-extraneous-dependencies
+const chalk = require('chalk');
+
+async function main() {
+  // This is from lerna, and cba polluting root package.json
+  // eslint-disable-next-line import/no-extraneous-dependencies
+  const LernaProject = require('@lerna/project');
+  const project = new LernaProject(resolvePath('.'));
+  const packages = await project.getPackages();
+
+  let hadErrors = false;
+
+  for (const pkg of packages) {
+    if (!shouldCheckTypes(pkg)) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    const { errors } = await checkTypes(pkg);
+    if (errors.length) {
+      hadErrors = true;
+      console.error(
+        `Incorrect type dependencies in ${chalk.yellow(pkg.name)}:`,
+      );
+      for (const error of errors) {
+        if (error.name === 'WrongDepError') {
+          console.error(
+            `  Move from ${chalk.red(error.from)} to ${chalk.green(
+              error.to,
+            )}: ${chalk.cyan(error.dep)}`,
+          );
+        } else if (error.name === 'MissingDepError') {
+          console.error(
+            `  Missing a type dependency: ${chalk.cyan(error.dep)}`,
+          );
+        } else {
+          console.error(`  Unknown error, ${chalk.red(error)}`);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (hadErrors) {
+    console.error();
+    console.error(
+      chalk.red('At least one package had incorrect type dependencies'),
+    );
+
+    process.exit(2);
+  }
+}
+
+function shouldCheckTypes(pkg) {
+  return !pkg.private && pkg.get('types');
+}
+
+/**
+ * Scan index.d.ts for imports and return errors for any dependency that's
+ * missing or incorrect in package.json
+ */
+function checkTypes(pkg) {
+  const typeDecl = fs.readFileSync(
+    resolvePath(pkg.location, 'dist/index.d.ts'),
+    'utf8',
+  );
+  const deps = (typeDecl.match(/from '.*'/g) || [])
+    .map(match => match.replace(/from '(.*)'/, '$1'))
+    .filter(n => !n.startsWith('.'));
+
+  const errors = [];
+  const typeDeps = [];
+  for (const dep of deps) {
+    try {
+      const typeDep = findTypesPackage(dep, pkg);
+      if (typeDep) {
+        typeDeps.push(typeDep);
+      }
+    } catch (error) {
+      errors.push(error);
+    }
+  }
+
+  errors.push(...findTypeDepErrors(typeDeps, pkg));
+
+  return { errors };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Find the package used for types. This assumes that types are working is a package
+ * can be resolved, it doesn't do any checking of presence of types inside the dep.
+ */
+function findTypesPackage(dep, pkg) {
+  try {
+    require.resolve(`@types/${dep}/package.json`, { paths: [pkg.location] });
+    return `@types/${dep}`;
+  } catch {
+    try {
+      require.resolve(dep, { paths: [pkg.location] });
+      return undefined;
+    } catch {
+      try {
+        // Some type-only modules don't have a working main field, so try resolving package.json too
+        require.resolve(`${dep}/package.json`, { paths: [pkg.location] });
+        return undefined;
+      } catch {
+        try {
+          // Finally check if it's just a .d.ts file
+          require.resolve(`${dep}.d.ts`, { paths: [pkg.location] });
+          return undefined;
+        } catch {
+          throw mkErr('MissingDepError', `No types for ${dep}`, { dep });
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Figures out what type dependencies are missing, or should be moved between dep types
+ */
+function findTypeDepErrors(typeDeps, pkg) {
+  const devDeps = mkTypeDepSet(pkg.get('devDependencies'));
+  const deps = mkTypeDepSet(pkg.get('dependencies'));
+
+  const errors = [];
+  for (const typeDep of typeDeps) {
+    if (!deps.has(typeDep)) {
+      if (devDeps.has(typeDep)) {
+        errors.push(
+          mkErr('WrongDepError', `Should be dep ${typeDep}`, {
+            dep: typeDep,
+            from: 'devDependencies',
+            to: 'dependencies',
+          }),
+        );
+      } else {
+        errors.push(
+          mkErr('MissingDepError', `No types for ${typeDep}`, {
+            dep: typeDep,
+          }),
+        );
+      }
+    } else {
+      deps.delete(typeDep);
+    }
+  }
+
+  for (const dep of deps) {
+    errors.push(
+      mkErr('WrongDepError', `Should be dev dep ${dep}`, {
+        dep,
+        from: 'dependencies',
+        to: 'devDependencies',
+      }),
+    );
+  }
+
+  return errors;
+}
+
+function mkTypeDepSet(deps) {
+  const typeDeps = Object.keys(deps || {}).filter(n => n.startsWith('@types/'));
+  return new Set(typeDeps);
+}
+
+function mkErr(name, msg, extra) {
+  const error = new Error(msg);
+  error.name = name;
+  Object.assign(error, extra);
+  return error;
+}
+
+main().catch(error => {
+  console.error(error.stack || error);
+  process.exit(1);
+});