diff --git a/packages/cli/src/cliEntry.js b/packages/cli/src/cliEntry.js
index 9758eb849..81036907d 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/cliEntry.js
+++ b/packages/cli/src/cliEntry.js
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ import childProcess from 'child_process';
 import commander from 'commander';
 import path from 'path';
 
-import type {CommandT, ContextT} from './tools/types.flow';
+import type {CommandT, ConfigT} from './tools/config/types.flow';
 
-import {getCommands} from './commands';
+import commands from './commands';
 import init from './commands/init/initCompat';
 import assertRequiredOptions from './tools/assertRequiredOptions';
 import {logger} from '@react-native-community/cli-tools';
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ function printUnknownCommand(cmdName) {
   }
 }
 
-const addCommand = (command: CommandT, ctx: ContextT) => {
+const addCommand = (command: CommandT, ctx: ConfigT) => {
   const options = command.options || [];
 
   const cmd = commander
@@ -162,9 +162,7 @@ async function setupAndRun() {
 
   setProjectDir(ctx.root);
 
-  const commands = getCommands(ctx);
-
-  commands.forEach(command => addCommand(command, ctx));
+  [...commands, ...ctx.commands].forEach(command => addCommand(command, ctx));
 
   commander.parse(process.argv);
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/bundle/buildBundle.js b/packages/cli/src/commands/bundle/buildBundle.js
index e11f7512a..89211c746 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/bundle/buildBundle.js
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/bundle/buildBundle.js
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@ import outputBundle from 'metro/src/shared/output/bundle';
 import path from 'path';
 import chalk from 'chalk';
 import type {CommandLineArgs} from './bundleCommandLineArgs';
-import type {ContextT} from '../../tools/types.flow';
+import type {ConfigT} from '../../tools/config/types.flow';
 import saveAssets from './saveAssets';
 import loadMetroConfig from '../../tools/loadMetroConfig';
 import {logger} from '@react-native-community/cli-tools';
 
 async function buildBundle(
   args: CommandLineArgs,
-  ctx: ContextT,
+  ctx: ConfigT,
   output: typeof outputBundle = outputBundle,
 ) {
   const config = await loadMetroConfig(ctx, {
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/config/config.js b/packages/cli/src/commands/config/config.js
index 51fd05243..83fa8bffb 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/config/config.js
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/config/config.js
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 /**
  * @flow
  */
-import {type ContextT} from '../../tools/types.flow';
+import {type ConfigT} from '../../tools/config/types.flow';
 export default {
   name: 'config',
   description: 'Print CLI configuration',
-  func: async (argv: string[], ctx: ContextT) => {
+  func: async (argv: string[], ctx: ConfigT) => {
     console.log(JSON.stringify(ctx, null, 2));
   },
 };
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/index.js b/packages/cli/src/commands/index.js
index 86920456c..97e20dc6b 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/index.js
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/index.js
@@ -1,15 +1,8 @@
 /**
  * @flow
  */
+import {type CommandT} from '../tools/config/types.flow';
 
-import path from 'path';
-import type {
-  CommandT,
-  ProjectCommandT,
-  LocalCommandT,
-} from '../tools/types.flow';
-
-import {type ContextT} from '../tools/types.flow';
 import server from './server/server';
 import runIOS from './runIOS/runIOS';
 import runAndroid from './runAndroid/runAndroid';
@@ -27,11 +20,7 @@ import info from './info/info';
 import config from './config/config';
 import init from './init';
 
-/**
- * List of built-in commands
- */
-
-const loadLocalCommands: Array<LocalCommandT> = [
+export default ([
   server,
   runIOS,
   runAndroid,
@@ -48,57 +37,4 @@ const loadLocalCommands: Array<LocalCommandT> = [
   info,
   config,
   init,
-];
-
-/**
- * Returns an array of commands that are defined in the project.
- *
- * This checks all CLI plugins for presence of 3rd party packages that define commands
- * and loads them
- */
-const loadProjectCommands = ({
-  root,
-  commands,
-}: ContextT): Array<ProjectCommandT> => {
-  return commands.reduce((acc: Array<ProjectCommandT>, cmdPath: string) => {
-    /**
-     * `pathToCommand` is a path to a file where commands are defined, relative to `node_modules`
-     * folder.
-     *
-     * Following code gets the name of the package name out of the path, taking scope
-     * into consideration.
-     */
-    const name =
-      cmdPath[0] === '@'
-        ? cmdPath
-            .split(path.sep)
-            .slice(0, 2)
-            .join(path.sep)
-        : cmdPath.split(path.sep)[0];
-
-    const pkg = require(path.join(root, 'node_modules', name, 'package.json'));
-
-    const requiredCommands:
-      | ProjectCommandT
-      | Array<ProjectCommandT> = require(path.join(
-      root,
-      'node_modules',
-      cmdPath,
-    ));
-
-    if (Array.isArray(requiredCommands)) {
-      return acc.concat(
-        requiredCommands.map(requiredCommand => ({...requiredCommand, pkg})),
-      );
-    }
-
-    return acc.concat({...requiredCommands, pkg});
-  }, []);
-};
-
-/**
- * Loads all the commands inside a given `root` folder
- */
-export function getCommands(ctx: ContextT): Array<CommandT> {
-  return [...loadLocalCommands, ...loadProjectCommands(ctx)];
-}
+]: CommandT[]);
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/info/info.js b/packages/cli/src/commands/info/info.js
index 4faae7860..f404c5d92 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/info/info.js
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/info/info.js
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
 
 import envinfo from 'envinfo';
 import {logger} from '@react-native-community/cli-tools';
-import type {ContextT} from '../../tools/types.flow';
+import type {ConfigT} from '../../tools/config/types.flow';
 
 const info = async function getInfo(
   argv: Array<string>,
-  ctx: ContextT,
+  ctx: ConfigT,
   options: {},
 ) {
   try {
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/init/init.js b/packages/cli/src/commands/init/init.js
index 77279d7ba..35e2811a5 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/init/init.js
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/init/init.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import minimist from 'minimist';
 import semver from 'semver';
-import type {ContextT} from '../../tools/types.flow';
+import type {ConfigT} from '../../tools/config/types.flow';
 import {validateProjectName} from './validate';
 import DirectoryAlreadyExistsError from './errors/DirectoryAlreadyExistsError';
 import printRunInstructions from './printRunInstructions';
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ function createProject(projectName: string, options: Options, version: string) {
 
 export default (async function initialize(
   [projectName]: Array<string>,
-  _context: ContextT,
+  _context: ConfigT,
   options: Options,
 ) {
   validateProjectName(projectName);
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/install/install.js b/packages/cli/src/commands/install/install.js
index 4750087b5..7b6e5d6f5 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/install/install.js
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/install/install.js
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@
  * @flow
  */
 
-import type {ContextT} from '../../tools/types.flow';
+import type {ConfigT} from '../../tools/config/types.flow';
 import {logger} from '@react-native-community/cli-tools';
 import * as PackageManager from '../../tools/packageManager';
 import link from '../link/link';
 import loadConfig from '../../tools/config';
 
-async function install(args: Array<string>, ctx: ContextT) {
+async function install(args: Array<string>, ctx: ConfigT) {
   const name = args[0];
 
   logger.info(`Installing "${name}"...`);
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/install/uninstall.js b/packages/cli/src/commands/install/uninstall.js
index a8173d26e..85f4f4563 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/install/uninstall.js
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/install/uninstall.js
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@
  * @flow
  */
 
-import type {ContextT} from '../../tools/types.flow';
+import type {ConfigT} from '../../tools/config/types.flow';
 import {logger} from '@react-native-community/cli-tools';
 import * as PackageManager from '../../tools/packageManager';
 import link from '../link/unlink';
 
-async function uninstall(args: Array<string>, ctx: ContextT) {
+async function uninstall(args: Array<string>, ctx: ConfigT) {
   const name = args[0];
 
   logger.info(`Unlinking "${name}"...`);
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/link/link.js b/packages/cli/src/commands/link/link.js
index 94f10bb2c..2be0d3f72 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/link/link.js
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/link/link.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 import {pick} from 'lodash';
 import dedent from 'dedent';
 
-import {type ContextT} from '../../tools/types.flow';
+import {type ConfigT} from '../../tools/config/types.flow';
 
 import {CLIError} from '../../tools/errors';
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ type FlagsType = {
  * @param args If optional argument [packageName] is provided,
  *             only that package is processed.
  */
-function link([rawPackageName]: Array<string>, ctx: ContextT, opts: FlagsType) {
+function link([rawPackageName]: Array<string>, ctx: ConfigT, opts: FlagsType) {
   let platforms = ctx.platforms;
   let project = ctx.project;
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/link/unlink.js b/packages/cli/src/commands/link/unlink.js
index b593f21a2..3bcf48758 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/link/unlink.js
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/link/unlink.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  */
 
 import {flatMap, values, difference} from 'lodash';
-import type {ContextT} from '../../tools/types.flow';
+import type {ConfigT} from '../../tools/config/types.flow';
 import dedent from 'dedent';
 import {logger} from '@react-native-community/cli-tools';
 import promiseWaterfall from './promiseWaterfall';
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ const unlinkDependency = (
  * If optional argument [packageName] is provided, it's the only one
  * that's checked
  */
-function unlink(args: Array<string>, ctx: ContextT) {
+function unlink(args: Array<string>, ctx: ConfigT) {
   const packageName = args[0];
 
   const {[packageName]: dependency, ...otherDependencies} = ctx.dependencies;
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/runAndroid/runAndroid.js b/packages/cli/src/commands/runAndroid/runAndroid.js
index ac5577ffa..9fc40a551 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/runAndroid/runAndroid.js
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/runAndroid/runAndroid.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import fs from 'fs';
 import isString from 'lodash/isString';
 
 import isPackagerRunning from '../../tools/isPackagerRunning';
-import type {ContextT} from '../../tools/types.flow';
+import type {ConfigT} from '../../tools/config/types.flow';
 
 import adb from './adb';
 import runOnAllDevices from './runOnAllDevices';
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ function checkAndroid(root) {
 /**
  * Starts the app on a connected Android emulator or device.
  */
-function runAndroid(argv: Array<string>, ctx: ContextT, args: Object) {
+function runAndroid(argv: Array<string>, ctx: ConfigT, args: Object) {
   if (!checkAndroid(args.root)) {
     logger.error(
       'Android project not found. Are you sure this is a React Native project?',
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/runIOS/runIOS.js b/packages/cli/src/commands/runIOS/runIOS.js
index 20e968e1a..898b6697e 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/runIOS/runIOS.js
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/runIOS/runIOS.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 import child_process from 'child_process';
 import fs from 'fs';
 import path from 'path';
-import type {ContextT} from '../../tools/types.flow';
+import type {ConfigT} from '../../tools/config/types.flow';
 import findXcodeProject from './findXcodeProject';
 import parseIOSDevicesList from './parseIOSDevicesList';
 import findMatchingSimulator from './findMatchingSimulator';
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ type FlagsT = {
   port: number,
 };
 
-function runIOS(_: Array<string>, ctx: ContextT, args: FlagsT) {
+function runIOS(_: Array<string>, ctx: ConfigT, args: FlagsT) {
   if (!fs.existsSync(args.projectPath)) {
     throw new Error(
       'iOS project folder not found. Are you sure this is a React Native project?',
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/server/runServer.js b/packages/cli/src/commands/server/runServer.js
index 8b20376c1..586fb4274 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/server/runServer.js
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/server/runServer.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import {Terminal} from 'metro-core';
 
 import morgan from 'morgan';
 import path from 'path';
-import type {ContextT} from '../../tools/types.flow';
+import type {ConfigT} from '../../tools/config/types.flow';
 import messageSocket from './messageSocket';
 import webSocketProxy from './webSocketProxy';
 import MiddlewareManager from './middleware/MiddlewareManager';
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export type Args = {|
   config?: string,
 |};
 
-async function runServer(argv: Array<string>, ctx: ContextT, args: Args) {
+async function runServer(argv: Array<string>, ctx: ConfigT, args: Args) {
   const terminal = new Terminal(process.stdout);
   const ReporterImpl = getReporterImpl(args.customLogReporterPath || null);
   const reporter = new ReporterImpl(terminal);
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/upgrade/legacyUpgrade.js b/packages/cli/src/commands/upgrade/legacyUpgrade.js
index ccb93eef7..a416d5098 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/upgrade/legacyUpgrade.js
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/upgrade/legacyUpgrade.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 import fs from 'fs';
 import path from 'path';
 import semver from 'semver';
-import type {ContextT} from '../../tools/types.flow';
+import type {ConfigT} from '../../tools/config/types.flow';
 import {logger} from '@react-native-community/cli-tools';
 import copyProjectTemplateAndReplace from '../../tools/generator/copyProjectTemplateAndReplace';
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import copyProjectTemplateAndReplace from '../../tools/generator/copyProjectTemp
  * Migrate application to a new version of React Native.
  * See http://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/upgrading.html
  */
-function validateAndUpgrade(argv: Array<string>, ctx: ContextT) {
+function validateAndUpgrade(argv: Array<string>, ctx: ConfigT) {
   const projectDir = ctx.root;
 
   const packageJSON = JSON.parse(
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/upgrade/upgrade.js b/packages/cli/src/commands/upgrade/upgrade.js
index 816e6cdd0..f7c4f9056 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/upgrade/upgrade.js
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/upgrade/upgrade.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import fs from 'fs';
 import chalk from 'chalk';
 import semver from 'semver';
 import execa from 'execa';
-import type {ContextT} from '../../tools/types.flow';
+import type {ConfigT} from '../../tools/config/types.flow';
 import {logger} from '@react-native-community/cli-tools';
 import * as PackageManager from '../../tools/packageManager';
 import {fetch} from '../../tools/fetch';
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ const applyPatch = async (
 /**
  * Upgrade application to a new version of React Native.
  */
-async function upgrade(argv: Array<string>, ctx: ContextT, args: FlagsT) {
+async function upgrade(argv: Array<string>, ctx: ConfigT, args: FlagsT) {
   if (args.legacy) {
     return legacyUpgrade.func(argv, ctx);
   }
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/tools/config/__tests__/__snapshots__/index-test.js.snap b/packages/cli/src/tools/config/__tests__/__snapshots__/index-test.js.snap
index 3fc391a4b..e2389afcb 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/tools/config/__tests__/__snapshots__/index-test.js.snap
+++ b/packages/cli/src/tools/config/__tests__/__snapshots__/index-test.js.snap
@@ -1,5 +1,62 @@
 // Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
 
+exports[`should automatically put "react-native" into haste config 1`] = `
+Object {
+  "platforms": Array [
+    "ios",
+    "android",
+  ],
+  "providesModuleNodeModules": Array [
+    "react-native",
+  ],
+}
+`;
+
+exports[`should have a valid structure by default 1`] = `
+Object {
+  "assets": Array [],
+  "commands": Array [],
+  "dependencies": Object {},
+  "haste": Object {
+    "platforms": Array [],
+    "providesModuleNodeModules": Array [],
+  },
+  "platforms": Object {},
+  "project": Object {},
+  "reactNativePath": ".",
+  "root": "<<REPLACED>>",
+}
+`;
+
+exports[`should load an out-of-tree "windows" platform that ships with a dependency 1`] = `
+Object {
+  "haste": Object {
+    "platforms": Array [
+      "windows",
+    ],
+    "providesModuleNodeModules": Array [
+      "react-native-windows",
+    ],
+  },
+  "platforms": Object {
+    "windows": Object {},
+  },
+}
+`;
+
+exports[`should load commands from "react-native-foo" and "react-native-bar" packages 1`] = `
+Array [
+  Object {
+    "func": [Function],
+    "name": "foo-command",
+  },
+  Object {
+    "func": [Function],
+    "name": "bar-command",
+  },
+]
+`;
+
 exports[`should merge project configuration with default values 1`] = `
 Object {
   "assets": Array [],
@@ -61,45 +118,6 @@ Object {
 }
 `;
 
-exports[`should have a valid structure by default 1`] = `
-Object {
-  "assets": Array [],
-  "commands": Array [],
-  "dependencies": Object {},
-  "haste": Object {
-    "platforms": Array [],
-    "providesModuleNodeModules": Array [],
-  },
-  "platforms": Object {},
-  "project": Object {},
-  "reactNativePath": ".",
-  "root": "<<REPLACED>>",
-}
-`;
-
-exports[`should load an out-of-tree "windows" platform that ships with a dependency 1`] = `
-Object {
-  "haste": Object {
-    "platforms": Array [
-      "windows",
-    ],
-    "providesModuleNodeModules": Array [
-      "react-native-windows",
-    ],
-  },
-  "platforms": Object {
-    "windows": Object {},
-  },
-}
-`;
-
-exports[`should load commands from "react-native-foo" and "react-native-bar" packages 1`] = `
-Array [
-  "react-native-foo/command-foo.js",
-  "react-native-bar/command-bar.js",
-]
-`;
-
 exports[`should read \`rnpm\` config from a dependency and transform it to a new format 1`] = `
 Object {
   "assets": Array [],
@@ -183,15 +201,3 @@ Object {
   },
 }
 `;
-
-exports[`should automatically put "react-native" into haste config 1`] = `
-Object {
-  "platforms": Array [
-    "ios",
-    "android",
-  ],
-  "providesModuleNodeModules": Array [
-    "react-native",
-  ],
-}
-`;
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/tools/config/__tests__/index-test.js b/packages/cli/src/tools/config/__tests__/index-test.js
index a12f6464e..bb917ce9c 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/tools/config/__tests__/index-test.js
+++ b/packages/cli/src/tools/config/__tests__/index-test.js
@@ -47,9 +47,6 @@ test('should return dependencies from package.json', () => {
       "dependencies": {
         "react-native": "0.0.1",
         "react-native-test": "0.0.1"
-      },
-      "react-native": {
-        "reactNativePath": "."
       }
     }`,
   });
@@ -75,9 +72,6 @@ test('should read a config of a dependency and use it to load other settings', (
       "dependencies": {
         "react-native": "0.0.1",
         "react-native-test": "0.0.1"
-      },
-      "react-native": {
-        "reactNativePath": "."
       }
     }`,
   });
@@ -138,9 +132,6 @@ test('should read `rnpm` config from a dependency and transform it to a new form
       "dependencies": {
         "react-native": "0.0.1",
         "react-native-foo": "0.0.1"
-      },
-      "react-native": {
-        "reactNativePath": "."
       }
     }`,
   });
@@ -150,32 +141,33 @@ test('should read `rnpm` config from a dependency and transform it to a new form
 
 test('should load commands from "react-native-foo" and "react-native-bar" packages', () => {
   writeFiles(DIR, {
-    'node_modules/react-native-foo/package.json': `{
-      "react-native": {
-        "commands": [
-          "./command-foo.js"
-        ]
-      }
+    'node_modules/react-native-foo/package.json': '{}',
+    'node_modules/react-native-foo/react-native.config.js': `module.exports = {
+      commands: [
+        {
+          name: 'foo-command',
+          func: () => console.log('foo')
+        }
+      ]
     }`,
-    'node_modules/react-native-bar/package.json': `{
-      "react-native": {
-        "commands": [
-          "./command-bar.js"
-        ]
-      }
+    'node_modules/react-native-bar/package.json': '{}',
+    'node_modules/react-native-bar/react-native.config.js': `module.exports = {
+      commands: [
+        {
+          name: 'bar-command',
+          func: () => console.log('bar')
+        }
+      ]
     }`,
     'package.json': `{
       "dependencies": {
         "react-native-foo": "0.0.1",
         "react-native-bar": "0.0.1"
-      },
-      "react-native": {
-        "reactNativePath": "."
       }
     }`,
   });
   const {commands} = loadConfig(DIR);
-  expect(removeString(commands, DIR)).toMatchSnapshot();
+  expect(commands).toMatchSnapshot();
 });
 
 test('should load an out-of-tree "windows" platform that ships with a dependency', () => {
@@ -183,6 +175,9 @@ test('should load an out-of-tree "windows" platform that ships with a dependency
     'node_modules/react-native-windows/platform.js': `
       module.exports = {"windows": {}};
     `,
+    'node_modules/react-native-windows/plugin.js': `
+      module.exports = [];
+    `,
     'node_modules/react-native-windows/package.json': `{
       "name": "react-native-windows",
       "rnpm": {
@@ -201,9 +196,6 @@ test('should load an out-of-tree "windows" platform that ships with a dependency
     'package.json': `{
       "dependencies": {
         "react-native-windows": "0.0.1"
-      },
-      "react-native": {
-        "reactNativePath": "."
       }
     }`,
   });
@@ -217,9 +209,6 @@ test('should automatically put "react-native" into haste config', () => {
     'package.json': `{
       "dependencies": {
         "react-native": "0.0.1"
-      },
-      "react-native": {
-        "reactNativePath": "."
       }
     }`,
   });
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/tools/config/index.js b/packages/cli/src/tools/config/index.js
index 03df4add4..aa903cea7 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/tools/config/index.js
+++ b/packages/cli/src/tools/config/index.js
@@ -83,11 +83,7 @@ function loadConfig(projectRoot: string = process.cwd()): ConfigT {
             );
           },
         }),
-        commands: acc.commands.concat(
-          config.commands.map(pathToCommand =>
-            path.join(dependencyName, pathToCommand),
-          ),
-        ),
+        commands: [...acc.commands, ...config.commands],
         platforms: {
           ...acc.platforms,
           ...config.platforms,
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/tools/config/readConfigFromDisk.js b/packages/cli/src/tools/config/readConfigFromDisk.js
index edc86091d..fda58d138 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/tools/config/readConfigFromDisk.js
+++ b/packages/cli/src/tools/config/readConfigFromDisk.js
@@ -7,11 +7,16 @@ import Joi from 'joi';
 import cosmiconfig from 'cosmiconfig';
 import path from 'path';
 
-import {type UserDependencyConfigT, type UserConfigT} from './types.flow';
+import {
+  type UserDependencyConfigT,
+  type UserConfigT,
+  type CommandT,
+} from './types.flow';
 
 import {JoiError} from '../errors';
 
 import * as schema from './schema';
+
 import {logger} from '@react-native-community/cli-tools';
 
 /**
@@ -60,6 +65,27 @@ export function readDependencyConfigFromDisk(
   return result.value;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Returns an array of commands that are defined in the project.
+ *
+ * `config.project` can be either an array of paths or a single string.
+ * Each of the files can export a commands (object) or an array of commands
+ */
+const loadProjectCommands = (
+  root,
+  commands: ?(Array<string> | string),
+): Array<CommandT> => {
+  return []
+    .concat(commands || [])
+    .reduce((acc: Array<CommandT>, cmdPath: string) => {
+      const cmds: Array<CommandT> | CommandT = require(path.join(
+        root,
+        cmdPath,
+      ));
+      return acc.concat(cmds);
+    }, []);
+};
+
 /**
  * Reads a legacy configuaration from a `package.json` "rnpm" key.
  */
@@ -82,7 +108,7 @@ export function readLegacyDependencyConfigFromDisk(
       hooks: config.commands,
       params: config.params,
     },
-    commands: [].concat(config.plugin || []),
+    commands: loadProjectCommands(rootFolder, config.plugin),
     platforms: config.platform
       ? require(path.join(rootFolder, config.platform))
       : undefined,
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/tools/config/schema.js b/packages/cli/src/tools/config/schema.js
index 067395c52..094c4e335 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/tools/config/schema.js
+++ b/packages/cli/src/tools/config/schema.js
@@ -9,6 +9,30 @@ const map = (key, value) =>
     .unknown(true)
     .pattern(key, value);
 
+/**
+ * Schema for CommandT
+ */
+const command = t.object({
+  name: t.string().required(),
+  description: t.string(),
+  usage: t.string(),
+  func: t.func().required(),
+  options: t.array().items(
+    t.object({
+      command: t.string().required(),
+      description: t.string(),
+      parse: t.func(),
+      default: t.alternatives().try([t.bool(), t.number(), t.string()]),
+    }),
+  ),
+  examples: t.array().items(
+    t.object({
+      desc: t.string().required(),
+      cmd: t.string().required(),
+    }),
+  ),
+});
+
 /**
  * Schema for UserDependencyConfigT
  */
@@ -62,7 +86,7 @@ export const dependencyConfig = t
     ).default(),
     commands: t
       .array()
-      .items(t.string())
+      .items(command)
       .default([]),
   })
   .default();
@@ -142,7 +166,7 @@ export const projectConfig = t
       .default([]),
     commands: t
       .array()
-      .items(t.string())
+      .items(command)
       .default([]),
   })
   .default();
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/tools/config/types.flow.js b/packages/cli/src/tools/config/types.flow.js
index 9e038d86b..93d6725c7 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/tools/config/types.flow.js
+++ b/packages/cli/src/tools/config/types.flow.js
@@ -1,6 +1,22 @@
 /**
  * @flow
  */
+export type CommandT = {
+  name: string,
+  description?: string,
+  usage?: string,
+  func: (argv: Array<string>, ctx: ConfigT, args: Object) => ?Promise<void>,
+  options?: Array<{
+    command: string,
+    description?: string,
+    parse?: (val: string) => any,
+    default?: string | boolean | number,
+  }>,
+  examples?: Array<{
+    desc: string,
+    cmd: string,
+  }>,
+};
 
 /**
  * Opaque type that describes the Inquirer question format. Not typed, since we just
@@ -122,7 +138,7 @@ export type ConfigT = {|
   },
 
   // An array of commands that are present in 3rd party packages
-  commands: string[],
+  commands: CommandT[],
 
   // Haste configuration resolved based on available plugins
   haste: {
@@ -159,7 +175,7 @@ export type UserDependencyConfigT = {
   },
 
   // An array of commands that ship with the dependency
-  commands: string[],
+  commands: CommandT[],
 
   // An array of extra platforms to load
   platforms: {
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/tools/loadMetroConfig.js b/packages/cli/src/tools/loadMetroConfig.js
index 8a380f0d9..14c4c5b18 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/tools/loadMetroConfig.js
+++ b/packages/cli/src/tools/loadMetroConfig.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import path from 'path';
 import {createBlacklist} from 'metro';
 import {loadConfig} from 'metro-config';
-import {type ContextT} from './types.flow';
+import {type ConfigT} from './config/types.flow';
 import findSymlinkedModules from './findSymlinkedModules';
 
 const resolveSymlinksForRoots = roots =>
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ const getBlacklistRE = () => createBlacklist([/.*\/__fixtures__\/.*/]);
  * @todo(grabbou): As a separate PR, haste.platforms should be added before "native".
  * Otherwise, a.native.js will not load on Windows or other platforms
  */
-export const getDefaultConfig = (ctx: ContextT) => {
+export const getDefaultConfig = (ctx: ConfigT) => {
   return {
     resolver: {
       resolverMainFields: ['react-native', 'browser', 'main'],
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ export type ConfigOptionsT = {|
  *
  * This allows the CLI to always overwrite the file settings.
  */
-export default function load(ctx: ContextT, options?: ConfigOptionsT) {
+export default function load(ctx: ConfigT, options?: ConfigOptionsT) {
   const defaultConfig = getDefaultConfig(ctx);
 
   return loadConfig({cwd: ctx.root, ...options}, defaultConfig);
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/tools/types.flow.js b/packages/cli/src/tools/types.flow.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 5926e655c..000000000
--- a/packages/cli/src/tools/types.flow.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * @flow
- */
-
-import {type ConfigT} from './config/types.flow';
-
-export type ContextT = ConfigT;
-
-export type LocalCommandT = {
-  name: string,
-  description?: string,
-  usage?: string,
-  func: (argv: Array<string>, ctx: ContextT, args: Object) => ?Promise<void>,
-  options?: Array<{
-    command: string,
-    description?: string,
-    parse?: (val: string) => any,
-    default?: string | boolean | number,
-  }>,
-  examples?: Array<{
-    desc: string,
-    cmd: string,
-  }>,
-};
-
-type Package = {
-  version: string,
-  name: string,
-};
-
-/**
- * User can define command either as an object (RequiredCommandT) or
- * as an array of commands (Array<RequiredCommandT>).
- */
-export type ProjectCommandT = LocalCommandT & {
-  pkg: Package,
-};
-
-/**
- * Main type. Can be either local or a project command.
- */
-export type CommandT = LocalCommandT | ProjectCommandT;