diff --git a/packages/cli-types/package.json b/packages/cli-types/package.json
index 6a9a1ec18..c0824de49 100644
--- a/packages/cli-types/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli-types/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@react-native-community/cli-types",
-  "version": "2.8.3",
+  "version": "3.0.0-alpha.2",
   "main": "build",
   "types": "build/index.d.ts",
   "license": "MIT"
diff --git a/packages/cli/package.json b/packages/cli/package.json
index 4d1ed5ece..ad3ad1271 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
     "@react-native-community/cli-platform-android": "^3.0.0-alpha.2",
     "@react-native-community/cli-platform-ios": "^3.0.0-alpha.2",
     "@react-native-community/cli-tools": "^2.8.3",
+    "@react-native-community/cli-types": "^3.0.0-alpha.2",
     "chalk": "^2.4.2",
     "command-exists": "^1.2.8",
     "commander": "^2.19.0",
diff --git a/packages/cli/tsconfig.json b/packages/cli/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d40532b4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cli/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../../tsconfig.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "rootDir": "src",
+    "outDir": "build"
+  },
+  "references": [
+    {"path": "../tools"},
+    {"path": "../cli-types"},
+    {"path": "../platform-ios"},
+    {"path": "../platform-android"}
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/packages/platform-android/package.json b/packages/platform-android/package.json
index 4c037299a..f8a1a58bb 100644
--- a/packages/platform-android/package.json
+++ b/packages/platform-android/package.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     "native_modules.gradle"
   ],
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@react-native-community/cli-types": "^2.8.3",
+    "@react-native-community/cli-types": "^3.0.0-alpha.2",
     "@types/execa": "^0.9.0",
     "@types/fs-extra": "^8.0.0",
     "@types/glob": "^7.1.1",
diff --git a/packages/platform-ios/package.json b/packages/platform-ios/package.json
index 09d2bd0dd..ec2ccf01e 100644
--- a/packages/platform-ios/package.json
+++ b/packages/platform-ios/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "xcode": "^2.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@react-native-community/cli-types": "^2.8.3",
+    "@react-native-community/cli-types": "^3.0.0-alpha.2",
     "@types/plist": "^3.0.2"
   },
   "files": [