diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 5c5300dc08..9e8e14a713 100644
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ cd server
 npm run generate
 cd ..
 
+echo "running \`npm run build\` for \`config\`"
+cd config
+npm run build
+cd ..
+
 echo "running \`npm run build\` for \`common\`"
 cd common
 npm run build
diff --git a/client/package-lock.json b/client/package-lock.json
index 6929ed2154..33243d4f13 100644
--- a/client/package-lock.json
+++ b/client/package-lock.json
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
         "convict-format-with-validator": "^6.2.0",
         "cookie": "^0.4.1",
         "coral-common": "../common/dist",
+        "coral-config": "../config/dist",
         "cors": "^2.8.5",
         "cron": "^1.8.2",
         "csv-stringify": "^5.3.6",
@@ -356,6 +357,7 @@
       }
     },
     "../common/dist": {},
+    "../config/dist": {},
     "node_modules/@ampproject/toolbox-cache-url": {
       "version": "2.9.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@ampproject/toolbox-cache-url/-/toolbox-cache-url-2.9.0.tgz",
@@ -15288,6 +15290,10 @@
       "resolved": "../common/dist",
       "link": true
     },
+    "node_modules/coral-config": {
+      "resolved": "../config/dist",
+      "link": true
+    },
     "node_modules/core-js": {
       "version": "3.6.4",
       "hasInstallScript": true,
@@ -60709,6 +60715,9 @@
     "coral-common": {
       "version": "file:../common/dist"
     },
+    "coral-config": {
+      "version": "file:../config/dist"
+    },
     "core-js": {
       "version": "3.6.4"
     },
diff --git a/client/package.json b/client/package.json
index f1d7906fd3..5c172d4167 100644
--- a/client/package.json
+++ b/client/package.json
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "dependencies": {
     "coral-common": "../common/dist",
+    "coral-config": "../config/dist",
     "@ampproject/toolbox-cache-url": "^2.9.0",
     "@coralproject/bunyan-prettystream": "^0.1.4",
     "@fluent/bundle": "^0.15.1",
@@ -450,7 +451,7 @@
   "bundlesize": [
     {
       "path": "./dist/static/assets/js/embed.js",
-      "maxSize": "30 kB",
+      "maxSize": "30.05 kB",
       "maxSizeOld": "17 kB"
     },
     {
diff --git a/client/src/core/client/embed/Coral.ts b/client/src/core/client/embed/Coral.ts
index 712ae276fb..5647c4dda5 100644
--- a/client/src/core/client/embed/Coral.ts
+++ b/client/src/core/client/embed/Coral.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { EventEmitter2 } from "eventemitter2";
+import { parse } from "querystringify";
 
-import { parseQuery } from "coral-common/common/lib/utils";
 import { getCurrentScriptOrigin } from "coral-framework/helpers";
 import resolveStoryURL from "coral-framework/helpers/resolveStoryURL";
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export interface Config {
 
 export function createStreamEmbed(config: Config): StreamEmbed {
   // Parse query params
-  const query = parseQuery(location.search);
+  const query = parse(location.search);
   const embedEventEmitter = new EventEmitter2({
     wildcard: true,
     delimiter: ".",
diff --git a/client/src/core/client/embed/StreamEmbed.ts b/client/src/core/client/embed/StreamEmbed.ts
index e55088a229..3beeef82c5 100644
--- a/client/src/core/client/embed/StreamEmbed.ts
+++ b/client/src/core/client/embed/StreamEmbed.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-import { EmbedBootstrapConfig } from "coral-common/common/lib/config";
-import ensureEndSlash from "coral-common/common/lib/utils/ensureEndSlash";
+import { EmbedBootstrapConfig } from "coral-config/config";
 import { getBrowserInfo } from "coral-framework/lib/browserInfo";
 import { EventEmitter2 } from "eventemitter2";
 
@@ -31,6 +30,12 @@ const LOAD_BOOTSTRAP_RETRY_DELAY = 2000;
 const LOAD_BOOTSTRAP_RETRY_DELAY_MULTIPLIER =
   process.env.NODE_ENV === "production" ? 2000 : 0;
 
+const END_SLASH_REGEX = /\/$/;
+
+export default function ensureEndSlash(p: string) {
+  return END_SLASH_REGEX.exec(p) ? p : `${p}/`;
+}
+
 export interface StreamEmbedConfig {
   storyID?: string;
   storyURL?: string;
@@ -51,6 +56,7 @@ export interface StreamEmbedConfig {
   graphQLSubscriptionURI?: string;
   customScrollContainer?: HTMLElement;
 }
+
 export class StreamEmbed {
   /**
    * Every interval rounded to this value in ms will be passed when loading
diff --git a/client/src/core/client/embed/decorators/withEventEmitter.ts b/client/src/core/client/embed/decorators/withEventEmitter.ts
index a6303e749d..699e670c5a 100644
--- a/client/src/core/client/embed/decorators/withEventEmitter.ts
+++ b/client/src/core/client/embed/decorators/withEventEmitter.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import { EventEmitter2 } from "eventemitter2";
 
-import startsWith from "coral-common/common/lib/utils/startsWith";
+/** A substitute for string.startsWith */
+function startsWith(str: string, search: string, pos?: number) {
+  return str.substr(!pos || pos < 0 ? 0 : +pos, search.length) === search;
+}
 
 const withEventEmitter = (
   streamEventEmitter: EventEmitter2,
diff --git a/client/src/core/client/embed/decorators/withSetCommentID.ts b/client/src/core/client/embed/decorators/withSetCommentID.ts
index cbaa376ca2..2e3bcb8e1e 100644
--- a/client/src/core/client/embed/decorators/withSetCommentID.ts
+++ b/client/src/core/client/embed/decorators/withSetCommentID.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,37 @@
 import { EventEmitter2 } from "eventemitter2";
+import qs, { parse } from "querystringify";
 
-import { parseQuery, stringifyQuery } from "coral-common/common/lib/utils";
 import { buildURL } from "coral-framework/utils";
 
 import { CleanupCallback } from "./types";
 
+/**
+ * From the `querystringify` project:
+ * This transforms a given object in to a query string.
+ * By default we return the query string without a ? prefix.
+ * If you want to prefix it by default simply supply true as second argument.
+ * If it should be prefixed by something else simply supply a string with the
+ * prefix value as second argument.
+ *
+ * In addition keys that have an undefined value are removed from the query.
+ */
+function stringifyQuery(
+  obj: Record<string, any>,
+  prefix?: string | boolean
+): string {
+  const copy: Record<string, any> = {};
+  Object.keys(obj).forEach((key) => {
+    if (obj[key] === undefined) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    copy[key] = obj[key];
+  });
+  return qs.stringify(copy, prefix);
+}
+
 function getCurrentCommentID() {
-  return parseQuery(location.search).commentID;
+  return parse(location.search).commentID;
 }
 
 const withSetCommentID = (
@@ -15,7 +40,7 @@ const withSetCommentID = (
   // Add the permalink comment id to the query.
   streamEventEmitter.on("stream.setCommentID", (id: string) => {
     const search = stringifyQuery({
-      ...parseQuery(location.search),
+      ...parse(location.search),
       commentID: id || undefined,
     });
 
diff --git a/common/lib/config.ts b/common/lib/config.ts
index 8b8d74c011..d368bf4e23 100644
--- a/common/lib/config.ts
+++ b/common/lib/config.ts
@@ -1,91 +1,14 @@
-import { LanguageCode } from "./helpers";
+import {
+  EmbedBootstrapConfig as EBC,
+  ReporterConfig as RC,
+  SentryReporterConfig as SRC,
+  StaticConfig as SC,
+} from "coral-config/config";
 
-/**
- * SentryReporterConfig is the ReporterConfig for the Sentry service.
- */
-export interface SentryReporterConfig {
-  name: "sentry";
+export interface SentryReporterConfig extends SRC {}
 
-  /**
-   * dsn is the string representing this particular integration.
-   */
-  dsn: string;
-}
+export type ReporterConfig = RC;
 
-export type ReporterConfig = SentryReporterConfig;
+export interface StaticConfig extends SC {}
 
-/**
- * StaticConfig is the configuration provided to the client javascript via a
- * JSON blob on the HTML of the embedding page.
- */
-export interface StaticConfig {
-  /**
-   * staticURI is prepended to the static url's that are included on the static
-   * pages.
-   */
-  staticURI: string;
-
-  /**
-   * tenantDomain is the domain of the currently requested tenant.
-   */
-  tenantDomain?: string;
-
-  /**
-   * reporter stores the reporter configuration for the current reporter
-   * available.
-   */
-  reporter?: ReporterConfig;
-
-  /**
-   * graphQLSubscriptionURI is the endpoint that should be used when trying to
-   * execute subscription GraphQL requests. If an empty string, the default
-   * should be used that's based on the iFrame location.
-   */
-  graphQLSubscriptionURI: string;
-
-  /**
-   * featureFlags are all the feature flags currently enabled on the tenant.
-   */
-  featureFlags: string[];
-
-  /**
-   * flattenReplies is whether or not flattenReplies is enabled on the tenant.
-   */
-  flattenReplies: boolean;
-
-  /**
-   * forceAdminLocalAuth is whether local authentication is always available
-   * for this Coral deployment. This is useful for ensuring that Coral service
-   * teams can access the admin with their Coral local authentication.
-   */
-  forceAdminLocalAuth: boolean;
-
-  /**
-   * archivingEnabled will be true when the deployment has set a valid MongoDB
-   * URI for MONGODB_ARCHIVE_URI.
-   */
-  archivingEnabled: boolean;
-
-  /**
-   * autoArchiveOlderThanMs is the time in milliseconds that a story will
-   * be kept before being auto-archived.
-   */
-  autoArchiveOlderThanMs: number;
-}
-
-export interface EmbedBootstrapConfig {
-  locale: LanguageCode;
-  assets: {
-    js: {
-      src: string;
-    }[];
-    css: {
-      src: string;
-    }[];
-  };
-  customFontsCSSURL: string | undefined;
-  customCSSURL: string | undefined;
-  defaultFontsCSSURL: string | undefined;
-  disableDefaultFonts: boolean;
-  staticConfig: StaticConfig;
-}
+export interface EmbedBootstrapConfig extends EBC {}
diff --git a/common/lib/helpers/i18n/locales.ts b/common/lib/helpers/i18n/locales.ts
index ac78656d53..383be8a2b1 100644
--- a/common/lib/helpers/i18n/locales.ts
+++ b/common/lib/helpers/i18n/locales.ts
@@ -1,31 +1,10 @@
+import { LanguageCode as LC } from "coral-config/i18n/locales";
+
 /**
  * LanguageCode is the type represented by the internally identifiable types for
  * the different languages that can be supported in the BCP 47 format.
  */
-export type LanguageCode =
-  | "af-ZA"
-  | "ar-AE"
-  | "en-US"
-  | "pt-BR"
-  | "es"
-  | "de"
-  | "tr-TR"
-  | "hu"
-  | "id-ID"
-  | "it-IT"
-  | "ja-JP"
-  | "de-CH"
-  | "nl-NL"
-  | "da"
-  | "fr-FR"
-  | "ro"
-  | "fi-FI"
-  | "sv"
-  | "sk-SK"
-  | "pl"
-  | "ru"
-  | "nb-NO"
-  | "zh-CN";
+export type LanguageCode = LC;
 
 /**
  * LOCALES_MAP contains a map of language codes associated with their
diff --git a/common/package-lock.json b/common/package-lock.json
index 89b32c4c2c..1924bda431 100644
--- a/common/package-lock.json
+++ b/common/package-lock.json
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
       "version": "8.3.1",
       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
+        "coral-config": "../config/dist",
         "dompurify": "^2.0.17",
         "he": "^1.2.0",
         "jest": "^26.4.2",
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@
         "@types/url-regex-safe": "^1.0.0"
       }
     },
+    "../config/dist": {},
     "node_modules/@ampproject/remapping": {
       "version": "2.2.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@ampproject/remapping/-/remapping-2.2.1.tgz",
@@ -2050,6 +2052,10 @@
         "node": ">=0.10.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/coral-config": {
+      "resolved": "../config/dist",
+      "link": true
+    },
     "node_modules/core-js-pure": {
       "version": "3.31.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/core-js-pure/-/core-js-pure-3.31.1.tgz",
@@ -8697,6 +8703,9 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/copy-descriptor/-/copy-descriptor-0.1.1.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-XgZ0pFcakEUlbwQEVNg3+QAis1FyTL3Qel9FYy8pSkQqoG3PNoT0bOCQtOXcOkur21r2Eq2kI+IE+gsmAEVlYw=="
     },
+    "coral-config": {
+      "version": "file:../config/dist"
+    },
     "core-js-pure": {
       "version": "3.31.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/core-js-pure/-/core-js-pure-3.31.1.tgz",
diff --git a/common/package.json b/common/package.json
index 07ad2d8fc4..73cda7aa06 100644
--- a/common/package.json
+++ b/common/package.json
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
     "@types/url-regex-safe": "^1.0.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "coral-config": "../config/dist",
     "dompurify": "^2.0.17",
     "he": "^1.2.0",
     "jest": "^26.4.2",
diff --git a/config/.eslintignore b/config/.eslintignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cbd0d05e38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/.eslintignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+*.d.ts
+*.graphql.ts
+**/__generated__/**
+docs/build
+docs/.docusaurus
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/.eslintrc.js b/config/.eslintrc.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b2acd8fcca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/.eslintrc.js
@@ -0,0 +1,279 @@
+const typescriptEslintRecommended =
+  require("@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin/dist/configs/eslint-recommended")
+    .overrides[0];
+const typescriptRecommended = require("@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin/dist/configs/recommended.js");
+const typescriptRecommendedTypeChecking = require("@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin/dist/configs/recommended-requiring-type-checking.js");
+const typescriptEslintPrettier = require("eslint-config-prettier/@typescript-eslint");
+const react = require("eslint-plugin-react").configs.recommended;
+const jsxA11y = require("eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y").configs.recommended;
+const reactPrettier = require("eslint-config-prettier/react");
+
+const typescriptOverrides = {
+  files: ["*.ts", "*.tsx"],
+  parser: "@typescript-eslint/parser",
+  parserOptions: {
+    sourceType: "module",
+    ecmaFeatures: {
+      jsx: true,
+    },
+  },
+  plugins: [
+    "@typescript-eslint",
+    "@typescript-eslint/tslint",
+    "react",
+    "jsx-a11y",
+    "react-hooks",
+  ],
+  settings: {
+    react: {
+      version: "detect",
+    },
+  },
+  rules: Object.assign(
+    typescriptEslintRecommended.rules,
+    typescriptRecommended.rules,
+    typescriptEslintPrettier.rules,
+    react.rules,
+    jsxA11y.rules,
+    reactPrettier.rules,
+    {
+      // TODO: (cvle) make this an error
+      "react-hooks/exhaustive-deps": "warn",
+      "@typescript-eslint/adjacent-overload-signatures": "error",
+      // TODO: (cvle) change `readonly` param to `array-simple` when upgraded typescript.
+      "@typescript-eslint/array-type": [
+        "error",
+        { default: "array-simple", readonly: "generic" },
+      ],
+      "@typescript-eslint/ban-types": [
+        "error",
+        {
+          types: {
+            "{}": false,
+            object: false,
+            extendDefaults: true,
+          },
+        },
+      ],
+      "@typescript-eslint/camelcase": "off",
+      "@typescript-eslint/consistent-type-assertions": "error",
+      "@typescript-eslint/consistent-type-definitions": "error",
+      "@typescript-eslint/explicit-function-return-type": "off",
+      "@typescript-eslint/explicit-module-boundary-types": "off",
+      "@typescript-eslint/explicit-member-accessibility": [
+        "error",
+        {
+          overrides: {
+            constructors: "off",
+          },
+        },
+      ],
+      "@typescript-eslint/indent": "off",
+      "@typescript-eslint/member-delimiter-style": "off",
+      "@typescript-eslint/no-empty-function": "off",
+      "@typescript-eslint/no-empty-interface": "error",
+      "@typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any": "off",
+      "@typescript-eslint/no-misused-new": "error",
+      "@typescript-eslint/no-namespace": "error",
+      "@typescript-eslint/no-non-null-assertion": "off",
+      "@typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars": [
+        "error",
+        { args: "none", ignoreRestSiblings: true },
+      ],
+      "@typescript-eslint/no-use-before-define": "off", // TODO: (cvle) Should be on?
+      "@typescript-eslint/no-use-before-declare": "off",
+      "@typescript-eslint/no-var-requires": "error",
+      "@typescript-eslint/prefer-for-of": "error",
+      "@typescript-eslint/prefer-function-type": "error",
+      "@typescript-eslint/prefer-namespace-keyword": "error",
+      "@typescript-eslint/triple-slash-reference": "error",
+      "@typescript-eslint/type-annotation-spacing": "off",
+      "@typescript-eslint/unified-signatures": "error",
+      // (cvle) disabled, because the way we use labels in our code cause to many
+      // false positives.
+      "jsx-a11y/label-has-associated-control": "off",
+      "react/display-name": "error",
+      "react/prop-types": "off",
+      "react/no-unescaped-entities": "off",
+      "no-empty-function": "off",
+      // (tessalt) disabled because video elements are only used to display gifs, which have no audio
+      "jsx-a11y/media-has-caption": "off",
+    }
+  ),
+};
+
+const jestTypeCheckingOverrides = {
+  files: ["test/**/*.ts", "test/**/*.tsx"],
+  rules: {
+    "@typescript-eslint/no-floating-promises": "off",
+  },
+};
+
+const typescriptTypeCheckingOverrides = {
+  files: ["*.ts", "*.tsx"],
+  parserOptions: {
+    project: [
+      "./tsconfig.json",
+      "./src/tsconfig.json",
+      "./src/core/client/tsconfig.json",
+    ],
+    // TODO: (cvle) this is a workaround, see: https://github.com/typescript-eslint/typescript-eslint/issues/1091.
+    createDefaultProgram: true,
+  },
+  rules: Object.assign(typescriptRecommendedTypeChecking.rules, {
+    "@typescript-eslint/tslint/config": [
+      "error",
+      {
+        rules: {
+          "ordered-imports": {
+            options: {
+              // Legacy sorting until this is fixed: https://github.com/SoominHan/import-sorter/issues/60
+              "import-sources-order": "case-insensitive-legacy",
+              "module-source-path": "full",
+              "named-imports-order": "case-insensitive-legacy",
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    ],
+    "@typescript-eslint/no-misused-promises": "off",
+    "@typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-assignment": "off",
+    "@typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-member-access": "off",
+    "@typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-call": "off",
+    "@typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-return": "off",
+    // 28.11.19: (cvle) Disabled because behavior of regexp.exec seems different than str.match?
+    "@typescript-eslint/prefer-regexp-exec": "off",
+    "@typescript-eslint/require-await": "off",
+    "@typescript-eslint/restrict-template-expressions": "off",
+    "@typescript-eslint/unbound-method": "off", // 10.10.19: (cvle) seems to give false positive.
+  }),
+  overrides: [jestTypeCheckingOverrides],
+};
+
+const jestOverrides = {
+  env: {
+    jest: true,
+  },
+  files: ["test/**/*.ts", "test/**/*.tsx", "**/*.spec.ts", "**/*.spec.tsx"],
+  globals: {
+    expectAndFail: "readonly",
+    fail: "readonly",
+  },
+  rules: {
+    "no-restricted-globals": "off",
+  },
+};
+
+// Setup the overrides.
+const overrides = [jestOverrides, typescriptOverrides];
+// Skip type information to make it faster!
+if (process.env.FAST_LINT !== "true") {
+  overrides.push(typescriptTypeCheckingOverrides);
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  overrides,
+  env: {
+    browser: true,
+    es6: true,
+    node: true,
+  },
+  extends: [
+    "eslint:recommended",
+    "plugin:jsdoc/recommended",
+    "plugin:prettier/recommended",
+    "plugin:react-hooks/recommended",
+    "plugin:react/recommended",
+    "prettier",
+  ],
+  parserOptions: {
+    ecmaVersion: 2018,
+  },
+  settings: {
+    react: {
+      version: "detect",
+    },
+  },
+  rules: {
+    "arrow-body-style": "off",
+    "arrow-parens": ["off", "as-needed"],
+    camelcase: "off",
+    complexity: "off",
+    "constructor-super": "error",
+    "spaced-comment": ["error", "always"],
+    curly: "error",
+    "dot-notation": "error",
+    "eol-last": "off",
+    eqeqeq: "error",
+    "guard-for-in": "error",
+    "jsdoc/check-param-names": "off",
+    "jsdoc/require-jsdoc": "off",
+    "jsdoc/require-returns": "off",
+    "jsdoc/require-param": "off",
+    "jsdoc/require-param-type": "off",
+    "jsdoc/require-returns-type": "off",
+    "linebreak-style": "off",
+    "max-classes-per-file": ["error", 1],
+    "member-ordering": "off",
+    "new-parens": "off",
+    "newline-per-chained-call": "off",
+    "no-bitwise": "error",
+    "no-caller": "error",
+    "no-cond-assign": "error",
+    "no-console": "error",
+    "no-debugger": "error",
+    "no-empty": "error",
+    "no-eval": "error",
+    "no-extra-semi": "off",
+    "no-fallthrough": "error",
+    "no-invalid-this": "off",
+    "no-irregular-whitespace": "off",
+    "no-multiple-empty-lines": "off",
+    "no-new-wrappers": "error",
+    "no-restricted-globals": [
+      "error",
+      {
+        name: "window",
+        message:
+          "Get it from 'CoralContext' if possible. Otherwise ignore and make sure using 'window' globally will work in all environments: 'SSR', 'Testing', and 'Browser'",
+      },
+      {
+        name: "document",
+        message: "Replace with `window.document`",
+      },
+      {
+        name: "localStorage",
+        message: "Replace with `window.localStorage`",
+      },
+      {
+        name: "sessionStorage",
+        message: "Replace with `window.sessionStorage`",
+      },
+      {
+        name: "confirm",
+        message: "Replace with `window.confirm`",
+      },
+    ],
+    "no-prototype-builtins": "error",
+    "no-shadow": "error",
+    "no-throw-literal": "error",
+    "no-undef": "off",
+    "no-undef-init": "error",
+    "no-unsafe-finally": "error",
+    "no-unused-expressions": "error",
+    "no-unused-labels": "error",
+    "no-unused-vars": ["error", { args: "none", ignoreRestSiblings: true }],
+    "no-var": "error",
+    "object-shorthand": "error",
+    "one-var": "off",
+    "prefer-arrow-callback": "off",
+    "prefer-const": "error",
+    "quote-props": "off",
+    radix: "error",
+    "require-atomic-updates": "off",
+    "space-before-function-paren": "off",
+    "sort-imports": "off",
+    "use-isnan": "error",
+    "valid-typeof": "off",
+  },
+};
diff --git a/config/.gitignore b/config/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9b0419c905
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# don't include the dependancies
+node_modules/
+
+# don't include any logs
+npm-debug.log*
+
+# don't include any yarn files
+yarn-error.log
+yarn.lock
+
+# don't include any OS/editor files
+.env
+.idea/
+.vs
+.docz
+.next
+*.swp
+*.DS_STORE
+
+# don't include any generated files
+dist
+*.css.d.ts
+__generated__
+persisted-queries.json
+docs/out
diff --git a/config/lib/config.ts b/config/lib/config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3d5123571d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/lib/config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+import { LanguageCode } from "./i18n/locales";
+
+/**
+ * SentryReporterConfig is the ReporterConfig for the Sentry service.
+ */
+export interface SentryReporterConfig {
+  name: "sentry";
+
+  /**
+   * dsn is the string representing this particular integration.
+   */
+  dsn: string;
+}
+
+export type ReporterConfig = SentryReporterConfig;
+
+/**
+ * StaticConfig is the configuration provided to the client javascript via a
+ * JSON blob on the HTML of the embedding page.
+ */
+export interface StaticConfig {
+  /**
+   * staticURI is prepended to the static url's that are included on the static
+   * pages.
+   */
+  staticURI: string;
+
+  /**
+   * tenantDomain is the domain of the currently requested tenant.
+   */
+  tenantDomain?: string;
+
+  /**
+   * reporter stores the reporter configuration for the current reporter
+   * available.
+   */
+  reporter?: ReporterConfig;
+
+  /**
+   * graphQLSubscriptionURI is the endpoint that should be used when trying to
+   * execute subscription GraphQL requests. If an empty string, the default
+   * should be used that's based on the iFrame location.
+   */
+  graphQLSubscriptionURI: string;
+
+  /**
+   * featureFlags are all the feature flags currently enabled on the tenant.
+   */
+  featureFlags: string[];
+
+  /**
+   * flattenReplies is whether or not flattenReplies is enabled on the tenant.
+   */
+  flattenReplies: boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * forceAdminLocalAuth is whether local authentication is always available
+   * for this Coral deployment. This is useful for ensuring that Coral service
+   * teams can access the admin with their Coral local authentication.
+   */
+  forceAdminLocalAuth: boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * archivingEnabled will be true when the deployment has set a valid MongoDB
+   * URI for MONGODB_ARCHIVE_URI.
+   */
+  archivingEnabled: boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * autoArchiveOlderThanMs is the time in milliseconds that a story will
+   * be kept before being auto-archived.
+   */
+  autoArchiveOlderThanMs: number;
+}
+
+export interface EmbedBootstrapConfig {
+  locale: LanguageCode;
+  assets: {
+    js: {
+      src: string;
+    }[];
+    css: {
+      src: string;
+    }[];
+  };
+  customFontsCSSURL: string | undefined;
+  customCSSURL: string | undefined;
+  defaultFontsCSSURL: string | undefined;
+  disableDefaultFonts: boolean;
+  staticConfig: StaticConfig;
+}
diff --git a/config/lib/i18n/locales.ts b/config/lib/i18n/locales.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bd3765e3fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/lib/i18n/locales.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/**
+ * LanguageCode is the type represented by the internally identifiable types for
+ * the different languages that can be supported in the BCP 47 format.
+ */
+export type LanguageCode =
+  | "af-ZA"
+  | "ar-AE"
+  | "en-US"
+  | "pt-BR"
+  | "es"
+  | "de"
+  | "tr-TR"
+  | "hu"
+  | "id-ID"
+  | "it-IT"
+  | "ja-JP"
+  | "de-CH"
+  | "nl-NL"
+  | "da"
+  | "fr-FR"
+  | "ro"
+  | "fi-FI"
+  | "sv"
+  | "sk-SK"
+  | "pl"
+  | "ru"
+  | "nb-NO"
+  | "zh-CN";
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/package-lock.json b/config/package-lock.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..463864d067
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/package-lock.json
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{
+  "name": "common",
+  "version": "8.3.1",
+  "lockfileVersion": 2,
+  "requires": true,
+  "packages": {
+    "": {
+      "name": "common",
+      "version": "8.3.1",
+      "license": "ISC",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "typescript": "^3.9.5"
+      },
+      "devDependencies": {}
+    },
+    "node_modules/typescript": {
+      "version": "3.9.10",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/typescript/-/typescript-3.9.10.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-w6fIxVE/H1PkLKcCPsFqKE7Kv7QUwhU8qQY2MueZXWx5cPZdwFupLgKK3vntcK98BtNHZtAF4LA/yl2a7k8R6Q==",
+      "bin": {
+        "tsc": "bin/tsc",
+        "tsserver": "bin/tsserver"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=4.2.0"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "typescript": {
+      "version": "3.9.10",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/typescript/-/typescript-3.9.10.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-w6fIxVE/H1PkLKcCPsFqKE7Kv7QUwhU8qQY2MueZXWx5cPZdwFupLgKK3vntcK98BtNHZtAF4LA/yl2a7k8R6Q=="
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/config/package.json b/config/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..33b2f531f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+  "name": "common",
+  "version": "8.3.1",
+  "description": "",
+  "main": "dist/index.js",
+  "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
+  "scripts": {
+    "build": "tsc --project tsconfig.json"
+  },
+  "keywords": [],
+  "author": "",
+  "license": "ISC",
+  "devDependencies": {},
+  "dependencies": {
+    "typescript": "^3.9.5"
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/tsconfig.json b/config/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b65c3d978f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "target": "ES2018",
+    "module": "commonjs",
+    "allowJs": true,
+    "moduleResolution": "node",
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
+    "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
+    "noUnusedLocals": true,
+    "noImplicitThis": true,
+    "noImplicitReturns": true,
+    "noImplicitAny": true,
+    "strictNullChecks": true,
+    "noErrorTruncation": true,
+    "resolveJsonModule": true,
+    "skipLibCheck": true,
+    "lib": ["dom", "es2018", "esnext.asynciterable"],
+    "baseUrl": "./",
+    "paths": {
+      "coral-common/*": ["./lib/*"]
+    },
+    "declaration": true,
+    "outDir": "./dist",
+  },
+  "include": [
+    "./lib/**/*.ts",
+    "./lib/**/.*.js",
+    "./lib/types/**/*.d.ts",
+  ],
+  "exclude": ["node_modules"]
+}
diff --git a/generate.sh b/generate.sh
index eb6e806b1c..fcfc670c91 100644
--- a/generate.sh
+++ b/generate.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ cd server
 npm run generate
 cd ..
 
+echo "running \`npm run build\` for \`config\`"
+cd config
+npm run build
+cd ..
+
 echo "running \`npm run build\` for \`common\`"
 cd common
 npm run build
diff --git a/initialize.sh b/initialize.sh
index b44f2e87f1..459f390e9a 100644
--- a/initialize.sh
+++ b/initialize.sh
@@ -14,11 +14,9 @@ echo "running \`npm install\` for sub-directories"
 
 sh npm-i.sh
 
-echo "generating schema types for client, common"
+echo "running generation steps for sub-directories"
 
-cd server
-npm run generate
-cd ..
+sh generate.sh
 
 echo "creating a \`client\` build to generate manifests"