diff --git a/tooling2/.gitignore b/tooling2/.gitignore
index df4b93b4..ec046da4 100644
--- a/tooling2/.gitignore
+++ b/tooling2/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 build/
-.claude/
\ No newline at end of file
+.claude/
+bin/
+*.db
+*.txt
diff --git a/tooling2/setup b/tooling2/setup
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aa0ee162
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tooling2/setup
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Create build directory if it doesn't exist
+mkdir -p build/tmp
+
+if [ ! -d "build/tmp" ]; then
+    # Configure project using CMake with Ninja generator for Release build
+    cmake -S . -B build/tmp -G Ninja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
+fi
+
+# Build project using Ninja
+cmake --build build/tmp --config Release
+
+# Create bin directory if it doesn't exist
+mkdir -p bin
+
+# Copy binary to bin folder
+# Use .exe extension on Windows, no extension on Unix-like systems
+if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "msys" || "$OSTYPE" == "win32" ]]; then
+    cp build/tmp/r3_gh_tool.exe bin/
+else
+    cp build/tmp/r3_gh_tool bin/
+fi