diff --git a/packages/utils/.gitignore b/packages/utils/.gitignore
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/utils/.gitignore
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+dist
diff --git a/packages/utils/package.json b/packages/utils/package.json
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+++ b/packages/utils/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "@lbf-bot/utils",
+  "type": "module",
+  "main": "dist/index.js",
+  "module": "dist/index.js",
+  "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
+  "exports": {
+    ".": {
+      "types": "./dist/index.d.ts",
+      "import": "./dist/index.js",
+      "default": "./dist/index.js"
+    }
+  },
+  "files": [
+    "dist"
+  ],
+  "scripts": {
+    "build": "rm -rf dist && tsc -p tsconfig.build.json && tsc-alias -p tsconfig.build.json"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "dotenv": "17.2.3",
+    "zod": "4.1.11"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@types/node": "22.19.1",
+    "tsc-alias": "1.8.16",
+    "typescript": "5.9.3"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/env.ts b/packages/utils/src/env.ts
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+++ b/packages/utils/src/env.ts
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+import "dotenv/config";
+import { z } from "zod";
+
+export const parseEnv = <T extends z.ZodRawShape>(vars: T) => {
+  const schema = z.object(vars);
+  const result = schema.safeParse(process.env);
+  if (!result.success) {
+    console.error("ERROR: Environment variable validation failed:");
+    for (const issue of result.error.issues) {
+      console.error(`- ${issue.path.join(".")}: ${issue.message}`);
+    }
+
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  return result.data;
+};
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/index.ts b/packages/utils/src/index.ts
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+++ b/packages/utils/src/index.ts
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+export * from "./env";
diff --git a/packages/utils/tsconfig.build.json b/packages/utils/tsconfig.build.json
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+++ b/packages/utils/tsconfig.build.json
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+{
+  "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "outDir": "dist",
+    "declaration": true,
+    "declarationMap": true,
+    "sourceMap": true,
+    "removeComments": false
+  },
+  "tsc-alias": {
+    "resolveFullPaths": true
+  },
+  "include": ["src"]
+}
diff --git a/packages/utils/tsconfig.json b/packages/utils/tsconfig.json
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+++ b/packages/utils/tsconfig.json
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+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "lib": ["ESNext"],
+    "target": "ESNext",
+    "module": "ESNext",
+    "moduleDetection": "force",
+
+    "moduleResolution": "bundler",
+    "allowImportingTsExtensions": false,
+    "baseUrl": ".",
+    "paths": {
+      "~/*": ["./src/*"],
+      "~": ["./src/index"]
+    },
+
+    "strict": true,
+    "skipLibCheck": true,
+    "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true,
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
+    "resolveJsonModule": true,
+
+    "noUnusedLocals": false,
+    "noUnusedParameters": false,
+    "noPropertyAccessFromIndexSignature": false
+  },
+  "include": ["src"],
+  "exclude": ["node_modules", "dist"]
+}