diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b6c0308..9355257 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@ Breaking changes:
   pretty minimal.
 
 Other notable changes:
-* `bashy-basics`: New utility functions `env-clean`, `env-minimize`, and
-  `env-names`.
+* `bashy-basics`:
+  * New utility functions `env-clean`, `env-minimize`, and `env-names`.
+  * New helper library `buildy-help`, to help avoid some project-build-related
+    boilerplate.
 
 ### v2.7 -- 2023-10-30
 
diff --git a/scripts/lib/bashy-basics/buildy-help.sh b/scripts/lib/bashy-basics/buildy-help.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eee1926
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/lib/bashy-basics/buildy-help.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# Copyright 2022-2023 the Bashy-lib Authors (Dan Bornstein et alia).
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+#
+# Helper library for doing builds.
+#
+
+# Wrapper around `lib buildy out-dir` which sets up a built-output directory in
+# a standard way and prints out the final path. Takes toggle option `--clean`
+# and value option `--out=<path>`.
+function set-up-out-dir {
+    local extraOpts=()
+
+    while (( $# > 0 )); do
+        case "$1" in
+            --clean|--clean=1)
+                extraOpts+=(--remove)
+                shift
+                ;;
+            --clean=0|--no-clean)
+                shift
+                ;;
+            --out=)
+                extraOpts+=("$1")
+                shift
+                ;;
+        esac
+    done
+
+    if (( $# != 0 )); then
+        error-msg --file-line=1 "Unrecognized argument: $1"
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    lib buildy out-dir \
+        --out="${outDir}" --create --print "${extraOpts[@]}"
+}