diff --git a/YarnSpinner.LanguageServer.Tests/CommandTests.cs b/YarnSpinner.LanguageServer.Tests/CommandTests.cs
index 95565f46c..1a045b1a5 100644
--- a/YarnSpinner.LanguageServer.Tests/CommandTests.cs
+++ b/YarnSpinner.LanguageServer.Tests/CommandTests.cs
@@ -325,5 +325,4 @@ public async Task Server_CanListProjects()
         result.Should().ContainSingle(p => p.Uri!.Path.EndsWith("Project1.yarnproject"));
         result.Should().ContainSingle(p => p.Uri!.Path.EndsWith("Project2.yarnproject"));
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/YarnSpinner.LanguageServer/src/Server/Commands/Commands.cs b/YarnSpinner.LanguageServer/src/Server/Commands/Commands.cs
index 07136f09a..53b7d350f 100644
--- a/YarnSpinner.LanguageServer/src/Server/Commands/Commands.cs
+++ b/YarnSpinner.LanguageServer/src/Server/Commands/Commands.cs
@@ -69,4 +69,8 @@ public static class Commands
     /// The command to get all projects in the current workspace.
     /// </summary>
     public const string ListProjects = "yarnspinner.listProjects";
+
+    public const string GenerateDebugOutput = "yarnspinner.generateDebugOutput";
+
+    public const string GetEmptyYarnProjectJSON = "yarnspinner.getEmptyYarnProjectJSON";
 }
diff --git a/YarnSpinner.LanguageServer/src/Server/YarnLanguageServer.cs b/YarnSpinner.LanguageServer/src/Server/YarnLanguageServer.cs
index 2e7ec81ee..92ccf6e81 100644
--- a/YarnSpinner.LanguageServer/src/Server/YarnLanguageServer.cs
+++ b/YarnSpinner.LanguageServer/src/Server/YarnLanguageServer.cs
@@ -158,6 +158,15 @@ public static LanguageServerOptions ConfigureOptions(LanguageServerOptions optio
                 }
             );
 
+            // register 'return json for new project' command
+            options.OnExecuteCommand<string>(
+                (commandParams) => GetEmptyYarnProjectJSON(workspace, commandParams),
+                (_, _) => new ExecuteCommandRegistrationOptions
+                {
+                    Commands = new[] { Commands.GetEmptyYarnProjectJSON },
+                }
+            );
+
             return options;
         }
 
@@ -725,5 +734,13 @@ private static Task<Container<ProjectInfo>> ListProjects(Workspace workspace, Ex
             });
             return Task.FromResult(Container.From(info));
         }
+    
+
+        public static Task<string> GetEmptyYarnProjectJSON(Workspace workspace, ExecuteCommandParams<string> commandParams) {
+
+            var project = new Yarn.Compiler.Project();
+
+            return Task.FromResult(project.GetJson());
+        }
     }
 }