diff --git a/src/kiss/CompilerTools.hx b/src/kiss/CompilerTools.hx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7920af9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/kiss/CompilerTools.hx
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package kiss;
+
+#if macro
+import kiss.Kiss;
+
+enum CompileLang {
+    JavaScript;
+    Python;
+}
+
+typedef CompilationArgs = {
+    lang:CompileLang,
+    outputFolder:String,
+    // path to a folder where the script will be compiled
+    ?importHxFile:String,
+    // path to a file with haxe import statements in it
+    ?hxmlFile:String,
+    // path to a file with hxml args in it (SHOULD NOT specify target or main class)
+    ?langProjectFile:String,
+    // path to a package.json or requirements.txt file
+    ?mainHxFile:String,
+    // path to a haxe file defining the Main class
+}
+
+/**
+ * Multi-purpose tools for compiling Kiss projects.
+ */
+class CompilerTools {
+    /**
+     * Compile a kiss file into a standalone script.
+     * @return A function that, when called, executes the script and returns the script output as a string.
+     */
+    public static function compileFileToScript(kissFile:String, args:CompilationArgs):() -> String {
+        var k = Kiss.defaultKissState();
+        var beginExpsInFile = Kiss.load(kissFile, k, "", true);
+        return compileToScript([beginExpsInFile], args);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Compile kiss expressions into a standalone script
+     * @return A function that, when called, executes the script and returns the script output as a string.
+     */
+    public static function compileToScript(exps:Array<ReaderExp>, args:CompilationArgs):() -> String {
+        return () -> "";
+    }
+}
+#end
diff --git a/src/kiss/Kiss.hx b/src/kiss/Kiss.hx
index 4b673de..df44f4a 100644
--- a/src/kiss/Kiss.hx
+++ b/src/kiss/Kiss.hx
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ class Kiss {
         });
     }
 
-    public static function load(kissFile:String, k:KissState, ?loadingDirectory:String):Null<ReaderExp> {
+    public static function load(kissFile:String, k:KissState, ?loadingDirectory:String, loadAllExps = false):Null<ReaderExp> {
         if (loadingDirectory == null)
             loadingDirectory = k.loadingDirectory;
 
@@ -221,7 +221,9 @@ class Kiss {
                 }
                 return true;
             }
-            if (!isEmpty(expr)) {
+            // When calling from build(), we can't add all expressions to the (begin) returned by (load), because that will
+            // cause double-evaluation of field forms
+            if (loadAllExps || !isEmpty(expr)) {
                 loadedExps.push(nextExp);
             }
         });
diff --git a/src/test/cases/CompilerToolsTestCase.hx b/src/test/cases/CompilerToolsTestCase.hx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..153e7e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/cases/CompilerToolsTestCase.hx
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package test.cases;
+
+import utest.Assert;
+import utest.Test;
+import kiss.CompilerTools;
+#if macro
+import haxe.macro.Expr;
+import haxe.macro.Context;
+#end
+
+class CompilerToolsTestCase extends Test {
+    function testCompileHelloWorld() {
+        Assert.equals("Hello, world!", _testCompileHelloWorld());
+    }
+
+    static macro function _testCompileHelloWorld() {
+        var runHelloWorld = CompilerTools.compileFileToScript(
+            "kiss/template/src/template/Main.kiss", {
+                lang: JavaScript,
+                outputFolder: "bin/js",
+            });
+
+        return {
+            pos: Context.currentPos(),
+            expr: EConst(CString(runHelloWorld(), DoubleQuotes))
+        };
+    }
+}