diff --git a/src/utils/index.ts b/src/utils/index.ts
index 17b77bb7..755d1ec0 100644
--- a/src/utils/index.ts
+++ b/src/utils/index.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { getClientVersion } from './getClientVersion';
 import { getRollupCreatorAddress } from './getRollupCreatorAddress';
 import { getTokenBridgeCreatorAddress } from './getTokenBridgeCreatorAddress';
 import { getWethAddress } from './getWethAddress';
+import { verifyFoundryBinaries } from './verifyFoundry';
 
 export {
   generateChainId,
@@ -18,4 +19,5 @@ export {
   getRollupCreatorAddress,
   getTokenBridgeCreatorAddress,
   getWethAddress,
+  verifyFoundryBinaries,
 };
diff --git a/src/utils/verifyFoundry.ts b/src/utils/verifyFoundry.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e23ff037
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/verifyFoundry.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import { execFile } from 'node:child_process';
+
+const FOUNDRY_BINARIES: ['forge', 'cast'] = ['forge', 'cast'];
+
+function runVersionCommand(binary: 'forge' | 'cast'): Promise<string> {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    execFile(binary, ['--version'], (error, stdout) => {
+      if (error) {
+        reject(error);
+        return;
+      }
+
+      resolve(stdout);
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+export async function verifyFoundryBinaries(stableOnly = true) {
+  const results = await Promise.allSettled(
+    FOUNDRY_BINARIES.map((binary) => runVersionCommand(binary)),
+  );
+
+  const binariesPresent = results.every((result) => result.status === 'fulfilled');
+
+  const stableReleaseInstalled = results.every(
+    (result) =>
+      result.status === 'fulfilled' && result.value && isStableFoundryRelease(result.value),
+  );
+
+  if (!binariesPresent) {
+    throw new Error(
+      'Foundry is required to run this operation. Install Foundry and make sure forge and cast are available on PATH.',
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (stableOnly && !stableReleaseInstalled) {
+    throw new Error(
+      'Foundry stable releases are required to run this operation. Please install the stable versions of forge and cast.',
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+function isStableFoundryRelease(version: string): boolean {
+  return !['nightly', 'dev', 'alpha', 'beta', 'rc', 'preview'].some((tag) =>
+    version.toLowerCase().includes(tag),
+  );
+}