diff --git a/tools/broccoli/broccoli-writer.d.ts b/tools/broccoli/broccoli-writer.d.ts
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index 0000000000..ee2555c5d5
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+++ b/tools/broccoli/broccoli-writer.d.ts
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+/// <reference path="../typings/es6-promise/es6-promise.d.ts" />
+
+
+declare class Writer {
+  write(readTree: (tree) => Promise<string>, destDir: string);
+}
+
+export = Writer;
diff --git a/tools/tsd.json b/tools/tsd.json
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+++ b/tools/tsd.json
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+{
+  "version": "v4",
+  "repo": "angular/DefinitelyTyped",
+  "ref": "master",
+  "path": "typings",
+  "bundle": "typings/tsd.d.ts",
+  "installed": {
+    "fs-extra/fs-extra.d.ts": {
+      "commit": "d5f92f93bdb49f332fa662ff1d0cc8700f02e4dc"
+    },
+    "node/node.d.ts": {
+      "commit": "d5f92f93bdb49f332fa662ff1d0cc8700f02e4dc"
+    },
+    "es6-promise/es6-promise.d.ts": {
+      "commit": "d5f92f93bdb49f332fa662ff1d0cc8700f02e4dc"
+    }
+  }
+}