diff --git a/eng/pipelines/typespec-requirement.yml b/eng/pipelines/typespec-requirement.yml
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+trigger: none
+
+jobs:
+- job: TypeSpec_Requirement
+  pool:
+    name: azsdk-pool-mms-ubuntu-2204-general
+    vmImage: ubuntu-22.04
+
+  steps:
+  - pwsh: |
+      $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/eng/scripts/TypeSpec-Requirement.ps1
+    displayName: TypeSpec Requirement
+    ignoreLASTEXITCODE: true
+    condition: succeededOrFailed()
diff --git a/eng/scripts/TypeSpec-Requirement.ps1 b/eng/scripts/TypeSpec-Requirement.ps1
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+[CmdletBinding()]
+param (
+)
+Set-StrictMode -Version 3
+
+. $PSScriptRoot/ChangedFiles-Functions.ps1
+. $PSScriptRoot/Logging-Functions.ps1
+
+$repoPath = Resolve-Path "$PSScriptRoot/../.."
+$pathsWithErrors = @()
+
+$filesToCheck = @(Get-ChangedSwaggerFiles).Where({
+  ($_ -notmatch "/(examples|scenarios|restler|common|common-types)/") -and
+  ($_ -match "specification/(?<relSpecPath>[^/]+/(data-plane|resource-manager).*?/(preview|stable)/([^/]+))/[^/]+\.json$")
+})
+
+if (!$filesToCheck) {
+  LogInfo "No swagger files found to check"
+}
+else {
+  # Example: specification/foo/resource-manager/Microsoft.Foo/stable/2023-01-01/Foo.json
+  # - Forward slashes on both Linux and Windows
+  foreach ($file in $filesToCheck) {
+    LogInfo "Checking $file"
+
+    $jsonContent = Get-Content (Join-Path $repoPath $file) | ConvertFrom-Json -AsHashtable
+
+    if ($null -ne ${jsonContent}?["info"]?["x-typespec-generated"]) {
+      LogInfo "  Swagger was generated from TypeSpec (contains '/info/x-typespec-generated')"
+
+      # ToDo: Verify spec folder includes *.tsp and tspconfig.yaml, to prevent spec authors committing
+      # swagger generated from TypeSpec, without also including the TypeSpec sources.
+
+      # Skip further checks, since spec is already using TypeSpec
+      continue
+    }
+    else {
+      LogInfo "  Swagger was not generated from TypeSpec (missing '/info/x-typespec-generated')"
+    }
+
+    # Example: specification/foo/resource-manager/Microsoft.Foo
+    $pathToServiceName = ($file -split '/')[0..3] -join '/'
+
+    # ToDo: Fetch main and query local git repo to prevent issues with rate limiting
+    $urlToStableFolder = "https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/tree/main/$pathToServiceName/stable"
+
+    try {
+      $response = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $urlToStableFolder -Method Head -SkipHttpErrorCheck
+      if ($response.StatusCode -eq 200) {
+        LogInfo "  Branch 'main' contains path '$pathToServiceName/stable', so spec already exists and is not required to use TypeSpec"
+      }
+      elseif ($response.StatusCode -eq 404) {
+        LogInfo "  Branch 'main' does not contain path '$pathToServiceName/stable', so spec is new and must use TypeSpec"
+        $pathsWithErrors += $file
+      }
+      else {
+        LogError "Unexpected response from ${urlToStableFolder}: ${response.StatusCode}"
+        LogJobFailure
+        exit 1
+      }
+    }
+    catch {
+      LogError "  Exception making web request to ${urlToStableFolder}: $_"
+      LogJobFailure
+      exit 1
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+if ($pathsWithErrors.Count -gt 0)
+{
+  # DevOps only adds the first 4 errors to the github checks list so lets always add the generic one first
+  # and then as many of the individual ones as can be found afterwards
+  LogError "New specs must use TypeSpec.  For more detailed docs see https://aka.ms/azsdk/specs/typespec-requirement"
+  LogJobFailure
+
+  foreach ($path in $pathsWithErrors)
+  {
+    LogErrorForFile $path "Swagger was not generated from TypeSpec, and spec appears to be new"
+  }
+  exit 1
+}
+
+exit 0