diff --git a/.eslintrc.js b/.eslintrc.js
index e32ce1c8e59..14884ff52b1 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/.eslintrc.js
@@ -321,6 +321,7 @@ module.exports = {
     '/packages/amplify-graphql-*transformer*/lib',
     '/packages/amplify-provider-awscloudformation/lib',
     '/packages/amplify-console-integration-tests/lib',
+    '/packages/amplify-cli-overrides-helper/lib',
 
     // Ignore CHANGELOG.md files
     '/packages/*/CHANGELOG.md',
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7ef57f62877..4a58ea74193 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -65,3 +65,4 @@ packages/**/reports/junit/*
 test.out.log
 *.tsbuildinfo
 packages/amplify-graphiql-explorer/.eslintcache
+packages/amplify-cli-overrides-helper/lib
diff --git a/packages/amplify-cli-overrides-helper/.npmignore b/packages/amplify-cli-overrides-helper/.npmignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3ee5d55b0b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/amplify-cli-overrides-helper/.npmignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+**/__mocks__/**
+**/__tests__/**
+src
+tsconfig.json
+tsconfig.tsbuildinfo
diff --git a/packages/amplify-cli-overrides-helper/README.md b/packages/amplify-cli-overrides-helper/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c8c495d77b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/amplify-cli-overrides-helper/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+EMPTY SKELETON FOR NOW.
diff --git a/packages/amplify-cli-overrides-helper/package.json b/packages/amplify-cli-overrides-helper/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d74ee903d1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/amplify-cli-overrides-helper/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+{
+    "name": "@aws-amplify/cli-overrides-helper",
+    "version": "1.0.0",
+    "description": "Amplify CLI Overrides Helper utility package",
+    "repository": {
+      "type": "git",
+      "url": "https://github.com/aws-amplify/amplify-cli.git",
+      "directory": "packages/amplify-cli-overrides-helper"
+    },
+    "author": "Amazon Web Services",
+    "license": "Apache-2.0",
+    "main": "lib/index.js",
+    "types": "lib/index.d.ts",
+    "keywords": [
+      "graphql",
+      "cli",
+      "cloudformation",
+      "aws",
+      "amplify"
+    ],
+    "publishConfig": {
+      "access": "public"
+    },
+    "scripts": {
+      "build": "tsc",
+      "watch": "tsc -w",
+      "clean": "rimraf ./lib"
+    },
+    "dependencies": {},
+    "devDependencies": {},
+    "jest": {
+      "transform": {
+        "^.+\\.(ts|tsx)?$": "ts-jest"
+      },
+      "testRegex": "(src/__tests__/.*.test.ts)$",
+      "moduleFileExtensions": [
+        "ts",
+        "tsx",
+        "js",
+        "jsx",
+        "json",
+        "node"
+      ],
+      "collectCoverage": true
+    }
+  }
+  
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/amplify-cli-overrides-helper/src/index.ts b/packages/amplify-cli-overrides-helper/src/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..172f00513ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/amplify-cli-overrides-helper/src/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+function getProjectInfo(): void {
+  console.log('Hello from the skeleton of get project info');
+  return;
+}
+
+function addDependency(): void {
+  console.log('Hello from the skeleton of add dependency');
+  return;
+}
+
+export { getProjectInfo, addDependency };
diff --git a/packages/amplify-cli-overrides-helper/tsconfig.json b/packages/amplify-cli-overrides-helper/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4db720dc27c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/amplify-cli-overrides-helper/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+    "extends": "../../tsconfig.base.json",
+    "compilerOptions": {
+      "outDir": "./lib",
+      "rootDir": "./src",
+    }
+  }
+  
\ No newline at end of file