diff --git a/packages/amplify-category-auth/resources/overrides-resource/override.ts.sample b/packages/amplify-category-auth/resources/overrides-resource/override.ts.sample
index 90f448f3ce8..79386f9750c 100644
--- a/packages/amplify-category-auth/resources/overrides-resource/override.ts.sample
+++ b/packages/amplify-category-auth/resources/overrides-resource/override.ts.sample
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 import { AmplifyAuthCognitoStackTemplate } from '@aws-amplify/cli-extensibility-helper';
 
-export function override(resources: AmplifyAuthCognitoStackTemplate) {}
+export function override(resources: AmplifyAuthCognitoStackTemplate) {
+    
+}
diff --git a/packages/amplify-category-auth/resources/overrides-resource/package.json b/packages/amplify-category-auth/resources/overrides-resource/package.json
index e239be79c23..7840a7020ae 100644
--- a/packages/amplify-category-auth/resources/overrides-resource/package.json
+++ b/packages/amplify-category-auth/resources/overrides-resource/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
       "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
     },
     "dependencies": {
-      "@aws-amplify/cli-extensibility-helper": "1.0.1-ext15.0"
+      "@aws-amplify/cli-extensibility-helper": "latest"
     },
     "devDependencies": {
       "typescript": "^4.2.4"
diff --git a/packages/amplify-category-custom/resources/cdk-stack.ts b/packages/amplify-category-custom/resources/cdk-stack.ts.sample
similarity index 51%
rename from packages/amplify-category-custom/resources/cdk-stack.ts
rename to packages/amplify-category-custom/resources/cdk-stack.ts.sample
index 44828168cd9..0048b59f311 100644
--- a/packages/amplify-category-custom/resources/cdk-stack.ts
+++ b/packages/amplify-category-custom/resources/cdk-stack.ts.sample
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 import * as cdk from '@aws-cdk/core';
+import * as AmplifyHelpers from '@aws-amplify/cli-extensibility-helper';
+import { AmplifyDependentResourcesAttributes } from '../../types/amplify-dependent-resources-ref';
 /*import * as iam from '@aws-cdk/aws-iam';
 import * as sns from '@aws-cdk/aws-sns';
 import * as subs from '@aws-cdk/aws-sns-subscriptions';
 import * as sqs from '@aws-cdk/aws-sqs';
 */
 
+
 export class cdkStack extends cdk.Stack {
-  constructor(scope: cdk.Construct, id: string, props?: cdk.StackProps) {
+  constructor(scope: cdk.Construct, id: string, props?: cdk.StackProps, amplifyResourceProps?: AmplifyHelpers.AmplifyResourceProps) {
     super(scope, id, props);
 
     /* Do not remove - Amplify CLI automatically injects the current deployment environment in this input paramater */
@@ -16,13 +19,24 @@ export class cdkStack extends cdk.Stack {
     });
 
     /* AWS CDK Code goes here - Learn more: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cdk/latest/guide/home.html */
+    
 
     /* Example 1: Set up an SQS queue with an SNS topic 
 
-    const queue = new sqs.Queue(this, 'sqs-queue');
+    const amplifyProjectInfo = AmplifyHelpers.getProjectInfo();
+
+    const sqsQueueResourceNamePrefix = `sqs-queue-${amplifyProjectInfo.projectName}`;
+
+    const queue = new sqs.Queue(this, 'sqs-queue', {
+      queueName: cdk.Fn.join('-', [sqsQueueResourceNamePrefix, cdk.Fn.ref('env')])
+    });
 
     // 👇 create sns topic
-    const topic = new sns.Topic(this, 'sns-topic');
+    
+    const snsTopicResourceNamePrefix = `sns-topic-${amplifyProjectInfo.projectName}`;
+    const topic = new sns.Topic(this, 'sns-topic', {
+      topicName: cdk.Fn.join('-', [snsTopicResourceNamePrefix, cdk.Fn.ref('env')])
+    });
 
     // 👇 subscribe queue to topic
     topic.addSubscription(new subs.SqsSubscription(queue));
@@ -34,9 +48,14 @@ export class cdkStack extends cdk.Stack {
     */
 
     /* Example 2: Adding IAM role to the custom stack 
+   
+    const roleResourceNamePrefix = `CustomRole-${amplifyProjectInfo.projectName}`;
+    
     const role = new iam.Role(this, 'CustomRole', {
       assumedBy: new iam.AccountRootPrincipal(),
+      roleName: cdk.Fn.join('-', [roleResourceNamePrefix, cdk.Fn.ref('env')])
     }); 
+
     */
 
     /* Example 3: Adding policy to the IAM role
@@ -47,5 +66,18 @@ export class cdkStack extends cdk.Stack {
       }),
     );
     */
+
+    /* Access other Amplify Resources 
+
+    const retVal:AmplifyDependentResourcesAttributes = AmplifyHelpers.addResourceDependency(this, 
+      amplifyResourceProps.category, 
+      amplifyResourceProps.resourceName, 
+      [
+        {category: <insert-amplify-category>, resourceName: <insert-amplify-resourcename>},
+      ]
+    );
+
+    */
+
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/amplify-category-custom/resources/package.json b/packages/amplify-category-custom/resources/package.json
index a5ab46463fd..58e743f3da0 100644
--- a/packages/amplify-category-custom/resources/package.json
+++ b/packages/amplify-category-custom/resources/package.json
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@
       "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
     },
     "dependencies": {
-      "@types/fs-extra": "^9.0.11",
-      "fs-extra": "^9.1.0",
+      "@aws-amplify/cli-extensibility-helper": "latest",
       "@aws-cdk/core": "~1.124.0",
       "@aws-cdk/aws-iam": "~1.124.0",
       "@aws-cdk/aws-sns-subscriptions": "~1.124.0",
diff --git a/packages/amplify-category-custom/src/index.ts b/packages/amplify-category-custom/src/index.ts
index e591fe456a3..3654a136953 100644
--- a/packages/amplify-category-custom/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/amplify-category-custom/src/index.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { buildCustomResources } from './utils/build-custom-resources';
 import { categoryName } from './utils/constants';
 export { addCDKResourceDependency } from './utils/dependency-management-utils';
 export { generateDependentResourcesType } from './utils/build-custom-resources';
+export { AmplifyResourceProps } from './utils/generate-cfn-from-cdk';
 
 export async function executeAmplifyCommand(context: $TSContext) {
   let commandPath = path.normalize(path.join(__dirname, 'commands'));
diff --git a/packages/amplify-category-custom/src/utils/generate-cfn-from-cdk.ts b/packages/amplify-category-custom/src/utils/generate-cfn-from-cdk.ts
index 384f02381e4..33e06d891bc 100644
--- a/packages/amplify-category-custom/src/utils/generate-cfn-from-cdk.ts
+++ b/packages/amplify-category-custom/src/utils/generate-cfn-from-cdk.ts
@@ -3,11 +3,18 @@ import * as cdk from '@aws-cdk/core';
 import { JSONUtilities, pathManager } from 'amplify-cli-core';
 import { categoryName } from './constants';
 
+export type AmplifyResourceProps = {
+  category: string;
+  resourceName: string;
+};
+
 export async function generateCloudFormationFromCDK(resourceName: string) {
   const targetDir = pathManager.getResourceDirectoryPath(undefined, categoryName, resourceName);
   const { cdkStack } = await import(path.resolve(path.join(targetDir, 'build', 'cdk-stack.js')));
 
-  const customStack: cdk.Stack = new cdkStack(undefined, undefined, undefined, { category: categoryName, resourceName });
+  const amplifyResourceProps: AmplifyResourceProps = { category: categoryName, resourceName };
+
+  const customStack: cdk.Stack = new cdkStack(undefined, undefined, undefined, amplifyResourceProps);
 
   // @ts-ignore
   JSONUtilities.writeJson(path.join(targetDir, 'build', `${resourceName}-cloudformation-template.json`), customStack._toCloudFormation());
diff --git a/packages/amplify-category-custom/src/walkthroughs/cdk-walkthrough.ts b/packages/amplify-category-custom/src/walkthroughs/cdk-walkthrough.ts
index 8db106da294..899680647f0 100644
--- a/packages/amplify-category-custom/src/walkthroughs/cdk-walkthrough.ts
+++ b/packages/amplify-category-custom/src/walkthroughs/cdk-walkthrough.ts
@@ -56,5 +56,5 @@ async function generateSkeletonDir(resourceName: string) {
   }
 
   const cdkFilepath = path.join(targetDir, 'cdk-stack.ts');
-  fs.writeFileSync(cdkFilepath, fs.readFileSync(path.join(srcResourceDirPath, 'cdk-stack.ts')));
+  fs.writeFileSync(cdkFilepath, fs.readFileSync(path.join(srcResourceDirPath, 'cdk-stack.ts.sample')));
 }
diff --git a/packages/amplify-category-custom/tsconfig.json b/packages/amplify-category-custom/tsconfig.json
index 1b5c94e8072..2be06f08c17 100644
--- a/packages/amplify-category-custom/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/amplify-category-custom/tsconfig.json
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     "references": [
       {"path": "../amplify-cli-core"},
       {"path": "../amplify-prompts"},
+      {"path": "../amplify-cli-extensibility-helper"}
     ]
   }
   
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/amplify-category-storage/resources/overrides-resource/DynamoDB/override.ts.sample b/packages/amplify-category-storage/resources/overrides-resource/DynamoDB/override.ts.sample
index 9a5ebc4c991..bd398a12bdb 100644
--- a/packages/amplify-category-storage/resources/overrides-resource/DynamoDB/override.ts.sample
+++ b/packages/amplify-category-storage/resources/overrides-resource/DynamoDB/override.ts.sample
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 import { AmplifyDDBResourceTemplate } from '@aws-amplify/cli-extensibility-helper';
 
-export function override(resources: AmplifyDDBResourceTemplate) {}
+export function override(resources: AmplifyDDBResourceTemplate) {
+    
+}
diff --git a/packages/amplify-category-storage/resources/overrides-resource/DynamoDB/package.json b/packages/amplify-category-storage/resources/overrides-resource/DynamoDB/package.json
index 8ab0860ca75..34442b3019a 100644
--- a/packages/amplify-category-storage/resources/overrides-resource/DynamoDB/package.json
+++ b/packages/amplify-category-storage/resources/overrides-resource/DynamoDB/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
       "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
     },
     "dependencies": {
-      "@aws-amplify/cli-extensibility-helper": "1.0.1-ext15.0"
+      "@aws-amplify/cli-extensibility-helper": "latest"
       
     },
     "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/amplify-category-storage/resources/overrides-resource/S3/override.ts.sample b/packages/amplify-category-storage/resources/overrides-resource/S3/override.ts.sample
index 9f3a08a1b16..bdcb1521dd0 100644
--- a/packages/amplify-category-storage/resources/overrides-resource/S3/override.ts.sample
+++ b/packages/amplify-category-storage/resources/overrides-resource/S3/override.ts.sample
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 import { AmplifyS3ResourceTemplate } from '@aws-amplify/cli-extensibility-helper';
 
-export function override(resources: AmplifyS3ResourceTemplate) {}
+export function override(resources: AmplifyS3ResourceTemplate) {
+    
+}
diff --git a/packages/amplify-category-storage/resources/overrides-resource/S3/package.json b/packages/amplify-category-storage/resources/overrides-resource/S3/package.json
index bca40c7ea75..ccab2ab7b1e 100644
--- a/packages/amplify-category-storage/resources/overrides-resource/S3/package.json
+++ b/packages/amplify-category-storage/resources/overrides-resource/S3/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
       "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
     },
     "dependencies": {
-      "@aws-amplify/cli-extensibility-helper": "1.0.1-ext15.0"
+      "@aws-amplify/cli-extensibility-helper": "latest"
     },
     "devDependencies": {
       "typescript": "^4.2.4"
diff --git a/packages/amplify-cli-extensibility-helper/src/index.ts b/packages/amplify-cli-extensibility-helper/src/index.ts
index 29122f4335e..78f5106e190 100644
--- a/packages/amplify-cli-extensibility-helper/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/amplify-cli-extensibility-helper/src/index.ts
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ export { AmplifyAuthCognitoStackTemplate, AmplifyUserPoolGroupStackTemplate } fr
 import { addCDKResourceDependency } from '@aws-amplify/amplify-category-custom';
 export { AmplifyDDBResourceTemplate, AmplifyS3ResourceTemplate, AmplifyCDKL1 } from './types/storage/types';
 import { getProjectInfo } from './helpers/project-info';
+import { AmplifyResourceProps } from '@aws-amplify/amplify-category-custom';
 
-export { getProjectInfo, addCDKResourceDependency };
+export { getProjectInfo, addCDKResourceDependency as addResourceDependency, AmplifyResourceProps };
diff --git a/packages/amplify-provider-awscloudformation/resources/overrides-resource/override.ts.sample b/packages/amplify-provider-awscloudformation/resources/overrides-resource/override.ts.sample
index 019ac34c490..5f65af35290 100644
--- a/packages/amplify-provider-awscloudformation/resources/overrides-resource/override.ts.sample
+++ b/packages/amplify-provider-awscloudformation/resources/overrides-resource/override.ts.sample
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 import { AmplifyRootStackTemplate } from '@aws-amplify/cli-extensibility-helper';
 
-export function override(resources: AmplifyRootStackTemplate) {}
+export function override(resources: AmplifyRootStackTemplate) {
+    
+}
diff --git a/packages/amplify-provider-awscloudformation/resources/overrides-resource/package.json b/packages/amplify-provider-awscloudformation/resources/overrides-resource/package.json
index bca40c7ea75..ccab2ab7b1e 100644
--- a/packages/amplify-provider-awscloudformation/resources/overrides-resource/package.json
+++ b/packages/amplify-provider-awscloudformation/resources/overrides-resource/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
       "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
     },
     "dependencies": {
-      "@aws-amplify/cli-extensibility-helper": "1.0.1-ext15.0"
+      "@aws-amplify/cli-extensibility-helper": "latest"
     },
     "devDependencies": {
       "typescript": "^4.2.4"