diff --git a/.circleci/publish-codebuild.sh b/.circleci/publish-codebuild.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..1b384577761
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.circleci/publish-codebuild.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+#!/bin/bash -e
+
+# lerna has a bug (https://github.com/lerna/lerna/issues/1066) where failed publishes do not set the exit code properly
+# this causes the script to keep running even after failed publishes
+# this function forces failed publishes to exit on failure
+function lernaPublishExitOnFailure {
+  # exit on failure
+  set -e
+  # run lerna publish with the args that were passed to this function
+  # duplicate stdout to a temp file
+  # grep the temp file for the lerna err token and return exit 1 if found (-v option inverts grep exit code)
+  npx lerna publish "$@" | tee /tmp/publish-results && grep -qvz "lerna ERR!" < /tmp/publish-results
+}
+
+if [ -z "$GITHUB_EMAIL" ]; then
+  if [[ "$LOCAL_PUBLISH_TO_LATEST" == "true" ]]; then
+    git config --global user.email not@used.com
+  else
+    echo "GITHUB_EMAIL email is missing"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+else
+  git config --global user.email $GITHUB_EMAIL
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$GITHUB_USER" ]; then
+  if [[ "$LOCAL_PUBLISH_TO_LATEST" == "true" ]]; then
+    git config --global user.name "Doesnt Matter"
+  else
+    echo "GITHUB_USER email is missing"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+else
+  git config --global user.name $GITHUB_USER
+fi
+
+if [[ "$CIRCLE_BRANCH" =~ ^tagged-release ]]; then
+  if [[ "$CIRCLE_BRANCH" =~ ^tagged-release-without-e2e-tests\/.* ]]; then
+    # Remove tagged-release-without-e2e-tests/
+    export NPM_TAG="${CIRCLE_BRANCH/tagged-release-without-e2e-tests\//}"
+  elif [[ "$CIRCLE_BRANCH" =~ ^tagged-release\/.* ]]; then
+    # Remove tagged-release/
+    export NPM_TAG="${CIRCLE_BRANCH/tagged-release\//}"
+  fi
+  if [ -z "$NPM_TAG" ]; then
+    echo "Tag name is missing. Name your branch with either tagged-release/<tag-name> or tagged-release-without-e2e-tests/<tag-name>"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  if [[ "$LOCAL_PUBLISH_TO_LATEST" == "true" ]]; then
+    echo "Publishing to local registry under latest tag"
+    lernaPublishExitOnFailure --exact --preid=$NPM_TAG --conventional-commits --conventional-prerelease --no-push --yes --include-merged-tags
+  else
+    echo "Publishing to NPM under $NPM_TAG tag"
+    lernaPublishExitOnFailure --exact --dist-tag=$NPM_TAG --preid=$NPM_TAG --conventional-commits --conventional-prerelease --message "chore(release): Publish tagged release $NPM_TAG [ci skip]" --yes --include-merged-tags
+  fi
+
+# @latest release
+elif [[ "$CIRCLE_BRANCH" == "release" ]]; then
+  # create release commit and release tags
+  npx lerna version --exact --conventional-commits --conventional-graduate --yes --no-push --include-merged-tags --message "chore(release): Publish latest [ci skip]"
+
+  # publish versions that were just computed
+  lernaPublishExitOnFailure from-git --yes --no-push
+
+  if [[ "$LOCAL_PUBLISH_TO_LATEST" == "true" ]]; then
+    echo "Published packages to verdaccio"
+    echo "Exiting without pushing release commit or release tags"
+    exit 0
+  fi
+
+  # push release commit
+  git push origin "$CIRCLE_BRANCH"
+
+  # push release tags
+  git tag --points-at HEAD | xargs git push origin
+
+  # fast forward main to release
+  git fetch origin main
+  git checkout main
+  git merge release --ff-only
+  git push origin main
+
+  # fast forward hotfix to release
+  git fetch origin hotfix
+  git checkout hotfix
+  git merge release --ff-only
+  git push origin hotfix
+
+# release candidate or local publish for testing / building binary
+elif [[ "$CIRCLE_BRANCH" =~ ^run-e2e-with-rc\/.* ]] || [[ "$CIRCLE_BRANCH" =~ ^release_rc\/.* ]] || [[ "$LOCAL_PUBLISH_TO_LATEST" == "true" ]]; then
+
+  # force @aws-amplify/cli-internal to be versioned in case this pipeline run does not have any commits that modify the CLI packages
+  if [[ "$LOCAL_PUBLISH_TO_LATEST" == "true" ]]; then
+    force_publish_local_args="--force-publish '@aws-amplify/cli-internal'"
+  fi
+  # create release commit and release tags
+  git checkout codebuild-poc && npx lerna version --preid=rc.$CODEBUILD_RESOLVED_SOURCE_VERSION --exact --conventional-prerelease --conventional-commits --yes --no-push --include-merged-tags --message "chore(release): Publish rc [ci skip]" $(echo $force_publish_local_args) --no-commit-hooks
+
+  # if publishing locally to verdaccio
+  if [[ "$LOCAL_PUBLISH_TO_LATEST" == "true" ]]; then
+    # publish to verdaccio with no dist tag (default to latest)
+    lernaPublishExitOnFailure from-package --git-head $CODEBUILD_RESOLVED_SOURCE_VERSION --yes --no-push
+    echo "Published packages to verdaccio"
+    echo "Exiting without pushing release commit or release tags"
+    exit 0
+  fi
+
+  # publish versions that were just computed
+  lernaPublishExitOnFailure from-package --git-head $CODEBUILD_RESOLVED_SOURCE_VERSION --yes --no-push --dist-tag rc
+
+  # push release commit
+  git push origin "$CIRCLE_BRANCH"
+
+  # push release tags
+  git tag --points-at HEAD | xargs git push origin
+else
+  echo "branch name" "$CIRCLE_BRANCH" "did not match any branch publish rules. Skipping publish"
+fi
diff --git a/codebuild_specs/base.yml b/codebuild_specs/base.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..88226963127
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codebuild_specs/base.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+version: 0.2
+env:
+  shell: bash
+  compute-type: BUILD_GENERAL1_MEDIUM
+  imagePullCredentialsType: SERVICE_ROLE
+  variables:
+    CLI_REGION: us-east-1
+    TEST_SUITE: src/__tests__/auth_2b.test.ts
+    AMPLIFY_DIR: '$CODEBUILD_SRC_DIR/out'
+    AMPLIFY_PATH: '$CODEBUILD_SRC_DIR/out/amplify-pkg-linux-x64'
+  # secrets-manager:
+  #   S3_ACCESS_KEY: "secretname" # s3_access_key in secret manager
+
+batch:
+  fast-fail: true
+  build-graph:
+    - identifier: build_linux
+      buildspec: codebuild_specs/build_linux.yml
+      debug-session: true
+      env:
+        compute-type: BUILD_GENERAL1_LARGE
+        variables:
+          IS_AMPLIFY_CI: true
+    - identifier: test
+      buildspec: codebuild_specs/test.yml
+      debug-session: true
+      env:
+        compute-type: BUILD_GENERAL1_LARGE
+        variables:
+          EXAMPLE_SAMPLE: 'test'
+      depend-on:
+        - build_linux
+    - identifier: validate_cdk_version
+      buildspec: codebuild_specs/validate_cdk_version.yml
+      debug-session: true
+      depend-on:
+        - build_linux
+    - identifier: verify_api_extract
+      buildspec: codebuild_specs/verify_api_extract.yml
+      debug-session: true
+      env:
+        compute-type: BUILD_GENERAL1_LARGE
+      depend-on:
+        - build_linux
+    - identifier: verify_yarn_lock
+      buildspec: codebuild_specs/verify_yarn_lock.yml
+      debug-session: true
+      depend-on:
+        - build_linux
+    - identifier: publish_to_local_registry
+      buildspec: codebuild_specs/publish_to_local_registry.yml
+      debug-session: true
+      env:
+        compute-type: BUILD_GENERAL1_LARGE
+      depend-on:
+        - build_linux
+    - identifier: build_pkg_binaries_linux
+      buildspec: codebuild_specs/build_pkg_binaries_linux.yml
+      debug-session: true
+      env:
+        compute-type: BUILD_GENERAL1_LARGE
+      depend-on:
+        - publish_to_local_registry
+    - identifier: run_e2e_tests
+      buildspec: codebuild_specs/run_e2e_tests.yml
+      debug-session: true
+      env:
+        compute-type: BUILD_GENERAL1_LARGE
+      depend-on:
+        - build_pkg_binaries_linux
diff --git a/codebuild_specs/build_linux.yml b/codebuild_specs/build_linux.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..273b055f828
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codebuild_specs/build_linux.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+version: 0.2
+env:
+  shell: bash
+phases:
+  build:
+    commands:
+      - source ./shared-scripts.sh && _buildLinux
+
+artifacts:
+  files:
+    - 'shared-scripts.sh'
diff --git a/codebuild_specs/build_pkg_binaries_linux.yml b/codebuild_specs/build_pkg_binaries_linux.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eb1c24c5013
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codebuild_specs/build_pkg_binaries_linux.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+version: 0.2
+env:
+  shell: bash
+phases:
+  build:
+    commands:
+      - source ./shared-scripts.sh && _buildBinaries
+
+artifacts:
+  files:
+    - 'shared-scripts.sh'
diff --git a/codebuild_specs/cleanup_resources.yml b/codebuild_specs/cleanup_resources.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c9249fc7446
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codebuild_specs/cleanup_resources.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+version: 0.2
+env:
+  shell: bash
+phases:
+  build:
+    commands:
+      - echo cleanup running
diff --git a/codebuild_specs/integration_test.yml b/codebuild_specs/integration_test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d2e6df4b7a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codebuild_specs/integration_test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+version: 0.2
+env:
+  shell: bash
+phases:
+  build:
+    commands:
+      - echo integration testing
diff --git a/codebuild_specs/lint.yml b/codebuild_specs/lint.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7363c6c10d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codebuild_specs/lint.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+version: 0.2
+env:
+  shell: bash
+phases:
+  build:
+    commands:
+      - source ./shared-scripts.sh && _lint
diff --git a/codebuild_specs/mock_e2e_tests.yml b/codebuild_specs/mock_e2e_tests.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..15573725d6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codebuild_specs/mock_e2e_tests.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+version: 0.2
+env:
+  shell: bash
+phases:
+  build:
+    commands:
+      - source ./shared-scripts.sh && _mockE2ETests
diff --git a/codebuild_specs/publish_to_local_registry.yml b/codebuild_specs/publish_to_local_registry.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..365d603f745
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codebuild_specs/publish_to_local_registry.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+version: 0.2
+env:
+  shell: bash
+phases:
+  build:
+    commands:
+      - source ./shared-scripts.sh && source ./.circleci/local_publish_helpers.sh && _publishToLocalRegistry
+
+artifacts:
+  files:
+    - 'shared-scripts.sh'
diff --git a/codebuild_specs/run_e2e_tests.yml b/codebuild_specs/run_e2e_tests.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..76989a00309
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codebuild_specs/run_e2e_tests.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+version: 0.2
+env:
+  shell: bash
+phases:
+  build:
+    commands:
+      - source ./shared-scripts.sh && _runE2ETestsLinux
diff --git a/codebuild_specs/test.yml b/codebuild_specs/test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ed813463ab0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codebuild_specs/test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+version: 0.2
+env:
+  shell: bash
+phases:
+  build:
+    commands:
+      - source ./shared-scripts.sh && _testLinux
diff --git a/codebuild_specs/validate_cdk_version.yml b/codebuild_specs/validate_cdk_version.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f1bf130dbc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codebuild_specs/validate_cdk_version.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+version: 0.2
+env:
+  shell: bash
+phases:
+  build:
+    commands:
+      - source ./shared-scripts.sh && _validateCDKVersion
diff --git a/codebuild_specs/verify_api_extract.yml b/codebuild_specs/verify_api_extract.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ac360de6cfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codebuild_specs/verify_api_extract.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+version: 0.2
+env:
+  shell: bash
+phases:
+  build:
+    commands:
+      - source ./shared-scripts.sh && _verifyAPIExtract
diff --git a/codebuild_specs/verify_yarn_lock.yml b/codebuild_specs/verify_yarn_lock.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9fba2102f79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codebuild_specs/verify_yarn_lock.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+version: 0.2
+env:
+  shell: bash
+phases:
+  build:
+    commands:
+      - source ./shared-scripts.sh && _verifyYarnLock
diff --git a/shared-scripts.sh b/shared-scripts.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..59308d5534b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shared-scripts.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,239 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# set exit on error to true
+set -e
+
+# We have custom caching for our CodeBuild pipelines
+# which allows us to share caches with jobs in the same batch
+
+# storeCache <local path> <cache location>
+function storeCache {
+    localPath="$1"
+    alias="$2"
+    s3Path="s3://$CACHE_BUCKET_NAME/$CODEBUILD_SOURCE_VERSION/$alias"
+    echo writing cache to $s3Path
+    # zip contents and upload to s3
+    if ! (cd $localPath && tar cz . | aws s3 cp - $s3Path); then
+        echo Something went wrong storing the cache.
+    fi
+    echo done writing cache
+    cd $CODEBUILD_SRC_DIR
+}
+function storeCacheFile {
+    localFilePath="$1"
+    alias="$2"
+    s3Path="s3://$CACHE_BUCKET_NAME/$CODEBUILD_SOURCE_VERSION/$alias"
+    echo writing cache to $s3Path
+    # zip contents and upload to s3
+    if ! (aws s3 cp $localFilePath $s3Path); then
+        echo Something went wrong storing the cache.
+    fi
+    echo done writing cache
+    cd $CODEBUILD_SRC_DIR
+}
+# loadCache <cache location> <local path>
+function loadCache {
+    alias="$1"
+    localPath="$2"
+    s3Path="s3://$CACHE_BUCKET_NAME/$CODEBUILD_SOURCE_VERSION/$alias"
+    echo loading cache from $s3Path
+    # create directory if it doesn't exist yet
+    mkdir -p $localPath
+    # check if cache exists in s3
+    if ! aws s3 ls $s3Path > /dev/null; then
+        echo "Cache not found."
+        exit 0
+    fi
+    # load cache and unzip it
+    if ! (cd $localPath && aws s3 cp $s3Path - | tar xz); then
+        echo "Something went wrong fetching the cache. Continuing anyway."
+    fi
+    echo done loading cache
+    cd $CODEBUILD_SRC_DIR
+}
+function loadCacheFile {
+    alias="$1"
+    localFilePath="$2"
+    s3Path="s3://$CACHE_BUCKET_NAME/$CODEBUILD_SOURCE_VERSION/$alias"
+    echo loading cache file from $s3Path
+    # check if cache file exists in s3
+    if ! aws s3 ls $s3Path > /dev/null; then
+        echo "Cache file not found."
+        exit 0
+    fi
+    # load cache file
+    if ! (aws s3 cp $s3Path $localFilePath); then
+        echo "Something went wrong fetching the cache file. Continuing anyway."
+    fi
+    echo done loading cache
+    cd $CODEBUILD_SRC_DIR
+}
+
+
+
+
+
+function _setShell {
+    echo Setting Shell
+    yarn config set script-shell $(which bash)
+}
+function _buildLinux {
+    _setShell
+    echo Linux Build
+    yarn run production-build
+    # copy [repo, ~/.cache, and .ssh to s3]
+    storeCache $CODEBUILD_SRC_DIR repo
+    storeCache $HOME/.cache .cache
+}
+function _buildWindows {
+    _setShell
+    echo Windows Build
+    yarn run production-build
+    # copy [repo, .cache, and .ssh to s3]
+    storeCache $CODEBUILD_SRC_DIR repo-windows
+    storeCache $HOME/.cache .cache-windows
+}
+function _testLinux {
+    echo Run Test
+    # download [repo, .cache from s3]
+    loadCache repo $CODEBUILD_SRC_DIR
+    loadCache .cache $HOME/.cache
+    # run tests
+    yarn test-ci
+    echo collecting coverage
+    yarn coverage
+}
+function _validateCDKVersion {
+    echo Validate CDK Version
+    # download [repo, .cache from s3]
+    loadCache repo $CODEBUILD_SRC_DIR
+    loadCache .cache $HOME/.cache
+    yarn ts-node .circleci/validate_cdk_version.ts
+}
+function _lint {
+    echo Linting
+    # download [repo, .cache from s3]
+    loadCache repo $CODEBUILD_SRC_DIR
+    loadCache .cache $HOME/.cache
+
+    yarn lint-check
+    yarn lint-check-package-json
+    yarn prettier-check
+}
+function _verifyAPIExtract {
+    echo Verify API Extract
+
+    # download [repo, .cache from s3]
+    loadCache repo $CODEBUILD_SRC_DIR
+    loadCache .cache $HOME/.cache
+
+    yarn verify-api-extract
+}
+function _verifyYarnLock {
+    echo "Verify Yarn Lock"
+
+    # download [repo, .cache from s3]
+    loadCache repo $CODEBUILD_SRC_DIR
+    loadCache .cache $HOME/.cache
+    
+    yarn verify-yarn-lock
+}
+function _verifyVersionsMatch {
+    echo Verify Versions Match
+
+    # download [repo, .cache, verdaccio-cache from s3]
+    loadCache repo $CODEBUILD_SRC_DIR
+    loadCache .cache $HOME/.cache
+    loadCache verdaccio-cache $HOME/verdaccio-cache
+    
+    source .circleci/local_publish_helpers.sh
+    startLocalRegistry "$CODEBUILD_SRC_DIR/.circleci/verdaccio.yaml"
+    setNpmRegistryUrlToLocal
+    changeNpmGlobalPath
+    checkPackageVersionsInLocalNpmRegistry
+}
+function _mockE2ETests {
+    # download [repo, .cache from s3]
+    loadCache repo $CODEBUILD_SRC_DIR
+    loadCache .cache $HOME/.cache
+
+    source .circleci/local_publish_helpers.sh
+    cd packages/amplify-util-mock/
+    yarn e2e
+}
+function _publishToLocalRegistry {
+    echo "Publish To Local Registry"
+    
+    # download [repo, .cache from s3]
+    loadCache repo $CODEBUILD_SRC_DIR
+    loadCache .cache $HOME/.cache
+
+    startLocalRegistry "$CODEBUILD_SRC_DIR/.circleci/verdaccio.yaml"
+    setNpmRegistryUrlToLocal
+    export LOCAL_PUBLISH_TO_LATEST=true
+    ./.circleci/publish-codebuild.sh
+    unsetNpmRegistryUrl
+
+    echo Generate Change Log
+    git reset --soft HEAD~1
+    yarn ts-node scripts/unified-changelog.ts
+    cat UNIFIED_CHANGELOG.md
+    
+    echo Save new amplify Github tag
+    node scripts/echo-current-cli-version.js > .amplify-pkg-version
+    
+    # copy [verdaccio-cache, changelog, pkgtag to s3]
+    storeCache $HOME/verdaccio-cache verdaccio-cache
+    storeCacheFile $CODEBUILD_SRC_DIR/UNIFIED_CHANGELOG.md UNIFIED_CHANGELOG.md
+    storeCacheFile $CODEBUILD_SRC_DIR/.amplify-pkg-version .amplify-pkg-version
+}
+function _uploadPkgBinaries {
+    # download [repo, pkg-binaries, from s3]
+    echo Consolidate binaries cache and upload
+    source .circleci/local_publish_helpers.sh
+    uploadPkgCli
+    # copy [repo/out to s3]
+}
+function _buildBinaries {
+    echo Start verdaccio and package CLI
+    # download [repo, yarn, verdaccio from s3]
+    loadCache repo $CODEBUILD_SRC_DIR
+    loadCache .cache $HOME/.cache
+    loadCache verdaccio-cache $HOME/verdaccio-cache
+    loadCacheFile .amplify-pkg-version $CODEBUILD_SRC_DIR/.amplify-pkg-version
+    loadCacheFile UNIFIED_CHANGELOG.md $CODEBUILD_SRC_DIR/UNIFIED_CHANGELOG.md
+
+    source .circleci/local_publish_helpers.sh
+    startLocalRegistry "$CODEBUILD_SRC_DIR/.circleci/verdaccio.yaml"
+    setNpmRegistryUrlToLocal
+    changeNpmGlobalPath
+    generatePkgCli linux
+    # generatePkgCli macos
+    # generatePkgCli win
+    # generatePkgCli arm
+    
+    unsetNpmRegistryUrl
+
+    # copy [repo/out to s3]
+    storeCache $CODEBUILD_SRC_DIR/out repo-out
+}
+function _runE2ETestsLinux {
+    echo RUN E2E Tests
+    
+    loadCache repo $CODEBUILD_SRC_DIR
+    loadCache .cache $HOME/.cache
+    loadCache verdaccio-cache $HOME/verdaccio-cache
+    loadCache repo-out $CODEBUILD_SRC_DIR/out
+    loadCacheFile .amplify-pkg-version $CODEBUILD_SRC_DIR/.amplify-pkg-version
+    loadCacheFile UNIFIED_CHANGELOG.md $CODEBUILD_SRC_DIR/UNIFIED_CHANGELOG.md
+
+    source .circleci/local_publish_helpers.sh
+    source $BASH_ENV
+    startLocalRegistry "$CODEBUILD_SRC_DIR/.circleci/verdaccio.yaml"
+    setNpmRegistryUrlToLocal
+    changeNpmGlobalPath
+    amplify version
+    #should just fail here..
+    cd packages/amplify-e2e-tests
+    retry runE2eTest
+}