What does this plugin do?
Well, it's pretty simple. It wraps Graphql resources generated by Amplify into a AWS Lambda layer for future usage outside of your Amplify project.
Why?
As your app grows so does its complexity, it might happen that you require to access your GraphQL API uotside of your Amplify app, and copy and paste the sames files over and over again is hard not to mention unmaintainable.
Install
npm i -g amplify-lambda-layer
Usage
amplify amplify-lambda-layer update
After run the update command a new lambda layer will be available for you with all the graphql resources found in your Amplify project.