diff --git a/scripts/compilation/Inliner.js b/scripts/compilation/Inliner.js
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+const fs = require("fs");
+const path = require("path");
+const { spawnProcess } = require("./../utils/spawn-process");
+const walk = require("./../utils/walk");
+const esbuild = require("esbuild");
+
+const root = path.join(__dirname, "..", "..");
+
+/**
+ *
+ * Inline a package as one dist file, preserves other files as re-export stubs,
+ * preserves files with react-native variants as externals.
+ *
+ */
+module.exports = class Inliner {
+  constructor(pkg) {
+    this.package = pkg;
+    this.platform = "node";
+    this.isPackage = fs.existsSync(path.join(root, "packages", pkg));
+    this.isLib = fs.existsSync(path.join(root, "lib", pkg));
+    this.isClient = !this.isPackage && !this.isLib;
+    this.subfolder = this.isPackage ? "packages" : this.isLib ? "lib" : "clients";
+
+    this.packageDirectory = path.join(root, this.subfolder, pkg);
+
+    this.outfile = path.join(root, this.subfolder, pkg, "dist-cjs", "index.js");
+
+    this.pkgJson = require(path.join(root, this.subfolder, this.package, "package.json"));
+    /**
+     * If the react entrypoint is another file entirely, then bail out of inlining.
+     */
+    this.bailout = typeof this.pkgJson["react-native"] === "string";
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * step 0: delete the dist-cjs folder.
+   */
+  async clean() {
+    await spawnProcess("yarn", ["rimraf", "./dist-cjs", "tsconfig.cjs.tsbuildinfo"], { cwd: this.packageDirectory });
+    console.log("Deleted ./dist-cjs in " + this.package);
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * step 1: build the default tsc dist-cjs output with dispersed files.
+   * we will need the files to be in place for stubbing.
+   */
+  async tsc() {
+    await spawnProcess("yarn", ["tsc", "-p", "tsconfig.cjs.json"], { cwd: this.packageDirectory });
+    console.log("Finished recompiling ./dist-cjs in " + this.package);
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * step 2: detect all variant files and their transitive local imports.
+   * these files will not be inlined, in order to preserve the react-native dist-cjs file replacement behavior.
+   */
+  async discoverVariants() {
+    if (this.bailout) {
+      return this;
+    }
+    this.variantEntries = Object.entries(this.pkgJson["react-native"] ?? {});
+
+    for await (const file of walk(path.join(this.packageDirectory, "dist-cjs"))) {
+      if (file.endsWith(".js") && fs.existsSync(file.replace(/\.js$/, ".native.js"))) {
+        console.log("detected undeclared auto-variant", file);
+        const canonical = file.replace(/(.*?)dist-cjs\//, "./dist-cjs/").replace(/\.js$/, "");
+        const variant = canonical.replace(/(.*?)(\.js)?$/, "$1.native$2");
+
+        this.variantEntries.push([canonical, variant]);
+      }
+      if (fs.existsSync(file.replace(/\.js$/, ".browser.js"))) {
+        // not applicable to CJS?
+      }
+    }
+
+    this.transitiveVariants = [];
+
+    for (const [k, v] of this.variantEntries) {
+      for (const variantFile of [k, String(v)]) {
+        if (!variantFile.includes("dist-cjs/")) {
+          continue;
+        }
+        const keyFile = path.join(
+          this.packageDirectory,
+          "dist-cjs",
+          variantFile.replace(/(.*?)dist-cjs\//, "") + (variantFile.endsWith(".js") ? "" : ".js")
+        );
+        const keyFileContents = fs.readFileSync(keyFile, "utf-8");
+        const requireStatements = keyFileContents.matchAll(/require\("(.*?)"\)/g);
+        for (const requireStatement of requireStatements) {
+          if (requireStatement[1]?.startsWith(".")) {
+            // is relative import.
+            const key = path
+              .normalize(path.join(path.dirname(keyFile), requireStatement[1]))
+              .replace(/(.*?)dist-cjs\//, "./dist-cjs/");
+            console.log("Transitive variant file:", key);
+
+            const transitiveVariant = key.replace(/(.*?)dist-cjs\//, "").replace(/(\.js)?$/, "");
+
+            if (!this.transitiveVariants.includes(transitiveVariant)) {
+              this.variantEntries.push([key, key]);
+              this.transitiveVariants.push(transitiveVariant);
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    this.variantExternals = [];
+    this.variantMap = {};
+
+    for (const [k, v] of this.variantEntries) {
+      const prefix = "dist-cjs/";
+      const keyPrefixIndex = k.indexOf(prefix);
+      if (keyPrefixIndex === -1) {
+        continue;
+      }
+      const keyRelativePath = k.slice(keyPrefixIndex + prefix.length);
+      const valuePrefixIndex = String(v).indexOf(prefix);
+
+      const addJsExtension = (file) => (file.endsWith(".js") ? file : file + ".js");
+
+      if (valuePrefixIndex !== -1) {
+        const valueRelativePath = String(v).slice(valuePrefixIndex + prefix.length);
+        this.variantExternals.push(...[keyRelativePath, valueRelativePath].map(addJsExtension));
+        this.variantMap[keyRelativePath] = valueRelativePath;
+      } else {
+        this.variantExternals.push(addJsExtension(keyRelativePath));
+        this.variantMap[keyRelativePath] = v;
+      }
+    }
+
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * step 3: bundle the package index into dist-cjs/index.js except for node_modules
+   * and also excluding any local files that have variants for react-native.
+   */
+  async bundle() {
+    if (this.bailout) {
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    this.variantExternalsForEsBuild = this.variantExternals.map(
+      (variant) => "*/" + path.basename(variant).replace(/.js$/, "")
+    );
+
+    await esbuild.build({
+      platform: this.platform,
+      bundle: true,
+      format: "cjs",
+      mainFields: ["main"],
+      allowOverwrite: true,
+      entryPoints: [path.join(root, this.subfolder, this.package, "src", "index.ts")],
+      outfile: this.outfile,
+      keepNames: true,
+      packages: "external",
+      external: [...this.variantExternalsForEsBuild],
+    });
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * step 4: rewrite all existing dist-cjs files except the index.js file.
+   * These now become re-exports of the index to preserve deep-import behavior.
+   */
+  async rewriteStubs() {
+    if (this.bailout) {
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    for await (const file of walk(path.join(this.packageDirectory, "dist-cjs"))) {
+      const relativePath = file.replace(path.join(this.packageDirectory, "dist-cjs"), "").slice(1);
+
+      if (!file.endsWith(".js")) {
+        console.log("Skipping", path.basename(file), "file extension is not .js.");
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      if (relativePath === "index.js") {
+        console.log("Skipping index.js");
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      if (this.variantExternals.find((external) => relativePath.endsWith(external))) {
+        console.log("Not rewriting.", relativePath, "is variant.");
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      console.log("Rewriting", relativePath, "as index re-export stub.");
+
+      const depth = relativePath.split("/").length - 1;
+      const indexRelativePath =
+        (depth === 0
+          ? "."
+          : Array.from({ length: depth })
+              .map(() => "..")
+              .join("/")) + "/index.js";
+
+      fs.writeFileSync(file, `module.exports = require("${indexRelativePath}");`);
+    }
+
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * step 5: rewrite variant external imports to correct path.
+   * these externalized variants use relative imports for transitive variant files
+   * which need to be rewritten when in the index.js file.
+   */
+  async fixVariantImportPaths() {
+    if (this.bailout) {
+      return this;
+    }
+    this.indexContents = fs.readFileSync(this.outfile, "utf-8");
+    for (const variant of Object.keys(this.variantMap)) {
+      const basename = path.basename(variant).replace(/.js$/, "");
+      const dirname = path.dirname(variant);
+
+      const find = new RegExp(`require\\("\\.(.*?)/${basename}"\\)`);
+      const replace = `require("./${dirname}/${basename}")`;
+
+      this.indexContents = this.indexContents.replace(find, replace);
+
+      console.log("Replacing", find, "with", replace);
+    }
+
+    fs.writeFileSync(this.outfile, this.indexContents, "utf-8");
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Step 5.5, dedupe imported externals.
+   */
+  async dedupeExternals() {
+    if (this.bailout) {
+      return this;
+    }
+    const redundantRequireStatements = this.indexContents.matchAll(
+      /var import_([a-z_]+)(\d+) = require\("([@a-z\/-0-9]+)"\);/g
+    );
+    for (const requireStatement of redundantRequireStatements) {
+      const variableSuffix = requireStatement[1];
+      const packageName = requireStatement[3].replace("/", "\\/");
+
+      const original = this.indexContents.match(
+        new RegExp(`var import_${variableSuffix} = require\\(\"${packageName}\"\\);`)
+      );
+      if (original) {
+        let redundancyIndex = 0;
+        let misses = 0;
+
+        // perform an incremental replacement instead of a global (\d+) replacement
+        // to be safe.
+        while (true) {
+          const redundantRequire = `var import_${variableSuffix}${redundancyIndex} = require\\("${packageName}"\\);`;
+          const redundantVariable = `import_${variableSuffix}${redundancyIndex}`;
+
+          if (this.indexContents.match(new RegExp(redundantRequire))) {
+            console.log("Replacing var", redundantVariable);
+            this.indexContents = this.indexContents
+              .replace(new RegExp(redundantRequire, "g"), "")
+              .replace(new RegExp(redundantVariable, "g"), `import_${variableSuffix}`);
+          } else if (misses++ > 10) {
+            break;
+          }
+          redundancyIndex++;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    fs.writeFileSync(this.outfile, this.indexContents, "utf-8");
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * step 6: we validate that the index.js file has a require statement
+   * for any variant files, to ensure they are not in the inlined (bundled) index.
+   */
+  async validate() {
+    if (this.bailout) {
+      return this;
+    }
+    this.indexContents = fs.readFileSync(this.outfile, "utf-8");
+
+    const externalsToCheck = new Set(
+      Object.keys(this.variantMap)
+        .filter((variant) => !this.transitiveVariants.includes(variant) && !variant.endsWith("index"))
+        .map((variant) => path.basename(variant).replace(/.js$/, ""))
+    );
+
+    for (const line of this.indexContents.split("\n")) {
+      // we expect to see a line with require() and the variant external in it
+      if (line.includes("require(")) {
+        const checkOrder = [...externalsToCheck].sort().reverse();
+        for (const external of checkOrder) {
+          if (line.includes(external)) {
+            console.log("Inline index confirmed require() for variant external:", external);
+            externalsToCheck.delete(external);
+            continue;
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (externalsToCheck.size) {
+      throw new Error(
+        "require() statements for the following variant externals: " +
+          [...externalsToCheck].join(", ") +
+          " were not found in the index."
+      );
+    }
+    return this;
+  }
+};
diff --git a/scripts/compilation/inline.js b/scripts/compilation/inline.js
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/scripts/compilation/inline.js
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+/**
+ *
+ * Inline a package as one dist file.
+ *
+ */
+
+const fs = require("fs");
+const path = require("path");
+const Inliner = require("./Inliner");
+
+const root = path.join(__dirname, "..", "..");
+
+const package = process.argv[2];
+
+if (!package) {
+  /**
+   * If no package is selected, this script sets build:cjs scripts to
+   * use this inliner script instead of only tsc.
+   */
+  const packages = fs.readdirSync(path.join(root, "packages")).map((pkg) => ({
+    pkgJsonFilePath: path.join(root, "packages", pkg, "package.json"),
+    pkg,
+  }));
+
+  packages.push(
+    ...["dynamodb", "storage"].map((lib) => ({
+      pkg: `lib-${lib}`,
+      pkgJsonFilePath: path.join(root, "lib", `lib-${lib}`, "package.json"),
+    }))
+  );
+
+  const sampleClients = ["s3", "dynamodb", "lambda", "sqs", "sts", "ec2", "sso"];
+  packages.push(
+    ...sampleClients.map((c) => ({
+      pkgJsonFilePath: path.join(root, "clients", `client-${c}`, "package.json"),
+      pkg: `client-${c}`,
+    }))
+  );
+
+  for (const { pkg, pkgJsonFilePath } of packages) {
+    const pkgJson = require(pkgJsonFilePath);
+    pkgJson.scripts["build:cjs"] = `node ../../scripts/compilation/inline ${pkg}`;
+    fs.writeFileSync(pkgJsonFilePath, JSON.stringify(pkgJson, null, 2));
+  }
+} else {
+  (async () => {
+    const inliner = new Inliner(package);
+    await inliner.clean();
+    await inliner.tsc();
+    await inliner.discoverVariants();
+    await inliner.bundle();
+    await inliner.rewriteStubs();
+    await inliner.fixVariantImportPaths();
+    await inliner.dedupeExternals();
+    await inliner.validate();
+  })();
+}