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diff --git a/packages/components/workflows/.projen/deps.json b/packages/components/workflows/.projen/deps.json
index 3dfc6512c..f9c763097 100644
--- a/packages/components/workflows/.projen/deps.json
+++ b/packages/components/workflows/.projen/deps.json
@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@
       "name": "projen",
       "type": "peer"
     },
+    {
+      "name": "@aws/codecatalyst-workflows-sdk",
+      "type": "runtime"
+    },
     {
       "name": "projen",
       "version": "0.71.112",
diff --git a/packages/components/workflows/.projenrc.ts b/packages/components/workflows/.projenrc.ts
index df1b89015..293454f1c 100644
--- a/packages/components/workflows/.projenrc.ts
+++ b/packages/components/workflows/.projenrc.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const project = new ProjenBlueprintComponent({
   defaultReleaseBranch: 'main',
   name: 'codecatalyst-workflows',
   copyrightOwner: 'Amazon.com',
-  deps: ['yaml'],
+  deps: ['yaml', '@aws/codecatalyst-workflows-sdk'],
   peerDeps: [
     'projen',
     '@amazon-codecatalyst/blueprint-component.source-repositories',
diff --git a/packages/components/workflows/package.json b/packages/components/workflows/package.json
index 183ad3db6..09d44baa2 100644
--- a/packages/components/workflows/package.json
+++ b/packages/components/workflows/package.json
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
     "projen": "*"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "@aws/codecatalyst-workflows-sdk": "0.1.5-preview.6",
     "projen": "0.71.112",
     "yaml": "*"
   },
diff --git a/packages/components/workflows/src/actions/action-build.ts b/packages/components/workflows/src/actions/action-build.ts
index 8cb7bb819..a2412af1b 100644
--- a/packages/components/workflows/src/actions/action-build.ts
+++ b/packages/components/workflows/src/actions/action-build.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {
   OutputDefinition,
 } from './action';
 import { WorkflowEnvironment } from '../environment/workflow-environment';
-import { WorkflowDefinition } from '../workflow/workflow';
+import { WorkflowDefinition } from '../workflow/workflow-definition';
 
 export interface BuildActionConfiguration {
   ActionRoleArn?: string;
diff --git a/packages/components/workflows/src/actions/action-cdk-bootstrap.ts b/packages/components/workflows/src/actions/action-cdk-bootstrap.ts
index 98eb1128f..90225dc8b 100644
--- a/packages/components/workflows/src/actions/action-cdk-bootstrap.ts
+++ b/packages/components/workflows/src/actions/action-cdk-bootstrap.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {
   InputsDefinition,
 } from './action';
 import { WorkflowEnvironment } from '../environment/workflow-environment';
-import { WorkflowDefinition } from '../workflow/workflow';
+import { WorkflowDefinition } from '../workflow/workflow-definition';
 
 export interface CdkBootstrapActionConfiguration {
   Region: string;
diff --git a/packages/components/workflows/src/actions/action-cdk-deploy.ts b/packages/components/workflows/src/actions/action-cdk-deploy.ts
index d254cbbe6..ae395c227 100644
--- a/packages/components/workflows/src/actions/action-cdk-deploy.ts
+++ b/packages/components/workflows/src/actions/action-cdk-deploy.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {
   convertInputsToJsonString,
 } from './action';
 import { WorkflowEnvironment } from '../environment/workflow-environment';
-import { WorkflowDefinition } from '../workflow/workflow';
+import { WorkflowDefinition } from '../workflow/workflow-definition';
 
 export interface CdkDeployActionConfiguration {
   StackName: string;
diff --git a/packages/components/workflows/src/actions/action-cfn-cleanup.ts b/packages/components/workflows/src/actions/action-cfn-cleanup.ts
index 2ca2bee67..58e69e1a4 100644
--- a/packages/components/workflows/src/actions/action-cfn-cleanup.ts
+++ b/packages/components/workflows/src/actions/action-cfn-cleanup.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Blueprint } from '@amazon-codecatalyst/blueprints.blueprint';
 import { ActionDefiniton, ActionIdentifierAlias, getDefaultActionIdentifier } from './action';
 import { BuildActionParameters } from './action-build';
-import { WorkflowDefinition } from '../workflow/workflow';
+import { WorkflowDefinition } from '../workflow/workflow-definition';
 
 export const DEFAULT_DELETE_RESOURCE_WORKFLOW_NAME = 'DANGER-hard-delete-deployed-resources';
 
diff --git a/packages/components/workflows/src/actions/action-cfn-deploy.ts b/packages/components/workflows/src/actions/action-cfn-deploy.ts
index c814ef3bd..dec0a2c67 100644
--- a/packages/components/workflows/src/actions/action-cfn-deploy.ts
+++ b/packages/components/workflows/src/actions/action-cfn-deploy.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Blueprint } from '@amazon-codecatalyst/blueprints.blueprint';
 import { getDefaultActionIdentifier, ActionIdentifierAlias, ActionDefiniton } from './action';
 import { WorkflowEnvironment } from '../environment/workflow-environment';
-import { WorkflowDefinition } from '../workflow/workflow';
+import { WorkflowDefinition } from '../workflow/workflow-definition';
 
 export interface DeployInputConfiguration {
   Artifacts: string[];
diff --git a/packages/components/workflows/src/actions/action-publish-blueprint.ts b/packages/components/workflows/src/actions/action-publish-blueprint.ts
index cf323e8a1..dbc6c2eeb 100644
--- a/packages/components/workflows/src/actions/action-publish-blueprint.ts
+++ b/packages/components/workflows/src/actions/action-publish-blueprint.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { Blueprint } from '@amazon-codecatalyst/blueprints.blueprint';
 import { ActionDefiniton, ActionIdentifierAlias, ComputeConfiguration, InputsDefinition, getDefaultActionIdentifier } from './action';
-import { WorkflowDefinition } from '../workflow/workflow';
+import { WorkflowDefinition } from '../workflow/workflow-definition';
 
 export interface PublishBlueprintActionConfiguration {
   ArtifactPackagePath: string;
diff --git a/packages/components/workflows/src/actions/action-test-reports.ts b/packages/components/workflows/src/actions/action-test-reports.ts
index 62a830e08..b91b9f9ed 100644
--- a/packages/components/workflows/src/actions/action-test-reports.ts
+++ b/packages/components/workflows/src/actions/action-test-reports.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { Blueprint } from '@amazon-codecatalyst/blueprints.blueprint';
 import { getDefaultActionIdentifier, ActionIdentifierAlias, ActionDefiniton } from './action';
-import { WorkflowDefinition } from '../workflow/workflow';
+import { WorkflowDefinition } from '../workflow/workflow-definition';
 
 export interface TestReportActionParameters {
   steps: Step[];
diff --git a/packages/components/workflows/src/actions/action.ts b/packages/components/workflows/src/actions/action.ts
index f6e607f86..275e3e74f 100644
--- a/packages/components/workflows/src/actions/action.ts
+++ b/packages/components/workflows/src/actions/action.ts
@@ -21,34 +21,57 @@ export enum ActionIdentifierAlias {
 }
 
 const ACTION_IDENTIFIERS: { [key: string]: { default: string; prod: string } } = {
-  build: {
+  'build': {
     default: 'aws/build-beta@v1',
     prod: 'aws/build@v1',
   },
-  test: {
+  'test': {
     default: 'aws/managed-test-gamma@v1',
     prod: 'aws/managed-test@v1',
   },
-  deploy: {
+  'deploy': {
     default: 'aws/cfn-deploy-gamma@v1',
     prod: 'aws/cfn-deploy@v1',
   },
-  cdkDeploy: {
+  'cdkDeploy': {
     default: 'aws/cdk-deploy-gamma@v1',
     prod: 'aws/cdk-deploy@v1',
   },
-  cdkBootstrap: {
+  'cdkBootstrap': {
     default: 'aws/cdk-bootstrap-gamma@v1',
     prod: 'aws/cdk-bootstrap@v1',
   },
-  publishBlueprint: {
+  'aws/build@v1': {
+    default: 'aws/build-beta@v1',
+    prod: 'aws/build@v1',
+  },
+  'aws/managed-test@v1': {
+    default: 'aws/managed-test-gamma@v1',
+    prod: 'aws/managed-test@v1',
+  },
+  'aws/cfn-deploy@v1': {
+    default: 'aws/cfn-deploy-gamma@v1',
+    prod: 'aws/cfn-deploy@v1',
+  },
+  'aws/cdk-deploy@v1': {
+    default: 'aws/cdk-deploy-gamma@v1',
+    prod: 'aws/cdk-deploy@v1',
+  },
+  'aws/cdk-bootstrap@v1': {
+    default: 'aws/cdk-bootstrap-gamma@v1',
+    prod: 'aws/cdk-bootstrap@v1',
+  },
+  'publishBlueprint': {
     default: 'aws/publish-blueprint-action@v1',
     prod: 'aws/publish-blueprint-action@v1',
   },
 };
 
-export function getDefaultActionIdentifier(alias: ActionIdentifierAlias, environmentIdentifier: string = 'default'): string | undefined {
-  return ACTION_IDENTIFIERS[alias]?.[environmentIdentifier] ?? ACTION_IDENTIFIERS[alias]?.default;
+export function getDefaultActionIdentifier(identifer: string, environmentIdentifier: string = 'default'): string | undefined {
+  if (ACTION_IDENTIFIERS[identifer]) {
+    return ACTION_IDENTIFIERS[identifer]?.[environmentIdentifier] ?? ACTION_IDENTIFIERS[identifer]?.default;
+  }
+  return identifer;
 }
 
 type TypeSupportedCompute = ComputeConfiguration;
diff --git a/packages/components/workflows/src/generated-sdk/action-group-builder.ts b/packages/components/workflows/src/generated-sdk/action-group-builder.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9e3e44207
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/components/workflows/src/generated-sdk/action-group-builder.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import { Blueprint } from '@amazon-codecatalyst/blueprints.blueprint';
+import * as sdk from '@aws/codecatalyst-workflows-sdk';
+import { getDefaultActionIdentifier } from '../actions/action';
+
+/**
+ * This wraps the generated codecatalyst workflows sdk [@aws/codecatalyst-workflows-sdk].
+ * @experimental
+ */
+export class ActionGroupDefinitionBuilder {
+  blueprint: Blueprint;
+  definition: sdk.ActionGroup;
+
+  constructor(
+    blueprint: Blueprint,
+    options: {
+      starterDefinition?: Partial<sdk.ActionGroup>;
+    },
+  ) {
+    this.blueprint = blueprint;
+    this.definition = {
+      ...options.starterDefinition,
+      Actions: {},
+    };
+  }
+
+  setDependsOn(dependsOn: string[]) {
+    this.definition.DependsOn = dependsOn;
+  }
+
+  addAction<T extends sdk.Action>(name: string, action: T, _options?: {} | undefined): void {
+    this.definition.Actions = this.definition.Actions || {};
+    this.definition.Actions[name] = {
+      ...action,
+      Identifier: getDefaultActionIdentifier(action.Identifier, this.blueprint.context.environmentId) as any,
+    };
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/components/workflows/src/generated-sdk/workflow-definition-builder.ts b/packages/components/workflows/src/generated-sdk/workflow-definition-builder.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..842525768
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/components/workflows/src/generated-sdk/workflow-definition-builder.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import { Blueprint } from '@amazon-codecatalyst/blueprints.blueprint';
+import * as sdk from '@aws/codecatalyst-workflows-sdk';
+import { getDefaultActionIdentifier } from '../actions/action';
+
+/**
+ * This wraps the generated codecatalyst workflows sdk [@aws/codecatalyst-workflows-sdk].
+ * @experimental - there may be backwards breaking model changes via @aws/codecatalyst-workflows-sdk
+ */
+export class WorkflowDefinitionBuilder {
+  blueprint: Blueprint;
+  genericBuilder: sdk.WorkflowDefinition;
+
+  constructor(
+    blueprint: Blueprint,
+    options?: {
+      starterDefinition?: Partial<sdk.Workflow>;
+    },
+  ) {
+    const name = options?.starterDefinition?.Name || 'build-workflow';
+
+    this.genericBuilder = new sdk.WorkflowDefinition(name, {
+      workflow: options?.starterDefinition,
+    });
+    this.blueprint = blueprint;
+  }
+
+  setName(name: string) {
+    this.genericBuilder.definition.Name = name;
+  }
+
+  getDefinition(): sdk.Workflow {
+    return this.genericBuilder.definition;
+  }
+
+  setDefinition(definition: sdk.Workflow) {
+    this.genericBuilder.definition = definition;
+  }
+
+  addAction<T extends sdk.Action>(name: string, action: T, _options?: {} | undefined): void {
+    this.genericBuilder.addAction(name, {
+      ...action,
+      Identifier: getDefaultActionIdentifier(action.Identifier, this.blueprint.context.environmentId),
+    });
+  }
+
+  addActionGroup<T extends sdk.ActionGroup>(name: string, actionGroup: T, _options?: {} | undefined): void {
+    this.genericBuilder.addAction(name, {
+      ...actionGroup,
+    });
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/components/workflows/src/index.ts b/packages/components/workflows/src/index.ts
index 806bc704c..89e660407 100644
--- a/packages/components/workflows/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/components/workflows/src/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-export * from './workflow/workflow';
+export * from './workflow/workflow-definition';
 export * from './workflow/workflow-builder';
 export * from './workflow/sources';
 export * from './workflow/triggers';
@@ -18,3 +18,12 @@ export * from './actions/action-cfn-deploy';
 export * from './actions/action-test-reports';
 export * from './actions/action-cdk-deploy';
 export * from './actions/action-cdk-bootstrap';
+
+export * from './workflow';
+
+/**
+ * Experimental sdk generated from schemas
+ */
+export * as sdk from '@aws/codecatalyst-workflows-sdk';
+export * from './generated-sdk/action-group-builder';
+export * from './generated-sdk/workflow-definition-builder';
diff --git a/packages/components/workflows/src/samples/empty.ts b/packages/components/workflows/src/samples/empty.ts
index 3bcf37279..65271d715 100644
--- a/packages/components/workflows/src/samples/empty.ts
+++ b/packages/components/workflows/src/samples/empty.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { ComputeType, ComputeFleet } from '../workflow/compute';
-import { WorkflowDefinition } from '../workflow/workflow';
+import { WorkflowDefinition } from '../workflow/workflow-definition';
 
 export function makeEmptyWorkflow(): WorkflowDefinition {
   return {
diff --git a/packages/components/workflows/src/samples/node.ts b/packages/components/workflows/src/samples/node.ts
index 309f9f5b4..228214f76 100644
--- a/packages/components/workflows/src/samples/node.ts
+++ b/packages/components/workflows/src/samples/node.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { TriggerType } from '../workflow/triggers';
-import { WorkflowDefinition } from '../workflow/workflow';
+import { WorkflowDefinition } from '../workflow/workflow-definition';
 
 export class NodeWorkflowDefinitionSamples {
   public static readonly build: WorkflowDefinition = {
diff --git a/packages/components/workflows/src/workflow/workflow.ts b/packages/components/workflows/src/workflow.ts
similarity index 73%
rename from packages/components/workflows/src/workflow/workflow.ts
rename to packages/components/workflows/src/workflow.ts
index 39368d979..1310faf81 100644
--- a/packages/components/workflows/src/workflow/workflow.ts
+++ b/packages/components/workflows/src/workflow.ts
@@ -1,29 +1,11 @@
 import { SourceFile, SourceRepository } from '@amazon-codecatalyst/blueprint-component.source-repositories';
 import { Blueprint } from '@amazon-codecatalyst/blueprints.blueprint';
+import * as sdk from '@aws/codecatalyst-workflows-sdk';
 import { Component } from 'projen';
 import * as YAML from 'yaml';
-import { ComputeDefintion } from './compute';
-import { SourceDefiniton } from './sources';
-import { TriggerDefiniton } from './triggers';
-
-export enum RunModeDefiniton {
-  PARALLEL = 'PARALLEL',
-  QUEUED = 'QUEUED',
-  SUPERSEDED = 'SUPERSEDED',
-}
-
-export interface WorkflowDefinition {
-  Name: string;
-  SchemaVersion?: string;
-  RunMode?: RunModeDefiniton;
-  Sources?: SourceDefiniton;
-  Triggers?: TriggerDefiniton[];
-  Compute?: ComputeDefintion;
-  Actions?: {
-    [id: string]: any;
-  };
-}
+import { WorkflowDefinition } from './workflow/workflow-definition';
 
+export const workflowLocation = '.codecatalyst/workflows';
 export interface WorkflowOptions {
   /**
    * Additional comments to be added to the top of the generated .yaml file of the workflow.
@@ -42,10 +24,13 @@ export interface WorkflowOptions {
   YAMLOptions?: YAML.DocumentOptions & YAML.SchemaOptions & YAML.ParseOptions & YAML.CreateNodeOptions & YAML.ToStringOptions;
 }
 
-export const workflowLocation = '.codecatalyst/workflows';
-
 export class Workflow extends Component {
-  constructor(blueprint: Blueprint, sourceRepository: SourceRepository, workflow: WorkflowDefinition | any, options?: WorkflowOptions) {
+  constructor(
+    blueprint: Blueprint,
+    sourceRepository: SourceRepository,
+    workflow: WorkflowDefinition | sdk.Workflow | any,
+    options?: WorkflowOptions,
+  ) {
     super(blueprint);
 
     /**
diff --git a/packages/components/workflows/src/workflow/compute.ts b/packages/components/workflows/src/workflow/compute.ts
index f7c895d75..82d03fa56 100644
--- a/packages/components/workflows/src/workflow/compute.ts
+++ b/packages/components/workflows/src/workflow/compute.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { WorkflowDefinition } from './workflow';
+import { WorkflowDefinition } from './workflow-definition';
 export interface ComputeDefintion {
   Type: ComputeType;
   Fleet: ComputeFleet;
diff --git a/packages/components/workflows/src/workflow/triggers.ts b/packages/components/workflows/src/workflow/triggers.ts
index d655d31de..4ce2f65f8 100644
--- a/packages/components/workflows/src/workflow/triggers.ts
+++ b/packages/components/workflows/src/workflow/triggers.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { WorkflowDefinition } from './workflow';
+import { WorkflowDefinition } from './workflow-definition';
 
 export interface TriggerDefiniton {
   Type: TriggerType;
diff --git a/packages/components/workflows/src/workflow/workflow-builder.ts b/packages/components/workflows/src/workflow/workflow-builder.ts
index 073cdca47..7be54a597 100644
--- a/packages/components/workflows/src/workflow/workflow-builder.ts
+++ b/packages/components/workflows/src/workflow/workflow-builder.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { Blueprint } from '@amazon-codecatalyst/blueprints.blueprint';
 import { addGenericBranchTrigger, addGenericPullRequestTrigger, PullRequestEvent } from './triggers';
-import { WorkflowDefinition } from './workflow';
+import { WorkflowDefinition } from './workflow-definition';
 import { ComputeDefintion, TriggerDefiniton } from '..';
 import { addGenericBuildAction, BuildActionParameters } from '../actions/action-build';
 import { addGenericCdkBootstrapAction, CdkBootstrapActionParameters } from '../actions/action-cdk-bootstrap';
diff --git a/packages/components/workflows/src/workflow/workflow-definition.ts b/packages/components/workflows/src/workflow/workflow-definition.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..41b82e583
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/components/workflows/src/workflow/workflow-definition.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { ComputeDefintion } from './compute';
+import { SourceDefiniton } from './sources';
+import { TriggerDefiniton } from './triggers';
+
+export enum RunModeDefiniton {
+  PARALLEL = 'PARALLEL',
+  QUEUED = 'QUEUED',
+  SUPERSEDED = 'SUPERSEDED',
+}
+
+export interface WorkflowDefinition {
+  Name: string;
+  SchemaVersion?: string;
+  RunMode?: RunModeDefiniton;
+  Sources?: SourceDefiniton;
+  Triggers?: TriggerDefiniton[];
+  Compute?: ComputeDefintion;
+  Actions?: {
+    [id: string]: any;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 69a6ae490..0b952f595 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@amazon-codecatalyst/blueprint-component.source-repositories": "*"
     "@amazon-codecatalyst/blueprint-util.projen-blueprint-component": "*"
     "@amazon-codecatalyst/blueprints.blueprint": "*"
+    "@aws/codecatalyst-workflows-sdk": 0.1.5-preview.6
     "@types/node": ^18
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": ^5
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": ^5
@@ -1127,6 +1128,19 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"@aws/codecatalyst-workflows-sdk@npm:0.1.5-preview.6":
+  version: 0.1.5-preview.6
+  resolution: "@aws/codecatalyst-workflows-sdk@npm:0.1.5-preview.6"
+  dependencies:
+    globule: ^1.3.4
+    js-yaml: ^4.1.0
+    jsonschema: ^1.4.1
+  peerDependencies:
+    projen: ^0.71.112
+  checksum: acf74c11caee1bbb239aafb6d8ebb94349f0278ec2d84395e38b662ce4ff41caefa1d6ef54d7a900361472a276f0bf498e4af48765e5d604e51432ba4a0c0435
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "@babel/code-frame@npm:^7.0.0, @babel/code-frame@npm:^7.12.13, @babel/code-frame@npm:^7.22.5":
   version: 7.22.5
   resolution: "@babel/code-frame@npm:7.22.5"
@@ -7495,7 +7509,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"globule@npm:*":
+"globule@npm:*, globule@npm:^1.3.4":
   version: 1.3.4
   resolution: "globule@npm:1.3.4"
   dependencies:
@@ -9583,6 +9597,13 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"jsonschema@npm:^1.4.1":
+  version: 1.4.1
+  resolution: "jsonschema@npm:1.4.1"
+  checksum: 1ef02a6cd9bc32241ec86bbf1300bdbc3b5f2d8df6eb795517cf7d1cd9909e7beba1e54fdf73990fd66be98a182bda9add9607296b0cb00b1348212988e424b2
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "jsx-ast-utils@npm:^2.4.1 || ^3.0.0, jsx-ast-utils@npm:^3.3.3":
   version: 3.3.4
   resolution: "jsx-ast-utils@npm:3.3.4"