diff --git a/plugins/builder-lambda/templates/samconfig.toml.sigil b/plugins/builder-lambda/templates/samconfig.toml.sigil
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+version = 0.1
+
+[default]
+[default.deploy]
+[default.deploy.parameters]
+stack_name = "{{ $.APP }}-lambda"
+s3_bucket = "{{ $.S3_BUCKET }}"
+s3_prefix = "{{ $.APP }}"
+region = "{{ $.AWS_REGION }}"
+confirm_changeset = true
+fail_on_empty_changeset = false
+capabilities = "CAPABILITY_IAM"
+image_repositories = []
diff --git a/plugins/builder-lambda/templates/template.yaml.sigil b/plugins/builder-lambda/templates/template.yaml.sigil
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+---
+AWSTemplateFormatVersion: "2010-09-09"
+Transform: AWS::Serverless-2016-10-31
+Description: >
+  {{ $.APP }}
+
+# todo: iterate over every process type and create a resource entry
+Resources:
+  {{ $.APP}}{{ $.PROCESS_TYPE | capitalize}}:
+    Type: AWS::Serverless::Function
+    Properties:
+      Architectures:
+        - x86_64
+      CodeUri: s3://{{ $.S3_BUCKET }}/{{ $.APP }}/{{ $.GIT_REV }}
+      FunctionName: {{ $.APP | lower }}{{ $.PROCESS_TYPE | lower }}
+      Handler: {{ $.HANDLER }}
+      Runtime: {{ $.RUNTIME }}
+      Role: {{ $.IAM_ROLE }}
+      Timeout: 3
+      Environment:
+        Variables:
+          {{ range $key, $value := . }}
+            {{ $key }}: |
+              {{ $value }}
+          {{ end }}