# shared/ Cross-function Python modules — the local equivalent of an AWS Lambda Layer. Anything in this directory is available to every function under `functions//handler.py` as a regular import: ```python # functions/sign_pdfs/handler.py from shared import common_utils ``` The `shared/` directory is added to `sys.path` by the runner. For an AWS deploy, you'd either: 1. Package it as a real Lambda Layer (preferred), and reference the layer ARN from each function's deploy spec, **or** 2. Vendor a copy into each function's deployment zip (simpler, less DRY). Currently empty — no cross-function code yet. First candidate would probably be a structured-logging helper once multiple functions need it.