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+from typing import Mapping, Optional
+from constructs import Construct
+
+import aws_cdk as cdk
+from aws_cdk import aws_cloudwatch as cloudwatch
+from aws_cdk import aws_sqs as sqs
+from aws_cdk import aws_sns as sns
+from aws_cdk import aws_lambda as lambda_
+from aws_cdk.aws_sns_subscriptions import SqsSubscription
+
+from aibs_informatics_core.env import EnvBase, ResourceNameBaseEnum
+from aibs_informatics_cdk_lib.stacks.base import EnvBaseStack
+from aibs_informatics_cdk_lib.constructs_.assets.code_asset import CodeAsset
+
+
+class ExternalSNSTriggerStack(EnvBaseStack):
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        scope: Construct,
+        id: Optional[str],
+        env_base: EnvBase,
+        triggered_lambda_fn_name: str | ResourceNameBaseEnum,
+        triggered_lambda_code_asset: CodeAsset,
+        triggered_lambda_handler: str,
+        external_sns_event_name: str | ResourceNameBaseEnum,
+        external_sns_topic_arn: str,
+        external_sns_filter_policy: Optional[Mapping[str, sns.SubscriptionFilter]] = None,
+        external_sns_filter_policy_with_message_body: Optional[Mapping[str, sns.FilterOrPolicy]] = None,
+        **kwargs,
+    ) -> None:
+        
+        """This intended to be a generic CDK stack that defines resources necessary to
+        implement a trigger system that listens for events from an external
+        (some other AWS account) SNS Topic and fires off a lambda in the
+        account where this stack is deployed.
+
+                                
+                              ┌------------- ExternalSNSTriggerStack ---------------┐
+                              |                                                     |
+                              |                                                     |
+        (other AWS account)   |           (SQS)                     (Lambda)        |
+        external_sns_topic -> |  external_sns_events_queue -> triggered_lambda_fn   |
+                              |                                        |            |
+                              |                                        v            |
+                              |        (Cloudwatch)                (SQS DLQ)        |                         
+                              | triggered_lambda_dlq_alarm <- triggered_lambda_dlq  |
+                              |                                                     |
+                              └-----------------------------------------------------┘
+
+        The main intended use case is to provide a simple template for setting up automation
+        based on PTS SNS Topic notifications in a separate AWS account (e.g. in an informatics processing pipeline)
+        """
+        super().__init__(scope=scope, id=id, env_base=env_base, **kwargs)
+
+        self.external_sns_events_queue = sqs.Queue(
+            scope=self,
+            id=self.env_base.get_construct_id(external_sns_event_name, "event-queue"),
+            queue_name=self.env_base.prefixed(external_sns_event_name, "event-queue"),
+            retention_period=cdk.Duration.days(7),
+        )
+
+        # The *owning* AWS account of the SNS topic needs to give Subscribe permissions to the
+        # AWS account where this stack will be deployed
+        # See: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sns/latest/dg/sns-send-message-to-sqs-cross-account.html
+        self.external_sns_topic = sns.Topic.from_topic_arn(
+            scope=self,
+            id=self.env_base.get_construct_id(external_sns_event_name, "external-sns-topic"),
+            topic_arn=external_sns_topic_arn,
+        )
+
+        # Useful references:
+        # https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cdk/api/v2/python/aws_cdk.aws_sns/Subscription.html#aws_cdk.aws_sns.Subscription
+        # https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cdk/api/v2/python/aws_cdk.aws_sns/SubscriptionFilter.html#aws_cdk.aws_sns.SubscriptionFilter
+        # https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cdk/api/v2/python/aws_cdk.aws_sns/FilterOrPolicy.html#aws_cdk.aws_sns.FilterOrPolicy
+        self.external_sns_topic.add_subscription(
+            subscription=SqsSubscription(
+                queue=self.external_sns_events_queue,
+                raw_message_delivery=True,
+                filter_policy=external_sns_filter_policy,
+                filter_policy_with_message_body=external_sns_filter_policy_with_message_body,
+            )
+        )
+
+        triggered_lambda_dlq_name = self.env_base.prefixed(triggered_lambda_fn_name, "dlq")
+        self.triggered_lambda_dlq = sqs.Queue(
+            scope=self,
+            id=self.env_base.get_construct_id(triggered_lambda_fn_name, "dlq"),
+            queue_name=triggered_lambda_dlq_name,
+            retention_period=cdk.Duration.days(14),
+        )
+
+        self.triggered_lambda_fn = lambda_.Function(
+            scope=self,
+            id=self.env_base.get_construct_id(triggered_lambda_fn_name, "triggered-lambda"),
+            function_name=self.get_resource_name(triggered_lambda_fn_name),
+            handler=triggered_lambda_handler,
+            runtime=triggered_lambda_code_asset.default_runtime,
+            code=triggered_lambda_code_asset.as_code,
+            memory_size=128,
+            timeout=cdk.Duration.minutes(5),
+            environment=triggered_lambda_code_asset.environment,
+            dead_letter_queue=self.triggered_lambda_dlq,
+            dead_letter_queue_enabled=self.is_prod,
+        )
+
+        self.external_sns_events_queue.grant_consume_messages(self.triggered_lambda_fn)
+        self.triggered_lambda_dlq.grant_send_messages(self.triggered_lambda_fn)
+
+        # Alarm that fires if triggered lambda fails to parse external SNS Topic events
+        self.triggered_lambda_dlq_alarm = cloudwatch.Alarm(
+            scope=self,
+            id=self.get_construct_id(triggered_lambda_fn_name, "dlq", "alarm"),
+            alarm_description=(
+                f"Alarm if more than 1 message in {triggered_lambda_dlq_name} in 10 minute period"
+            ),
+            metric=self.triggered_lambda_dlq.metric_approximate_number_of_messages_visible(
+                statistic=cloudwatch.Stats.MAXIMUM,
+                period=cdk.Duration.minutes(10),
+            ),
+            evaluation_periods=1,
+            threshold=1,
+            datapoints_to_alarm=1,
+            comparison_operator=cloudwatch.ComparisonOperator.GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO_THRESHOLD,
+        )