diff --git a/packages/gatsby-operations/package.json b/packages/gatsby-operations/package.json
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+++ b/packages/gatsby-operations/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "@amazeelabs/gatsby-operations",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "",
+  "type": "module",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+  },
+  "keywords": [],
+  "author": "",
+  "license": "ISC",
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@babel/types": "^7.23.6",
+    "@types/babel__core": "^7.20.5",
+    "babel-plugin-tester": "^11.0.4",
+    "typescript": "^5.3.3",
+    "vitest": "^1.1.0"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@babel/core": "^7.23.6"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-operations/src/plugin.test.ts b/packages/gatsby-operations/src/plugin.test.ts
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index 000000000..7c1363cfa
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+++ b/packages/gatsby-operations/src/plugin.test.ts
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+import { pluginTester } from 'babel-plugin-tester';
+
+import plugin from './plugin';
+
+pluginTester({
+  plugin,
+  pluginOptions: {},
+  tests: [
+    {
+      code: `
+import { MyOperation } from '@custom/schema';
+import { useStaticQuery } from '@amazeelabs/gatsby-operations';
+function useData() { return useStaticQuery(MyOperation); }
+`,
+      output: `
+import { MyOperation } from '@custom/schema';
+import { graphql, useStaticQuery, } from 'gatsby';
+function useData() { return useStaticQuery(graphql\`{ field }\`); }
+`,
+    },
+  ],
+});
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-operations/src/plugin.ts b/packages/gatsby-operations/src/plugin.ts
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+++ b/packages/gatsby-operations/src/plugin.ts
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+import { PluginObj, PluginPass, types } from '@babel/core';
+
+export default () =>
+  ({
+    visitor: {
+      ImportDeclaration(path, { opts }) {
+        if (path.node.source.value !== '@amazeelabs/gatsby-operations') {
+          path.replaceWith(
+            types.importDeclaration(
+              path.node.specifiers,
+              types.stringLiteral('gatsby'),
+            ),
+          );
+        }
+      },
+    },
+  } as PluginObj<
+    PluginPass & {
+      opts: {
+        operations: Record<string, string>;
+      };
+    }
+  >);
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-operations/tsconfig.json b/packages/gatsby-operations/tsconfig.json
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+++ b/packages/gatsby-operations/tsconfig.json
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+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "target": "ESNext",
+    "allowJs": false,
+    "skipLibCheck": true,
+    "esModuleInterop": false,
+    "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
+    "strict": true,
+    "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
+    "module": "ESNext",
+    "moduleResolution": "Node",
+    "resolveJsonModule": true,
+    "isolatedModules": true,
+    "declaration": true,
+    "declarationDir": "build",
+    "outDir": "build"
+  },
+  "include": ["src"]
+}
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-operations/vitest.config.ts b/packages/gatsby-operations/vitest.config.ts
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index 000000000..7382f40e7
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+++ b/packages/gatsby-operations/vitest.config.ts
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+import { defineConfig } from 'vitest/config';
+
+export default defineConfig({
+  test: {
+    globals: true,
+  },
+});