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Build your First Alexa Skill

Alexa, What’s the WiFi info?WiFi Name: Betaworks1 - Guest WiFi Password: betaworks

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Alexa Skill Terminology

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Alexa, ask “nonsmoker” “how many days it’s been since I quit”

Invocation Name Intent

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“Hello, World” Skill

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Alexa, tell <your last name> to say hello world.

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Alexa Skill Steps

Lambda Alexa Skills Portal

Test

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bit.ly/alexaskill

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Step 1: Lambda

Lambda

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1a: Amazon Lambda Login

• Click Link 1

• Login or create an account with the same Amazon account that your Echo is linked to.

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1b: Amazon Lambda Function

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1c: Copy Source Code

• Click Link 2

• Copy all of the source code in the box

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1d: Paste Source Code

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1e: Set Execution Role

• Click “Role” dropdown

• Scroll dropdown menu to bottom

• Click “lambda_basic_execution”

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1f: Finish Creating Function

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1g: Set Event Source

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Step 1 Done

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Step 2: Amazon Skills Portal

Alexa Skills Portal

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2a: Amazon Developer Login

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• Click Link 3

• Login or create an account with the same Amazon account that your Echo is linked to.

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2b: Navigate to Add New Skill

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2c: Name and Invocation Name

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2d: Interaction Model

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2e: Copy Intent Schema

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• Click Link 4

• Copy all of the text in the box

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2f: Paste Intent Schema

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2g: Copy Sample Utterances

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• Click Link 5

• Copy all of the text in the box

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2h: Paste Sample Utterances

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2i: Configuration

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2j: Copy ARN

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2k: Paste ARN

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Step 2 Done

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Step 3: Amazon Skills Test

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3a: Service Simulator

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Input

Output

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3b: Test on Device

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Alexa, tell <your last name> to say hello world.

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Step 4: Customize

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4a: Change “Sample Utterances”

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• Go to “Interaction Model” in dev portal.

• In Sample Utterances, edit the words to the right of “TestIntent” with what you want to say (input).

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4b: Change Lambda Output

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• Go to “Code” tab in Lambda

• Scroll to line 104 and replace Hello, World with your output.

• Keep the quotes around your output

• Click “Save”.

• Test in Amazon Developer Portal.

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Fin

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