Repeat steps 1–3 to create the FoodIntent.įurthermore, we have to define some sample utterances the user can say to invoke the selected intent. On the right, choose a name (here we use RabbitIntent, 2). Create a new intent by clicking the Add label next to the Intents menu entry (1). In our use case, we’d like to support two intents: Feed the bunnies and food is ready. On the left, you can see the three default intents (cancel, stop, help). In order to open it, click the black Launch Skill Builder BETA button on the Interaction Model page.

I’ll use the Skill Builder Beta in this sample. Next, we’ll create the intents which our app supports. Now, click Save followed the Next button. As the skill won’t use audio player, video app or render template directives, we’ll set all the Global Fields to No. If you intend to publish the skill at a later point in time, make sure to check the Invocation Name Guidelines. Here, I used “my children,” so we can invoke our skill with “Alexa, tell/ask/… my children to…” later on. You can add additional languages later on. Here, select Custom Interaction Model as the Skill Type, as we’re neither developing a smart home, flash briefing nor video skill. Click the orange Add a New Skill button in order to create a new one. You might have to accept the Amazon developer ToCs before you can access the developer console. Ready, set, go!įirst of all, you need to create a new skill in the Amazon Apps & Services Developer Portal for Alexa. We’ll do all of this with zero lines of code, in less than 15 minutes. This should be as easy as saying:Īlexa, tell my children to feed the bunnies. Whenever food is ready or the rabbits need to be fed, you want to send a Slack message to your children. Here’s our sample project: Let’s say you share a family Slack with your spouse and children. You’ll be surprised how easy this is can be with the help of Microsoft Azure Logic Apps. It’s super convenient and so you might want to create your own skills as well.

Alexa is Amazon’s voice-controlled personal assistant.

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