This example demonstrates how to setup your own Alexa skill using AWS Lambdas.

• Building custom Alexa skills

In the Alexa Developer Portal you can add your own skill. To do so you need to define the available intents and then connect them to a AWS Lambda. The Lambda you can define and update with Serverless.

In order to deploy the endpoint simply run

The expected result should be similar to:

Next we need to setup a Alexa skill. Once you've signed up for the Amazon Developer Platform visit https://developer.amazon.com/edw/home.html. There you should see the following screen:

Next click on Add a new Skill:

Go through the steps and fill in all the required fields e.g. Intent Schema and Sample Utterances:

Intent Schema

Sample Utterances

Fill in the Lambda ARN which was printed or run serverless info to retrieve the ARN again.

Next up visit the test page, fill in the utterance and click on Ask LuckyNumbers.

You should have received a response containing the text Your lucky number is followed by your lucky number :)

Check out this Amazon guide to learn more about how to submit your skill for publication.