This tutorial is for beginners who have little experience with API requests, and may not be able to fully understand API documentation. It goes into detail on how to use variables and what the user says in the API request Read more…
This tutorial is for advanced users who understand the basics of making API requests, and are able to read API documentation. It outlines how to implement the new feature but doesn’t go into too much detail on how it actually Read more…
The first thing people will see if they search for a skill is a logo – that’s why it’s important to have a good one. Here’s one method I use, which lets me create logos in less than 10 minutes. Read more…
Alright, this one’s annoying. When you test in the Storyline browser, the skill will just stop, or in the developer console tester or on an Alexa device, it’ll say: ‘there was a problem with the requested skill’s response’. There are Read more…
At some point, you might need to add audio to your skills. Dropbox is a good free way to do this and is easier to use than Amazon S3/AWS. Setup a Dropbox account. If you haven’t, see here. Now, Read more…
If you’re here, I’m guessing you’re seeing this: Right. Let’s go and fix this. It’s a nice and simple fix, and unofficial, but almost always works. Firstly, this could be user error. Check your skill name, and make sure it Read more…
I think the hardest part of creating your Alexa Skill is getting people to use it. There are limited ways to market it, especially methods that don’t cost money. In no particular order, I’m going to list some ideas you Read more…
Believe it or not, there is actually a way to schedule news updates in a flash briefing style format, but in your custom skills. You can schedule updates to Google Sheets APIs using this message so that every day Alexa reads something Read more…
RSS Feeds are a great way to get live updates on news or weather. It’s easy to integrate them into custom Alexa Skills. Find a link to the RSS feed you’d like to use. I’m using http://rss.cnn.com/rss/edition.rss for major news Read more…
If you want to publish your skill to other countries or as a kids skill, you’ll need to remove the phone number intent Storyline automatically adds if you develop your skill for US. First, upload the skill to Alexa in Read more…