In this video, you’ll learn the basics of Alexa Skill development by building one. But first, an introductory to Alexa Skills would be great. Alexa is Amazon’s Voice Service, accessed through Amazon Echo. After the setup process, you simply say the word ‘Alexa’, Echo will light up, and Alexa will respond. Alexa Skills are like apps. Skills are voice-driven Alexa capabilities. In other words, Skills are the interface between users and Alexa. We’ll handle the Alexa Skill development process under 3 parts. 1st part will be about signing in to Amazon Web Services (AWS) and creating a function and at 2nd part, we’ll use the Amazon Development Portal to configure our skill. 3rd part will be a short test of our skill. You’ll end with a simple but complete Alexa skill that can run on Amazon Echo or any device with Alexa. This tutorial uses the Alexa Skills Kit, AWS Lambda, and Python. Part 1 * Sign in to AWS Management Console, if you don’t have any account then you can create a free account. From the list of services, select Lambda. * Click the region drop-down in the upper-right corner of the console and select US East (N. Virginia), which is a supported region for Lambda functions used with the Alexa Skills Kit. * Choose to Create a Function to choose a blueprint for your new function * In the search filter box, type Alexa. Select blueprint Alexa-skills-kit-color-expert-python from the results. * Name your function. We’ll use conversation. Then, under the Lambda function handler and role, select the Create a custom role option. * When the IAM role management console opens, click on the Allow to go back to the previous Lambda console. * Scroll down and click on Create Function. * Copy the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) displayed in the upper-right corner of the console that starts with arn:aws:lambda:us-east…. Part 2 * Sign in to Amazon Development Portal, if you don’t have any account then you can create a free account. * Go to Create a New Alexa Skill page * Name your skill. * Click Next to continue to develop * In the Intent Schema box, paste the JSON code.