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Alexa Skills Kit
From interactive games to smart-home integrations and even drone control, you can enable countless voice-first experiences with Alexa. With the Alexa Skills Kit, anyone can design and build for voice, no coding knowledge required. Learn what you can build with Alexa, then start building your vision. Once you publish your skill, you can apply to earn free Alexa perks.
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Training Videos
Learn more about the Alexa Skills Kit with these training videos by third-party education organizations. Learn more
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Alexa Developer Blog
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Alexa Dev Chat Podcast
Tune in to hear Chief Alexa Evangelist David Isbitski discuss all things Alexa with rotating guests. Learn more
Agencies and Tools
Find an experienced team to help you bring your Alexa skill to life using tried-and-true tools. Learn more
Teach Alexa how to control smart lights, thermostats, smart cameras, and entertainment devices. Build hands-free experiences that integrate seamlessly into your customers’ routine. Learn more
Twenty percent of our top skills are games like Jeopardy and The Magic Door. Build the next crowd favorite, be it a trivia skill, an interactive adventure game, or even a whole new VR world. Learn more
Deliver fresh content to your customers via pre-recorded audio clips or text-to-speech (TTS) updates. Share the latest news headlines, weather updates, and more whenever customers ask. Learn more
Add voice to your big idea or existing service. Build a custom interaction model and enable customers to call an Uber, order pizza, look up information, and more—all hands-free with voice. Learn more
Enable customers to easily find and consume video content without invoking a specific skill. With video skills, customers can simply say, “Alexa, play Manchester by the Sea” without specifying a provider or device. Learn more
Optimize your voice experience for the display and video interfaces on Echo Show. You can enable enhanced visual capabilities including video streaming or allow customers to view their smart home cameras. Learn more
Fans of America's favorite game show can now play along at home. Complete with a greeting by Alex Trebek, J!6 serves up six new clues every day.
The Allrecipes skill helps home cooks find and follow recipes, hands-free. On Echo Show, the experience also includes helpful visual aids.
In this house, Alexa controls all the smart appliances including the TV, the lights, the ceiling fan, the thermostat, and even the window shades.
With Echo Show, Arlo customers can simply ask to see a live feed of any of their smart security cameras—no phone or app required.
In The Wayne Investigation, Batman fans play detective, investigating the murder of Bruce Wayne’s parents wth Alexa as their guide.
Andy and Laura Huntwork started with an idea: "What would you ask Alexa to open that’s exciting, even magical?" Enter: The Magic Door.
For just $500, Joel Evans built a drone that takes off on voice command. Bonus: Alexa even says, "All your base are belong to us."
This skill entails a camera-equipped cap and Alexa. It enables anyone to simply put on the cap and say, "Alexa, ask Smart Cap what is in front of me."
This skill by design firm Macadamian takes the handiwork out of an action performed six billion times each day in the US alone: texting.