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Get ready to build an engaging customer experience with voice. Whether you’re new to voice design or are an experienced Alexa skill builder, you’ll find all the top Alexa Skills Kit (ASK) resources here.
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Date | Name | Summary | Locale Availability | Links | Release Type |
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9/25/2019 | Alexa Connect Kit (ACK) | Use the Alexa Connect Kit to easily make your devices smart | US | Generally Available | |
9/25/2019 | Non-controllable States | Use non-controllable states to give customers information on states they cannot control | US | Alexa Blog | Generally Available |
9/25/2019 | Simple Setup (GA for Wi-Fi and Zigbee, Preview for Bluetooth) | Join us in the Frustration Free Setup initiative | US | Alexa Blog Web page |
Generally Available, Preview |
9/25/2019 | Alexa Education Skill API (Preview) | The Alexa Education Skill API (Preview) allows you to easily create voice interfaces for Education Technology Applications | US | Preview | |
9/25/2019 | Alexa Presentation Language (GA) | Publish visually rich, interactive skills with Alexa Presentation Language (APL), now generally available | All | Generally Available |
Review a sample skill that uses in-skill purchasing (ISP) to offer different premium packs for purchase, and a premium subscription option to unlock all of the packs at once.
Access developer console functions from the command line and programmatically with the ASK Command-Line Interface (ASK CLI) and ASK Skill Management API (SMAPI).
The Test Simulator allows you to test your Alexa skill by inputting text or using voice to interact with your skill.
Use the utterance profiler to test user utterances and improve your skill’s interaction model.
Use interaction path analysis to identify interactions where customers commonly become blocked or exit your skill.
Intent history provides skill developers with the aggregated and anonymized transcriptions of user speech data and intent request details for their skills, on a per-skill basis.
Use our extension for Visual Studio Code to develop and deploy your skills in an integrated environment.
Build and deploy Alexa skills faster and more reliably using our integrations with AWS CodeStar, AWS CodePipeline, and AWS CloudFormation.