Test Your Skill
The Alexa Skills Kit (ASK) includes tools to help you test and debug your skill. The types of testing that you do depends on the voice interaction model for your skill type.
Use the following guides to help you learn how to test and debug an Alexa skill:
- Test and Debug a Custom Skill
- Test and Debug Your Smart Home Skill
- Music, Radio, and Podcast Skill Testing Guide
- Video Skill Testing Guide
Before you publish your skill, you can beta test the skill with a small group of friendly users.
Test for the voice interaction model
The following table shows the most widely used test tools for the pre-built and custom voice interaction models.
| Tool | Pre-built | Custom |
|---|---|---|
| Alexa simulator in the developer console | ✔ | ✔ |
| ASK CLI test tools | ✔ | ✔ |
| Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) evaluation tool | — | ✔ |
| Natural Language Understanding (NLU) evaluation tool | — | ✔ |
| Skill Testing using Skill Management API for automated testing | ✔ | ✔ |
| Smart Home debugger | ✔ | — |
| Smart Home test tools for automated testing | ✔ | — |
| Utterance profiler | — | ✔ |
| Visual Studio Code Alexa simulator | — | ✔ |
Additional resources
Use the following additional resources to help you learn how to test an Alexa skill.
Concepts and procedures
- In-Skill Purchase Testing Guide
- ASK CLI simulate Command
- ASK CLI dialog Command
- SMAPI Skill Testing Operations
Blog posts
- Unit Testing: Creating Functional Alexa Skills
- TestFlow: Simulate Conversations with Your Alexa Skill Code to Ease Debugging
- Building Engaging Alexa Skills: Why Testing and Automation Matter