This is a very simple Alexa Skill configuration that you can setup to use your Alexa echo or similar with this shopping list app.
The skill is neither deployed nor certified. It's only in development and you need to setup the skill yourself in order to use it with your custom instance of this meteor app.
Log into the Alexa Developer Console with the same account that your Alexa device is registered with. If that's not possible, you need to re-register your device to be able to use this skill.
After logging in, create an Alexa skill. Name it as you want.
On the Build tab, choose the language settings to setup languages you want to support. For each language you can now create your Invocations and Intent. You need to name the Intents a certain way to match them in the meteor app. Please see these example configurations, and use them if you want. Just copy them to the JSON editor in the Interaction model section.
English
{
"interactionModel": {
"languageModel": {
"invocationName": "my shoppinglist",
"intents": [
{
"name": "AMAZON.FallbackIntent",
"samples": []
},
{
"name": "AMAZON.CancelIntent",
"samples": []
},
{
"name": "AMAZON.HelpIntent",
"samples": []
},
{
"name": "AMAZON.StopIntent",
"samples": [
"ok",
"end",
"thanks",
"thank you"
]
},
{
"name": "AMAZON.NavigateHomeIntent",
"samples": []
},
{
"name": "ROBBASH_add",
"slots": [
{
"name": "item",
"type": "AMAZON.SearchQuery"
}
],
"samples": [
"Add {item}",
"Add {item} to the list",
"Put {item}",
"Put {item} on the list",
"We need {item}"
]
},
{
"name": "ROBBASH_list",
"slots": [],
"samples": [
"read the list",
"what's on the list",
"list all items"
]
},
{
"name": "ROBBASH_check",
"slots": [
{
"name": "item",
"type": "AMAZON.SearchQuery"
}
],
"samples": [
"is {item} on the list",
"do we have {item} on the list"
]
}
],
"types": []
}
}
}German
{
"interactionModel": {
"languageModel": {
"invocationName": "meinen einkaufszettel",
"intents": [
{
"name": "AMAZON.CancelIntent",
"samples": []
},
{
"name": "AMAZON.HelpIntent",
"samples": []
},
{
"name": "AMAZON.StopIntent",
"samples": [
"ok",
"ende",
"danke"
]
},
{
"name": "ROBBASH_add",
"slots": [
{
"name": "item",
"type": "AMAZON.SearchQuery"
}
],
"samples": [
"Füge {item} hinzu",
"Schreib {item} auf",
"Nimm {item} auf",
"Pack {item} auf die Liste",
"Wir brauchen {item}",
"Pack {item} auf die Shopping-Liste",
"Schreib {item} auf die Liste"
]
},
{
"name": "AMAZON.NavigateHomeIntent",
"samples": []
},
{
"name": "ROBBASH_list",
"slots": [],
"samples": [
"lies mir den zettel vor",
"was ist auf dem zettel",
"auflistung",
"was ist auf der liste",
"lies mir die liste vor"
]
},
{
"name": "ROBBASH_check",
"slots": [
{
"name": "item",
"type": "AMAZON.SearchQuery"
}
],
"samples": [
"haben wir schon {item} auf dem zettel",
"haben wir {item} schon auf dem zettel",
"haben wir {item} schon auf der liste",
"haben wir schon {item} auf der liste",
"steht {item} schon auf dem zettel",
"steht {item} auf dem zettel",
"haben wir {item} auf der liste",
"steht {item} auf der liste"
]
}
],
"types": []
}
}
}Alexa needs to know where to set its requests to. You can set your endpoint - the URL your shopping list meteor app is running - in the Endpoint section. Make sure you have a valid SSL certificate. (If you don't, Let's encrypt is your friend.)