The documentation for the Alexa Skills Kit is available on the Amazon Apps and Services Developer Portal.
Here are a few direct links to our documentation:
- Alexa Java SDK Wiki Page
- Using the Alexa Skills Kit Samples
- Getting Started
- Invocation Name Guidelines
- Developing an Alexa Skill as an AWS Lambda Function
We have developed a set of sample skills which illustrate how to use Java Alexa Skills Kit SDK and AWS Lambda to host an Alexa Skill. They can be found here: https://github.com/alexa/skill-samples-java
The sample skills demonstrate how to use many Alexa features:
- Handling Intents: Hello World, Minecraft Helper
- Connecting to Alexa APIs : Device Address Skill
- Connecting to Third Party APIs : TidePooler
- Session Management : WiseGuy
- Building a skill for Echo Show: Display Interface Guide