ASK Toolkit for Visual Studio Code (Beta) is an extension that that makes it easier to develop and deploy Alexa Skills. You can use the ASK toolkit to call the ASK command line interface (CLI) from within VS Code, and can see the results in VS Code's integrated terminal. This allows you to perform nearly all skill development actions within VS Code. Using the ASK toolkit, you can:
- Discover ASK commands by typing “ASK” from the VS Code command palette
- Create a skill using templates
- Generate code snippets for built-in intents, custom intents, slots, and request handlers
- Identify errors in your JSON schema
- Hover over a JSON object to see documentation
- Submit a skill for certification
See the getting started documentation
ASK toolkit requires you to install and initialize the ASK CLI.
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Download and configure ASK CLI. Watch this video or see the documentation.
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Download and confgure git to use Alexa templates.
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Optional but recommended: To use AWS Lambda to host your the backend business logic for your skill, watch this video or see the documentation for configuring your AWS credentials.