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I'm trying to create Alexa skill based on the tutorial mentioned here. I'm creating this using Alexa-Hosted Skill. When I open my skill, instead of saying 'hello', I get an error saying "There was a problem with the requested skill's response"

The code is exactly the same as mentioned in the src directory of the GitHub repo. Please let me know if you still need to see it and I can paste it here.

I have 2 questions:

1. I tried to find what the :ask and :tell directives are but I couldn't find the documentation. I checked a couple of sample repos provided by Alexa (like these: fact skill, trivia skill, how to skill) but every sample created skill using ResponseBuilder which is kind of documented here but I didn't find the documentation extensive. Can someone please tell me what they are and where can I find more documentation about them?

2. How do I correct the error I am getting so that I will be able to play the audio?

I was trying to make an alexa skill, which is based on the fact skill of the alexa's blueprint. I've made a custom Intent named "myIntent", which has a variable "{myName}" or slot type "myNameSlot". I've added multiple values like "Dhruv,User,My User" (all are separate values).

So, I tried to launch my Alexa skill in Test via the simulator. It is launching all the in-built intents just fine. However, when I try to launch my custom Intent, it doesn't launch.I wrote the same utterances, however, it is not being invoked.

Here's my Lambda Function's code : https://pastebin.com/7CrdMffW

I've created a simple skill for Alexa based on this example: https://github.com/alexa/skill-sample-nodejs-fact/blob/en-US/lambda/custom/index.js

Now, I'd like the script to log something on a different server when GetNewFactIntent is called.

This is what I'm trying to do but have an issue with this which is not what it should be in the http.get callback.

I am developing an Alexa skill using AWS Lambda, Node.js and the Alexa Skills Kit.I am using a forked from skill-sample-nodejs-fact project & successfully deployed & tested the sample fact project .Now I am trying to modify that code to read posts on some Facebook feeds.First I tried to develop some node application which can read posts & it was successful.Please find below code for your reference.I used fb module - https://www.npmjs.com/package/fb

I'm very new to Node.js, so perhaps my confusion stems from there. But as far as I can see it, there is no reason to install Alexa Skills Kit SDK when there is no native way to debug/test run my codes without using the simulator online.

I was following the tutorial to make Facts Skill, and noticed that I'm writing all of my code into the developer portal. I found a couple npm modules that allow me to test my Alexa Skill locally, but I want to know if there is any native support within the SDK for IO of request/respond JSON.

I guess I'm really confused because, normally when you install a module you use it directly in your script (e.g. You install the http module so that you can make http requests inside your code), but since there is no way to test the Alexa Skill out of the online simulator (which already has a built-in support for the SDK), it seems rather pointless to install the SDK as a module in my local environment.