Alexa, Let’s Build a Serverless Skill

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Shows how to build a complete serverless Alexa skill end-to-end using AWS Lambda, Alexa Skills Kit, Amazon DynamoDB and deployment tools (AWS CodeStar, Cloud9, CodePipeline, CodeBuild, SAM). Claims Alexa scales without servers and cites ~30,000 existing skills; demos a “Chicago cab” skill with intents, slots and confirmation prompts. Pipeline packages and deploys the Lambda backend; the deployed demo reaches slot collection and TTS but fails final ride fulfillment because an intent handler is missing, so most pieces work but full booking isn’t completed.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 4:53Alexa Skills Kit: Signal Processing
3. 5:35Alexa Skills Kit: Output
4. 6:11Amazon Lex
5. 7:29Slot Elicitation
6. 7:59Book a Hotel
7. 22:05Serverless applications
8. 23:14Anatomy of a Lambda function
9. 24:54AWS Serverless Application Model (SAM)
10. 25:19SAM template

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