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Deploying Your First Alexa Skill

In this lab, you will learn how to use ASK to create a new skill from templates. You will learn how to set up your lab environment for Alexa skill building, and then you will deploy a simple skill and test it. By the end of the lab, you will have deployed your first Alexa skill and proven it functions successfully. Objectives for this lab include learning to initialize the `ask-cli`, deploying a templated skill and making a slight modification to it, and deploying the skill and testing it works as expected. **Note:** You must have your own Amazon Developer account, which you can [sign up](https://developer.amazon.com/) for if you do not already have one.

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Clock icon Beginner
Duration
Clock icon 45m
Last updated
Clock icon Aug 21, 2025

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Configure Amazon Skills Kit to Use Your AWS Developer Account

    Upgrade and initialize the ASK CLI. Then, connect to the AWS account on the VM.

  2. Challenge

    Clone Skill and Check Out Branch

    Clone and configure the skill template.

  3. Challenge

    Update Skill Code

    Update the skill.json file. Then, apply changes to the ../models/en-US.json and ../lambda/custom/index.js code.

  4. Challenge

    Deploy and Test

    Deploy and test the skill.

  5. Challenge

    Clean Up Amazon Developer Account Alexa Console

    At this point, the skill you just created should be deleted from your Alexa Developer Console.

    Please do so at this link: Alexa Developer Console.

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Pluralsight Skills gives leaders confidence they have the skills needed to execute technology strategy. Technology teams can benchmark expertise across roles, speed up release cycles and build reliable, secure products. By leveraging our expert content, skill assessments and one-of-a-kind analytics, keep up with the pace of change, put the right people on the right projects and boost productivity. It's the most effective path to developing tech skills at scale.

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Hands-on Labs are real environments created by industry experts to help you learn. These environments help you gain knowledge and experience, practice without compromising your system, test without risk, destroy without fear, and let you learn from your mistakes. Hands-on Labs: practice your skills before delivering in the real world.

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We will provide the credentials and environment necessary for you to practice right within your browser.

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Follow along with the author’s guided walkthrough and build something new in your provided environment!

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