#Alexa Skills Kit Documentation

The documentation for the Alexa Skills Kit is available on the Amazon Apps and Services Developer Portal.

Go to https://developer.amazon.com/appsandservices/solutions/alexa/alexa-skills-kit/
   and follow the links on the page to access the detailed documentation.

## Contents
The included samples represent how to use nodejs AWS Lambda functions as Alexa Skills.
The following samples are included (ordered by complexity, see the Using Alexa Skills Kit Samples
link below for more details):

- SpaceGeek : a simple skill that responds to the user with a space fact.
- MinecraftHelper : a simple skill that responds to the user's recipe queries with formulas.
- WiseGuy : a skill that tells knock knock jokes.
- HistoryBuff : a skill that gives historical information that happened on a user provided day.
- Savvy Consumer : a skill that looks up a category on Amazon and returns the best selling products.
- TidePooler : a skill that looks up tide information for various cities.
- ScoreKeeper : a skill that can keep score of a game.

## Usage
Navigate to the README.txt in each sub directory and follow the instructions for getting the sample up and running.

## Resources
Here are a few direct links to our documentation:

    Using the Alexa Skills Kit Samples (Node.js)
    https://developer.amazon.com/appsandservices/solutions/alexa/alexa-skills-kit/docs/using-the-alexa-skills-kit-samples-node

    Getting Started:
    https://developer.amazon.com/appsandservices/solutions/alexa/alexa-skills-kit/getting-started-guide

    Invocation Name Guidelines:
    https://developer.amazon.com/public/solutions/alexa/alexa-skills-kit/docs/choosing-the-invocation-name-for-an-alexa-skill

    Developing an Alexa Skill as an AWS Lambda Function:
    https://developer.amazon.com/appsandservices/solutions/alexa/alexa-skills-kit/docs/developing-an-alexa-skill-as-a-lambda-function