Home Assistant Talking to Alexa (The Script)

Prerequisites

You have created a Custom Skill. Have the ID of the skill at hand. You can find this on the Alexa Developer Console by clicking "Copy Skill ID" on the skill you created.

Installing the script

The following steps and examples are using this script to connect to Alexa. Make sure to install it i.e. into /config/scripts.yaml. Replace <Your Skill ID> with your skills ID.

script:
  activate_alexa_actionable_notification:
    description: 'Activates an actionable notification on a specific echo device'
    fields:
      text:
        description: 'The text you would like alexa to speak.'
        example: 'What would you like the thermostat set to?'
      event_id:
        description: 'Correlation ID for event responses'
        example: 'ask_for_temperature'
      alexa_device: 
        description: 'Alexa device you want to trigger'
        example: 'media_player.bedroom_echo'
    sequence:
      - service: input_text.set_value
        data:
          entity_id: input_text.alexa_actionable_notification
          value: '{"text": "{{ text }}", "event": "{{ event_id }}"}'
      - service: media_player.play_media
        data:
          media_content_type: skill
          media_content_id: <Your Skill ID>
        target:
          entity_id: "{{ alexa_device }}"

Use the Developer Tools to reload scripts.

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