Creating the skill

As mentioned earlier, we are going to create a skill through the Alexa Developer Console, which will retrieve five upcoming events from our event website.

From the interface, we will create a new intent with a simple utterance:

1. Log in to the Amazon Developer Console and click on the Alexa link as shown:

   Figure 12.1 – Amazon Developer Console

2. Now, from the top menu, click on the Skill Builders link and then the Developer Console link, as shown:

   Figure 12.2 – Amazon Alexa console

   The Alexa Developer Console will show all the skills you have created, along with revenue that you are earning through Skills, Earnings, Payments, and Hosting.

3. Click on the blue button that says Create Skill:

   Figure 12.3 – Amazon Alexa Skills overview

4. Choose a skill name that will also be your invocation name. For this example, we will write jumpstart jamstack:

   Figure 12.4 – Amazon Alexa Skills creation page

   Models in the Alexa paradigm are sets...