# Simulate Alexa Skill — Amazon Alexa

> Simulate a dialog from an Alexa-enabled device and receive the skill response for the specified example utterance. See the documentation

- Key: `amazon_alexa-simulate-skill`
- Type: Action (Write)
- Version: 0.0.2
- App: Amazon Alexa (`amazon_alexa`) — https://pipedream.com/apps/amazon-alexa.md
- This page (HTML): https://pipedream.com/apps/amazon-alexa/actions/simulate-skill
- Hints: destructive · open-world
- Source: https://github.com/PipedreamHQ/pipedream/blob/master/components/amazon_alexa/actions/simulate-skill/simulate-skill.mjs

## Description

Simulate a dialog from an Alexa-enabled device and receive the skill response for the specified example utterance. [See the documentation](https://developer.amazon.com/en-us/docs/alexa/smapi/skill-simulation-api.html)

## Props

| Prop | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `skillId` | `string` | Yes | The unique identifier for the Alexa skill |
| `stage` | `string` | Yes | The stage of the skill, such as development or live |
| `content` | `string` | Yes | Utterance text from a user to Alexa. |
| `locale` | `string` | Yes | Locale for the virtual device used in the simulation. |

## Run it

**MCP**

```ts
import { Client } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/index.js"
import { StreamableHTTPClientTransport } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/streamableHttp.js"
import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const accessToken = await pd.rawAccessToken

const transport = new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(
  new URL("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3"),
  {
    requestInit: {
      headers: {
        Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
        "x-pd-project-id": process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
        "x-pd-environment": "production",
        "x-pd-external-user-id": "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
        "x-pd-app-slug": "amazon_alexa",
      },
    },
  },
)

const mcp = new Client({ name: "my-agent", version: "1.0.0" })
await mcp.connect(transport)

const { tools } = await mcp.listTools()

// listTools() hands your model this tool's input schema, so it can
// fill the arguments itself:
const result = await mcp.callTool({
  name: "amazon_alexa-simulate-skill",
  arguments: {
    skillId: "Skill ID",
    stage: "Stage",
  },
})
```

**TypeScript**

```ts
import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const result = await pd.actions.run({
  id: "amazon_alexa-simulate-skill",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    amazon_alexa: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    skillId: "Skill ID",
    stage: "Stage",
  },
})

console.log(result)
```

**cURL**

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.pipedream.com/v1/connect/{project_id}/actions/run \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-PD-Environment: production" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -d '{
    "external_user_id": "{external_user_id}",
    "id": "amazon_alexa-simulate-skill",
    "configured_props": {
      "amazon_alexa": { "authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx" },
      "skillId": "Skill ID",
      "stage": "Stage"
    }
  }'
```

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- App: https://pipedream.com/apps/amazon-alexa.md · All apps: https://pipedream.com/apps